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No toilet, stove, freezer: New York 'worst apartment ever' video bewilders TikTok

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Peter Hutchison, Agence France-Presse

<p>NEW YORK - It apparently costs $1,650 a month to rent but doesn&#x27;t have a toilet or an oven: TikTok users are going crazy over a video captioned New York&#x27;s &quot;worst apartment ever.&quot;</p><p>Its exact address is a mystery, and you won&#x27;t find it listed on any rental sites, but that hasn&#x27;t stopped a video of the tiny studio from being viewed 21 million times.</p><p>The clip has gone viral since real estate agent Cameron Knowlton posted it on his New York City Realtor TikTok account last week. </p><p>Captioned &quot;Worst Apartment Ever NYC !!!,&quot; the video shows a single room with no bathroom, no stove, no freezer, one tiny fridge and a single closet.</p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@newyorkcityrealtor/video/6922200627619712262" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="6922200627619712262" style="max-width:605px;min-width:325px"><section><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@newyorkcityrealtor" target="_blank" title="@newyorkcityrealtor">@newyorkcityrealtor</a><div><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/apartmenttherapy" target="_blank" title="apartmenttherapy">#apartmenttherapy</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/westvillage" target="_blank" title="westvillage">#westvillage</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/apartmenthunting" target="_blank" title="apartmenthunting">#apartmenthunting</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/luxuryapartmentsnyc" target="_blank" title="luxuryapartmentsnyc">#luxuryapartmentsnyc</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nycapartment" target="_blank" title="nycapartment">#nycapartment</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp" target="_blank" title="fyp">#fyp</a></div><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6922200606790781702" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - New York City Realtor">♬ original sound - New York City Realtor</a></section></blockquote><script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>&quot;Before you ask, yes, this is a real apartment. This is what $1,650 gets you in the most desirable neighborhood in New York City,&quot; Knowlton says into the camera.</p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@newyorkcityrealtor/video/6922923844143500549" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="6922923844143500549" style="max-width:605px;min-width:325px"><section><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@newyorkcityrealtor" target="_blank" title="@newyorkcityrealtor">@newyorkcityrealtor</a><div><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/apartmenthunting" target="_blank" title="apartmenthunting">#apartmenthunting</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/apartmenttherapy" target="_blank" title="apartmenttherapy">#apartmenttherapy</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/luxuryapartmentsnyc" target="_blank" title="luxuryapartmentsnyc">#luxuryapartmentsnyc</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/westvillage" target="_blank" title="westvillage">#westvillage</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/realestateagent" target="_blank" title="realestateagent">#realestateagent</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/part2" target="_blank" title="part2">#part2</a></div><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6922923893216807686" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - New York City Realtor">♬ original sound - New York City Realtor</a></section></blockquote><script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>The realtor told AFP the apartment is in the West Village but declined to give the exact address for fear of offending the landlord.</p><p>Knowlton, a licensed agent with real estate firm Compass, said he learned of the apartment&#x27;s availability through an open listing -- when management companies email realtors available properties.</p><p>The unit has not been posted online, which is common in New York for less-than-desirable units, so AFP is unable to independently verify the space.</p><p>But the video has certainly caused a stir, attracting more than 41,000 comments.</p><p>&quot;That&#x27;s not an apartment. It&#x27;s a compartment,&quot; wrote Reanie.</p><p>&quot;Harry Potter had a nice place to stay,&quot; commented Adam Granger, referring to the boy wizard&#x27;s cupboard-under-the-stairs bedroom.</p><p>Another user said you could get a 1,900 square-foot (177 square-meter) house in Texas for half the price.</p><p>For TikTok user Violette, it was all too real. </p><p>&quot;This is literally what my first apartment in New York looked like... and it was in Times Square with a window facing a brick wall. It was hell,&quot; she commented.</p><p>Last year, Deutsche Bank ranked New York as the third most expensive city to rent behind Hong Kong and San Francisco, although prices have fallen due to the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>The average monthly rent in Manhattan in October 2020 was $3,790, according to the website Rent Cafe, with an average apartment size of just 702 square feet.</p><p>In the video, Knowlton goes out of the apartment and down the hallway to the toilet and shower, which are in separate rooms and are &quot;shared by the entire complex.&quot;</p><p>A key is needed to enter both, &quot;for security purposes,&quot; Knowlton tells viewers, noting that the bathroom is &quot;pretty clean&quot; but doesn&#x27;t have a sink.</p><p>He told AFP the previous tenant moved out in October and he doubts it will remain empty for long. </p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s one of the most desired neighborhoods in the world so people will rent it,&quot; Knowlton said.</p><div><strong>pdh/ft</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>NEW YORK - It apparently costs $1,650 a month to rent but doesn't have a toilet or an oven: TikTok users are going crazy over a video captioned New York's "worst apartment ever."</p>

NEW YORK - It apparently costs $1,650 a month to rent but doesn't have a toilet or an oven: TikTok users are going crazy over a video captioned New York's "worst apartment ever."

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No toilet, stove, freezer: New York 'worst apartment ever' video bewilders TikTok

Peter Hutchison,

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Published Feb 04, 2021 07:17 AM PHT

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Updated Feb 04, 2021 07:24 AM PHT

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