The listing photos used a wide-angle lens and, reportedly, hope
A Manhattan real estate listing describing a studio apartment as “cozy and full of charm” has drawn attention this week after a prospective tenant discovered the unit could be fully explored, corner to corner, without turning around.
A Tour, Briefly
“The listing said ‘separate sleeping area,’” said tenant Marcus Feldman. “The separate sleeping area is a loft you access by ladder. I have to duck. I am five foot six.”
The broker, reached for comment, described the space as “efficient,” a word real estate professionals have reportedly agreed to use in place of “small” following a citywide memo nobody can locate but everybody seems to have received.
Market Context
The unit rents for a figure Feldman declined to disclose “out of shame,” though he confirmed it was “more than my first car and less than my dignity.”
The London Prat‘s property desk covers similarly optimistic British listings, including one London flat marketed as having “character” that turned out to mean “no working heating.”
The New York Post reports the average Manhattan studio has shrunk noticeably over the past decade while rents have, somehow, expanded to fill the difference.
Feldman says he signed the lease anyway. “It has good light,” he admitted. “For about forty minutes a day, if I stand in the right spot.”
A Growing Trend
Brokers citywide are reportedly testing new listing language, including “intimate,” “bijou,” and, in one bold case, “aspirational.”
Feldman says he has already begun referring to the loft as his “second floor,” a phrase he admits is “technically accurate and also a complete lie.”
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SOURCE: https://bohiney.com