I Found The Worst Apartment In NYC… 

I would never live in NYC with these insane rents but I love watching your apartment tours and your humor is one of many reasons I come to watch your videos.

How can you call all those chopped to pieces places apartments. The one place didn't have a living room so it should be rented as sleeping rooms. It's a shame that these once nice livable places have been destroyed for greed.

Does anyone else get that nervous tingle when Cash just boldly steps out on those tiny metal "balconies?" Some of us New Yorkers always worry of metal fatigue. He's bold.

You asked for funny comments. Here goes: My friend drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how his Mercedes bends...... I was wondering why the ball was getting bigger. Then it hit me....... I can’t believe I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off! 🤣❤

Rent for all apts are borderline criminal 😂

As a female, I would never rent an apartment that had multiple access points. Those doors that lead to hallways from the closet or from bedrooms into the communal basement creep me TF out.

The first apt. is literally a hallway.

They need some rent control laws on the books. This price gouging is out of control. Love your videos!!!

Those prices are ridiculous. At this point, might it be cheaper to just rent a hotel room?

I've gotten to the point that I love when you slam the doors on the appliances knowing how many people you're triggering.😂😂😂😂

Unit #1: For $7,000/month you get several flights of stairs to walk up, a very small kitchen and a very, very small living area, miniscule closets and a cramped bathroom to share. Yes, there is laundry, and a rooftop deck to retreat to when you run out of air in that small apartment. Unit #2 is apparently a two bedroom, and since one of the rooms is for vampires it should list for a much lower price. I'll reserve judgment on the two unfinished ones, but the $9,000 alleged 4-bedroom apartment may only have two legal bedrooms. One in the cellar has no window (a clear violation) and the other's "window" is accessed by a grate in the outside deck, probably not an adequate egress. Aren't there any inspectors for these places? (BTW, those mysterious units in the closets are your heat/hot water boilers, so you're paying for that.) The apartments that Charles showed us have reasonable kitchens and overall much more square footage. They're pricey, and I wouldn't pay that much for a sixth-floor walkup, but they are better apartments otherwise - excluding the possibility of damage to slammed appliance doors.

Born and raised in NYC/Brooklyn from 1940-1966. Owners of these buildings were mom and pop investors - rents were very low - and they kept the apartment buildings clean. The landlord actually came out to ur apartment to collect the rent. Today, the RICH own us - and they could dice-up a 2 bedroom into a mini-4-bedroom and charge $$$$$$$$$$$$$. They're very connected - that's why they call a windowless room a bedroom. My downstairs bedroom is 11'x12'. CASH calls this size bedroom "a good size." I call my downstairs bedroom "SMALL." Those mini-kitchens where there's no room for a table - what the heck!!!!

New york rent sucks but Cash you are fucking awesome

Is it legally a bedroom if there are no windows, or if the window cannot provide egress in case of emergency?

Sunday morning having some coffee with Cash and nearly choked on my coffee when you said $7,000. $7,000! A month?! 😱 I live in NYC and even I can’t fathom this price.

Cash, the weird mechanical unit in the closets are combi boilers, or tankless water heaters as I believe they are called in the states. They are far more energy efficient than the massive water heaters that are typical in the States. Normally, in the UK, they are a lot tidier than that, in face one of those seemed to have the piping spread out far more than neccessary, and they are usually boxed in. Most people have them in their kitchens in the UK. They give hot water on demand and are great if you have roommates or a large family because everyone can shower without running out of hot water. I have no idea why they've taken so long to become more mainstream in the States. Nearly every where I've lived in the UK for the last 23 years has had one.

Being someone in Africa where apartments in the suburbs have a huge sitting room its so interesting to see how narrow the spaces in NYC are and for that astronomical price

Good afternoon Cash. People need to stop making rooms without windows they can become a death trap

Whenever I see Charles Monroe I know his apartments will be good.

If one opens up a "massage parlor" in one of those apartments as a second job they may just make the rent.

The viewers need to start a gofundme to buy you new pants.

It's wild that I feel convinced that 3,100 for a one bedroom is a good deal for NYC when I know it's overpriced as heck, yet I still feel convinced. The power of influence eh?

Hell to the no for that $7k apt.!

So nice seeing you and Charles. That apartment looked promising if you had a great roommate. Still, those rents are mind boggling for the space.

My college dorm room in the ‘70’s had more closet space then the apartments you showed today. They probably smelled better though..

If your closet is smaller than the stall shower, it’s not a walk-in.

Like Charles's two bed best!

New York city is ridiculous now 3 bedroom for $3000 I'm 3 hours away I have a 3 bedroom single family house my rent is $850 and I have 2 full bathrooms basement and backyard smh

The last place I would treat like a studio. Just put the living room in the ‘bedroom’ where there’s space. An office in the larger part of the common area and than eating space close to the kitchen.

I can’t afford any of them but I have to thank you for your videos because I used to think my house was small. Now, it’s a mansion by comparison. Also, those living rooms aren’t living rooms, they’re small dining rooms to me.

That last 1 bedroom, I'd just put a small table in the "common" area and split the bedroom area into a bed/sitting space.

I know this is a different space but is interesting legally what can we define as an apartment because in Toronto from my understanding you can’t have a basement apartment without a specific number of windows or secondary exits other than the door to the rooms because its a fire hazard

Well slap my face an call me Whoopi Goldberg I’ll be a damn snickers bar

There is absolutely no way I could ever live somewhere that rent is that high! But for some reason I just love watching your videos! Been with you for a few yrs already and I rarely miss a video. I start my day with you! The apartments that have bedrooms with no windows would be a code violation in TX. All bedrooms must have a means of egress. Thank you Cash for all the tours!!

In today's episode of "don't even think about living in the lower East Side", Cash shows us why leaving NYC for North Jersey never gets old.

Dude, just follow Charles around. He will find you one of these fake doors from Rick and Marty 😂😂

I would call that last place a studio, since the bedroom is so big.

Every time I watch your videos I'm more and more thankful that I live in the midwest!

If I was a NYC realtor reading these prices and specifications I would laugh every day.

Thats not a common space that's a HALLWAY. LOL😅

Winnie the Pooh would live in the smallest apartment. Plenty of space to put his jars of honey in the refrigerator. A small table where his friends could eat at, and a big enough bedroom for all of his friends to sleep in. Plus a dishwasher so he could clean all of his dishes. The tv would be in the bedroom. Plus a big enough bathroom for his necessary business.

I think I love Charles.. is he single 😂 I would almost relocate to nyc to date that man.

A slip and slide, a fridge that opens on the New York side, shot gun bedrooms, a suck in your gut shower, potentially a roof top garden to schlep up pounds and pounds of soil, all for 7k. Yeah buddy

1) One thing that can't be denied is the absolute need for modular sofas that one can break apart and arrange as the space dictates. Quirky layouts and room sizes force renters to be flexible. I mean, like for real, freestyle. 2) Charles Munroe is the Silent Ninja of cribs. He finds the dopest spaces!

Mystery thing in closet looks like hot water on demand.

Again Cash....the reason rents/real estate prices are astronomical is because of covid. Everyone fled Manhattan for Ohio or whatever and now the want to come back to the greatest City on Earth! I never left, and my rent is fine and I'm still very healthy! Wayne Gray

Wow! To all of them. They all have their pluses. But I have to say my favs are the 5th one of Cashs and Charles' first one. They bother are equally great c the most possibilities. Like court yards and the 5th one I believe had a spiral staircase which I love but Charles'court yard was a smidge better although smaller.than the other. Charles court yard I would take that door off and put a top to bottom Picaso "painting" out of broken glass and China..just sayin ☺. All around good one guys! You both have a fantastic day! Thanks again!

Looks nice without furniture, super narrow ( foldable furniture). Call Charles he probably knows how to fix the beeping sound. The last apartment seems better but no. The kitchen half and inch from the front door nope.

That last one was much bigger in a prior life! A chop job! The “common space” is a corridor! What a joke!

The common space in the last apartment is what we call a hallway in Texas.

I enjoy your videos. I love New York, only visited once. I live in NM, and my mortgage is only $1400 a month for 1900sq, 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, huge kitchen, living-room and den. 2 car garage and a gigantic backyard.

My insomnia made it possible for me to be this early again 🤣

Tiny "common space" = "hall" that's a studio with a separate kitchen. Put some hooks up and that's it! Did this comment make you chuckle? Charles and you are entertaining. Last stand-up duo!!

I hope Charles works at your brokerage firm . He always brings the good stuff!

If my math is right (I did fail basic algebra so there’s that) you’re paying $7,000 a month for a 350sf apartment?! Ok now you tell me how bad my math is. And if, by some chance, I’m correct this is ludicrous!

That last unit would be my fav. Small table in the living area, and then spend most of my time in the bedroom or cooking in the kitchen.

Cash! I’m from Georgia and we’ve gotta talk about your definition of walk-in closet! 😂🤣

As usual, Charles listing is the best one.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ NYC rent is totally absurd these days. I use to live in NYC, but I was transferred due to my job to Hawaii & thank God they pay my rent.

I don't understand HOW anyone can afford to live anywhere but the gutter in NY. My mortgage and utilities are $800/month, 4 bed, 2 bath, 1500 sqf. Eeesh.

I like how Charles called that Blue Door, the Matrix door! I was waiting for Keanu Reeves to appear!! Love your videos Cash, Beth from Minnesota!

I think the only person that could afford these apartments is the bathroom tile sales rep since they all seem to have the same tile 😂

It's $7000, but it has floors. 😆

I definitely liked the two Charles Munroe apartments the best. The kitchen in the first of his two was better because it had a gas range rather than electric (do you make anything besides coffee?). Re: the "four bedroom" apartment, can that one room legally be a "bedroom" with no windows? I'd be afraid to use that room for anything but storage. I'd also imagine that the pricier apartments with more bedrooms would be harder to rent out because you either have to line up enough people who can pay or make enough money to live there...and if you made that kind of money, you'd probably be looking to buy a place rather than rent.

Good morning all,

I especially liked that one "balcony" with all the pigeon droppings - true city living. LOL

I really liked the second to the last apartment the most! The backyard space and both bedrooms and kitchen where really nice! 👍🏾

I often wonder how you get furniture down a spiral staircase to downstairs (or upstairs) bedrooms. (Dresser, couch, queen bed etc).

Chinatown is the last hot commodity left in Manhattan anywhere below 96 Street. All eyes are in the neighborhood! Since deBlacksio mayor, City has been secretly working with their choice of developers to cut down Chinatown in halfs by 2030, and completely disappeared by 2040!

The first one you toured with Charles was the best of the bunch, and that's still not saying much.

Love the apartment you showed with Charles.

Okay that 4 bed 2 bath for $8,995 rent. Divide that into 4 week weekly salary which would be $2,248.75. Hourly you would have to make $56.21. My common sense is trying to rap my brain as to how many people make this hourly wage? Even coming out of college or a university, "Not many people make this an hour or monthly! So your paying this rent for a year and giving the landlord $107.940.00 a year to rent and apartment that is smaller than a home? Let's just say you stay in this apartment for 5 years. You just gave the landlord $539.700.00 for 5 years of a rental? This does not include the electricity monthly and No private parking for a excessive rental price? You state and in your own words, "this has a legit backyard, awsome bedrooms, dishwasher, standard stuff, high ceilings, narrow whining staircase, pretty sweet basement, toilet that refills itself, a room without windows, clean building, a grate outside your bedroom window", and right outside grand street? What a great location for a mere $107,940.00 a years rent? Am I the only one that sees this as being so wrong? I lived in New York City for about 23 years. Uptown Manhattan, Midtown, Queens, and Brooklyn. NYC is always my home and the restaurants, things to do, and parks are great when you are living there. Seriously there is more to life out there and you will never experience this until you actually take the leap of faith and venture into the world. Life should not be rent, restaurants, and so called convinces that are not even that realistic. Rent, food, and transportation should not take more than 60% to 70% of your weekly or bi-weekly wages. This is not living. Life goes fast and when you look at your past you will realize you have been paying for a box that in the end, "you do not even own" and in the end as you get older, you will realize you cannot afford the ever rising prices of rents and you will be looking for another more convenient and affordable place to stay unless you are will willing to live in a senior living home. Take your money and invest in your futures and travel everywhere. My parents lived in the same apartment in the upper west side. They never purchased a home or an apartment. Once they retired in their mid 60's they purchased a home in another state and they were able to enjoy it for 1 year and my Mother passed away. During that one year my Mother told me she never knew how wonderful and peaceful it was to have your own home and having your own backyard. She was finally in peace. One year later she passed away. My parents throughout all the years they went up 4 flights of stairs. All the snowstorms, many of the blackouts during some of the summers, and year after year the noise, bothersome neighbors year after year. The crime rates and public transportation stories since the 1966 until 2020. My father finally realized that the NYC always was his city but it came at a cost. He wishes he would of seen that years ago. So in short, live life and if you feel like renting is your life long goals, "Much respect and would never tell you to do otherwise" but to pay $2000+ for a rental is not acceptable or realistic. If the landlords and owners of these buildings are paying too much on yearly taxes and whatever insurances they pay, "They need to do something to change this laws and stop making renters pay these hefty prices" well Thank you for reading my rant and I am sorry I wrote all of this but it bothered me to see these rents and in Cash own words in many of his own videos where even he is saying he can't afford some of these rents when he is a professional and I assume he makes great money from these videos and his own rentals. I wish Cash and his beautiful family the best of luck and Thank You for all your videos and Please continue your passion for what you do. Appreciate everyone's time and I do apologize beforehand if I have grammatically not written this rant corrctly. Thank You. Mr. C.

I pay maybe slightly more than half Charles’ 2 BR apartment… and I pay MORTGAGE…NOT RENT!!! (I have a 3BR 1 BA. And I’m in the most expensive area in the US…. Yup! NOT NYC… SF Bay Area!!! If I could afford it though, I love Charles’ 2 BR!!! Lots of room. Everything makes sense where they are. And it’s right in Chinatown so I can get my cheap dim sum, bakery and HK style milk tea.

I was going to leave a joke here in the comments, then I saw the prices for these places and thought there was no way I could beat that so...

Tankless water heater

And its' got a SINK SPRAYER ! 😃

Imagine paying 7k split 3 ways to live in an 8 by 10 room lol

"This guy with the Porsche can't parallel park, Ah that's why he's got Jersy plates". Price-less! How true is that and you aren't even from NY! Love it. That first hallway I would never.

Love the 1st apartment from Charles! They put the fridge doors the right way, and not a beverage cooler in sight 😂. It's nice looking but it's not the cookie cutter design I see in almost all of the newly refinished places. It's got some character to it. I didn't see laundry in the unit, that's the only downside.

Tiny bedrooms, no natural light in the living rooms, no elevators! Exhorbitant rents! Yeah! Great places!

Actually impressed with the property for $5000

$7k for a crap apartment! Out of control! I’m glad I live in queens in a prewar! Gesh!

The boxes in the closet with the pipes are European water heaters, it’s more efficient than keeping a tank full of water and constantly reheating it, instead it’s able to sense that you want hot water, and it will almost instantly heat up the water running through it. Plus it’s safer since it won’t blow a gasket and flood your apartment after 10-15 years.

Yey 7 tours today! First and last apartments were my favorites!

What happen to Charles? Face lift? He looks 15 to 20 years younger

YOU SAID: LEAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE YOU LAUGH...OK....HERE I GO..."THE OTHER DAY I WAS DOING DONUTS IN THE PARKING LOT....NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING...WHO NAMES THEIR DOG DONUTS? 😛😭

$3100 studio not a 1br as a studio it's very nice but as 1br is a pos The $5000 with back yard is nicest apartment but I hate 1/2 baths do what Japanese do take a small room or closet and make a shower out of space

Mr. Charles M.!!😍😍 lookin good!!

Pretty much all of yours Cash that you showed us is a nope. Apologies. Charles saved the day. Hope all is well with you both. Thank you. May you please take care and stay safe.

No elevator at those prices? I don't think the movers are going to like it!😂

What the heck kind of jobs would you have to even be able to afford to live in NYC?? I mean if you’re making that much why not buy a house?

Where is this worst apartment? Sometimes your titles are so misleading. I still watch every single one but I can’t stand your video titles.

As usual, Charles has th3 best apartments. I would only consider the two bedroom he had. The apartments you showed before were too small for that price, even given the location.

Gm cash

Just one thing I do enjoy watching you when you go to different places well I don't live in New York but I just enjoy watching your videos but I know you have a tendency of slamming the appliances stores refrigerators Etc little bit too hard but who am I to say it was just a funny thought will you go up there you know when you throw your bag down you hit things a little hard but who am I to say right

Charles' listings were by far the better ones. I really liked the secret garden apartment, but the price tag for NYC is insane.

I don’t plan on living in NYC, it’s far to expensive, but I love see these apartments

Hustle and Flow, that's an instant hot water heater tankless hot water on demand. I have OCD with beeping noises too 💜

So many beverage coolers, is it a commonly sought-after item over there? What treatment do brick walls get in these places? Invisible layers of this and that, or none at all? It's preferable over the Japanese trend of bare naked reinforced concrete (sometimes floor and ceiling too) and in some areas, raw heckin wood panels.

Here you come again with these $7000-$8000 a month/apts. I never hear any of the buildings have parking. Outrageous!