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NO TVs. At all. Low quality establishments around here are saturated with them - its almost impossible to find a restauraunt or bar without one (usually 2-6 of them!)
If people want to watch sports, go to a sports bar.
Of which there are many, many, many around here--plus every other eating establishment. We just want one or two TV-free places!
I believe our unit is the only 4 bedroom. At least that's the impression I got. It's the E61/E62 unit. They advertise it as 1801 square feet, but that's the gross square footage. The net size is 1650 sqft. Kinda wish I paid closer attention to that detail. And it has 3 bathrooms.Nice I didn't know they had 4 bedrooms. How many of those units are there, how many square feet? 2 baths?Does anyone know whether any apartments have sold for less than asking recently? Also, for those of you that had accepted offers, did you use a buyer's broker?I can't say for certain, but if I had to guess, most people who bought smaller units (1 and 2BRs) paid the asking price, or close to it. There are simply more comps in the neighborhood, which allows them to price accordingly. The larger, more expensive units are rarer and thus have more flexibility. Without going into details, I'll say we didn't pay asking for ours (4BR). It wasn't a "steal," and it certainly wasn't cheap, but it wasn't asking. That being said, I can't imagine there's a lot of flexibility on anything smaller than 3BRs if you aren't a current resident. Certainly, there's got to be more buyer competition for the 1-2BRs, which may have even netted them above asking in some cases.
As for the broker situation, I believe our broker technically read as the seller's broker in the contract. I'm not really sure how all of that works. Our lawyer didn't raise any red flags. So, I guess we're okay.
NYUDan78 - Great to hear about your move! And your appraisal value! We likely won't be moving until July-ish. But we also have a two-year old boy. Looking forward to having you over once we arrive! Playdate and drinks!
Does anyone know whether any apartments have sold for less than asking recently? Also, for those of you that had accepted offers, did you use a buyer's broker?