Living in a Secret Tiny-House… On a NYC Roof

This tiny-house apartment sits on an NYC roof with a direct view of the Empire state building. Its also got 30 foot ceilings. Crazy Apartment.
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[@vluezy]

I really do watch these knowing damn well I will never live in NYC, it's just interesting to see how much apartments this size can go for. Love it!

[@jillwiegand4257]

👍

[@sweettrubble4635]

I also use his videos as a documentary of NYC street life.

[@bobcreature2127]

And knowing damn well the title is always a troll lol

[@starglow4375]

THESE HI RENTS ARE FEEDING THE BEAST SYSTEM IN WHICH IS PUTTING AMERICA'S PEOPLE UNDER SIEGE AND THEIR PROPERTIES. RIGHT OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY, ENJOY THAT UP DRAFT AIR AND RAIN FROM OHIO.

[@MamaCarola1]

Nope nope & nope. Those spiral stairs aren't for the faint of heart. Has anyone else noticed that Cash never says how much he hates combo laundry units when the other agent is there?

[@darrenchilds5034]

You can’t even afford to be there so why comment nope like you could

[@mrmrsmarshall9110]

Cash hates them because he has one in his own apartment

[@paolahoch3176]

STOP SLAMMING STUFF PLEASE

[@naynay3710]

I'm with you. Hell to the no on those stairs. I'm afraid of heights, though. You couldn't get me on on of those, so I'd never see the roof! LOL

[@horsekfobster7823]

I’d just hire somebody to take the stairs off and install a spiral slide

[@theoriginalbridgetconnors]

The bonus apt at the end was my favorite. I would use the bedroom with the skylight as my living room and sleep in the other bedroom. When I win the PCH, that's what I will do!

[@sinash]

It was my favorite too! That skylight and all of that sun!!!

[@Leafygreen123]

Was thinking the same thing. Perfect apartment for one person.

[@sharonfarris1668]

I love it, " the rats have been upgraded to squirrels". Thanks, I needed that. 😂👍

[@debsylvester2012]

Cash, this was extremely well done. You are more interesting than HGTV. That is a huge compliment. Your editing is primo. Your timing was spot on. A++ Keep Going.

[@aprilshorty4094]

I literally just finished binge watching about 7 videos because I was sick and I had to catch up. Still don't feel 100% but you definitely help me feel better and how is your beautiful family 😊🥰❤

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

❤

[@catherinecole3978]

I lived in a ground floor bachelor 'basement' apartment for 10 years, when I moved back to Toronto not realizing that it was illegal at the time. There were only sliding glass doors leading out to the back garden and the other exit with stairs lead up to my landlord's home and that door was locked from the other side. Fire codes in North America designate that every space has to have two exits. So, every time you see a basement in Cash's videos with only one exit, consider it to be a potential fire trap! After I moved out apparently, my landlord renovated it into a proper one bedroom with two exits!

[@jayjohnston398]

Glad you're feeling safer and wiser now !!

[@EMSpdx]

People have drowned recently in those types of apartments!

[@catherinecole3978]

@@EMSpdx That's so scary! Someone commented awhile ago that they had a friend who died in a fire in a basement apartment that had bars on the windows!

[@starglow4375]

THESE HI RENTS ARE FEEDING THE BEAST SYSTEM IN WHICH IS PUTTING AMERICA'S PEOPLE UNDER SIEGE AND THEIR PROPERTIES. RIGHT OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY, ENJOY THAT UP DRAFT AIR AND RAIN FROM OHIO.

[@kathy3178]

The last apartment is great for roommates who are not home a lot and just need a place to sleep.

[@johntait9070]

I'll be coming to NYC for my first time in a few months. Cash's videos give me endless ideas of things to do!

[@amyyoshikawa7698]

Hi Cash and your friend I like the tiny apartment on the roof. However, the spiral staircase is very narrow. Hopefully, they can build a safer stairs. Overall a very great apartment in NYC 👍

[@lm7439]

Those stairs remind me of the Statue of Liberty it’s very narrow 😅

[@rahla53]

The review of the neighborhood and stores is the best part, :>) used to live in a basement in Queens, so many Indian stores, we paid $700 per month, the owner placed a kitchen sink, which was wonderful, so we can wash veggies, but bathroom was obnoxiously small, we sat down on the toilet to take a shower, lol

[@nygrl6102]

I thought it couldn't be a legal bedroom without a window? And: news bulletin: McDonald's hamburgers are 49 cents! Oh wait, that's if you split one between four people.

[@georgiasmith64]

Whataburger!!

[@MR-hu3ht]

It isn't legally a bedroom. You need a window in NY for it legally to be called and/or advertised as a bedroom. "licensed" real estate agents know this (and by ignoring the law to advertise as a bedroom they are giving good, honest agents a bad name). Or they definitely should anyway.

[@liltimshady]

@@MR-hu3ht Correct. Landlords know this too, they hope that the _tenant_ doesn't know. And most transplants don't.

[@jacksonmorganfroghin4815]

Legally, Mickey Dee's can't call them "hamburgers" They are "patties". I call them nothing burgers! Their coffee is better than ⭐ Bucks in a second & the best reason to go to McDonald's. That and the shamrock ☘️ shake on St. Patties' Day! In NYC, a keyhole is a window, apparently ..... as long as light gets through.

[@CorinnaAtHome]

Bahahahahaha

[@marylbullock]

Enjoyed the tours. Gotta love an apartment with quirks. The room with the skylight would be perfect for a painter.

[@kirstenouellette3814]

That metal staircase was intense

[@jacksonmorganfroghin4815]

Why not just put up a big pole like they have in firehouses? Sliding down is easy.....it's climbing up that is not fun at all ☺️

[@lisab.1595]

Ah, my old neighborhood. A great area of town. I lived there before the metal staircases entered the scene....lol. I don't think I could maneuver those steps, nor would I want to. One wrong move and you end up on your head at the bottom of the stairs. The basic problem with those steps is that you really can't carry anything up or down them safely. I prefer the apts before they got in there and chopped them up into little compartments and not real rooms anymore. How you could have roomies in these tiny places is beyond my comprehension.

[@julielumsden5184]

Cash that colour of blue on your hoodie really suits you.

[@pattieb301]

I am so ready for a baby/daughter video....who's with me?? we want to see the girls!!! soon!

[@tomboydee3326]

man i love this guy always makes me happy when he uploads

[@billm6774]

Hey on that refrigerator door, I'm sure you know this already, you can reverse the way it opens. And actually would be more convenient when you cook. Love your channel. Grew up a super's kid in the northwest Bronx. Lots of those many empty basement rooms were for coal storage and had no windows. If they faced the street they may have had a shoot for the coal truck to unload. I question the legality of some of these located below ground level in low areas of the city due to the possibility of flooding. I used to do add ons in San Francisco where the first floors were 6 feet above the ground . We used to jack these up and get an extra floor.🤟😎👍

[@_PAIGE94]

In unit laundry 🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@donnapaquette9231]

A shout out to Cash and Alex, love you guys!! Thanks for another awesome video 😊

[@davidsuleiman2312]

$4000 a month for a shoebox and it's still a selling point "there's no mold or anything" in the bathroom. Ah yes NYC real state at it's finest 😍 10:35

[@MrBreyd]

"The rats have been upgraded to furry squirrels" hilarious😄

[@puremichpaule]

Perfect timing

[@whitneybrown4067]

Happy Thursday CJ😀n This is Gonna b so Good🔥🔥🔥👍…..

[@lhmcd5538]

I’m sorry but it’s not a tiny house it’s an access point. I’m subscribed and I even watch all of your advertisements to try and help you out. Love the content. I will probably never be able to afford to visit New York. I get to live vicariously through you. Thank you. May you all please take care and stay safe.

[@audiovideophile5317]

If I bought a place like that I would totally rip out the spiral staircase and put in a personal elevator. They sell small ones for homes these days for rally reasonable prices and many look like clear tubes - retro.

[@williamegler8771]

R-E-A-L-L-Y

[@audiovideophile5317]

@@williamegler8771 Yep. Check them out. They’re not like the old personal home elevators you used to see in expensive homes. One day install. Comes as kit. Some people put them In themselves. Pricing isn’t as bad as you would think. Also easier and safer to get food and stuff upstairs instead of those steep spirals. Even Cash gets freaked out by some of those top floor to roof spiral.

[@sinash]

@@williamegler8771 Yep. Check out a KZbin video (one of many) "Shaftless elevators for small spaces"

[@oxyzzmoron]

Decent apartments but it sucks that you have to have find people to be your roommate to survive

[@deboraboyle5972]

I don't live in New York City but did learn today that New York City realtors and weatherman have one thing in common they like to speculate.

[@UNDERTAKER2621]

You are always talking about a bedroom is not a bedroom if it doesn't have a window & that is true in the first apartment It's advertised as a 2 bedroom that 2nd bedroom has no window what's the change of heart now

[@MR-hu3ht]

The greedy nature of the real estate business is my guess.

[@UNDERTAKER2621]

@M R it's not good false advertising

[@bonniepwtf]

Alex's huge smile as he whizzes by on Cash's 🏍

[@sweettrubble4635]

I'm thinking a lighted stairway would be good. Those spiral steps look hazardous.

[@sueweatherby3729]

Cash, you know - the problem isn't that the spiral staircase is too small. It's that your feet are too big! Of course, it's said that that's not necessarily a bad thing. ;)

[@r.m.alonzo7648]

The last apartment didn't have a living room! That is just single sleeping rooms with a tiny kitchen and bathroom. The owners have a lot of nerve charging so much money for basically just a bedroom.

[@nygrl6102]

It's a one bedroom. Use the skylight room as a living room. Still too expensive!!

[@peterhagan8454]

isnt that the elephant shower kramer used in seinfield

[@maritzatrujillo9107]

Yes it is that's the area code from my little Island, 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@bethchance9913]

Just heard another KZbinr mention you. I was like, hey i watch him. Love from Ga..

[@tonisargent4695]

all were nice

[@SupeRey49]

11:08 People in NYC are hyped over a "backyard" like that? 😂

[@femmebrulee5053]

Yeah....because if you live in an apartment the size of a shoebox you're gonna want private outdoor space where you can spread out and stretch your legs, grill, sit on a lounge chair and sip a beer, get some peace and quiet etc. Honestly I don't know how some of these people in NY made it through COVID or quarantine time living in some of these tiny spaces. Imagine having 3 or 4 roommates with no outdoor space and your only private space is your 10 x 9 room. It's kinda jail-like.

[@kwacou4279]

The heat can be regulated depending on how wide the valve is opened. Works just like your faucet

[@deborahhovan6464]

Hi Cash! Love your videos! That life threatening spiral staircase is not good! ❤ I might be a snob but since living in a dorm in college I don’t want to share my apartment with anyone. So I would like an apartment with no sharing

[@ramblingrose6967]

Ornamental grates !! First one is my favorite ground floor , private door ,street level , good neighborhood and nice renovations .

[@lorifulk7653]

You had me at "ROTATE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alaindavid]

Yes you are correct for the 787. Greetings from Manatí, Puerto Rico🇵🇷

[@awesomeadamfrom2099]

Awesome job Jordan

[@sinash]

I love Eataly and I love Madsion Square Park (Squirrels With Attitudes). LOL! Alex is getting much more comfortable with the camera. Two more appearances and we'll see that full-scale party/frat boy personality! I liked the 1st 2/bed apartment at $4500k/month that was ground floor. That wasn't bad except I laughed at the snack area that literally only took up a corner and wanted to pass itself off as a kitchen. Unit #2 at $4K/month... sorry, but I'm done with those narrow staircases and fearing for my life. Unit #3 at $6K/month was okay. The outdoor space saves it but that downstairs area... I don't know. Now, (I'm sure there will be disagreement) but I really liked that "2/bed" unit at $3700/month. So, what you don't have a living room. One would be surprised what one could do with a sofa futon and a hassock bed. I'd look at the one more closely.

[@palr.3013]

Yup... 787 is for Puerto Rico. 💕

[@watanabewatanabe7886]

Seat of achievement. New to the Cash lexicon. I love the shower pantomime that is part of the Cash schtick now.

[@catholicfaithofmine2664]

Remember the TV show in the 60s A Family Affair. I've always loved the apartment they lived in located in NYC. Are there any apartments like that? Where was the apartment building from that show located?

[@denverdubois5835]

I think it was all filmed on Desilu soundstages. No idea what building was used for exterior shots, if there was one. I haven't seen that show since the early 1970s! I do recall that it was supposed to be on Fifth Avenue.

[@travislibby9930]

The seat of achievement? Greatest description I've ever heard.

[@billystpaul8907]

The first was was just okay, the other 2 not so much. I am still mesmerized by 1, how much they are. 2, by the the lack of sizable rooms. I live in a 1 bedroom brownstone with 800 sq feet for 995 a month in a Midwestern city. I am guessing in Manhattan, it would be 5000 or more..I do enjoy seeing your video's. Judging by your subscribers they like you as well.

[@jerrygereden]

If you had lived in Amsterdam Netherlands, you’d find these stairs easy to climb 😂

[@visible3all]

When he opened the door to the other apartment,' sorry bro😂 you cooking in here😂😂😌

[@vilstef6988]

Tiniest circular staircase I've ever seen!

[@ThisWontEndWell]

Is anyone else getting tired of grey walls? Stop turning rental properties into battleships.

[@xpatsteve]

Yes, 787 is one of the area codes for Puerto Rico. The other is 939.

[@mrquique2]

On the first apartment, those fridges are designed with swappable doors which is a more practical setting. However, broom closet idea by relocating the fridge put practicality over aesthetics for a random inconvenience, if any.

[@TangerineTulip]

😅😅😅😅 croissants are "French" - love❤ your show Cash - you have just the right amount of humour and wit !! I watch from Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿 but have been to New York (1998) a long time ago and would love to come back - brilliant city ! Thanks for all your content i so enjoy seeing what your city has to offer the rental market. Great watch !

[@charissemodeste6489]

"The Rats, have been 'upgraded' to furry Squirrels!" - Cash Jordan

[@jonathanleonard1152]

Have we seen this apartment before? I remember that circular stairs and the sky lights, or something very similar.

[@larrybarrett5810]

Good Day !

[@Chicadee901]

Yeah those stairs on that 2nd loft is crazy narrow.

[@traceyfreeman5784]

I couldn’t handle the spiral staircase, even if it was free.

[@dolsiemercado3140]

I think you showed these apartments already.

[@myrediperez-morales5462]

Yes Cash! 787 is one of two of Puerto Rico's area codes. And we have THE best coffee in the world. PD I usually start my day watching your videos!

[@peterhagan8454]

flip thats one small radiator

[@catsanchez5749]

LOVE the vids Cash❤ FYI Puerto Rico area codes are 787 and 939 😄 Looking forward to your next vid already!!❤cat xxx

[@stevecoleman5031]

hello, hello

[@HUeducator2011]

I thought a bedroom is defined as a room with a door, closet, and window.

[@gridley]

Windows with un-movable iron security bars always make me skittish. But "Vertigo"-type (Hitchcock's film from the 1950s) roof spaces overlooking other roof spaces make me even more uneasy. lol. NYC is the epitome of: To each his own & different strokes for different folks.

[@femmebrulee5053]

So the last one has no living room at all and a tiny kitchen with absolutely no space for a kitchen table so you have to eat in your bedroom. So for $1,850 you're basically confined to your bedroom the entire time. Nope, I'll pass.

[@lorrainehinchliffe5371]

Are you allowed to call it a bedroom with no window? Not where I live.

[@Pureimagination200]

I stay in this neighborhood when I go to nyc. It’s a great neighborhood

[@irenelacour3486]

Loved the apartment with the back yard and skylight. Only thing how do carry furniture downstairs on treacherous winding staircase YIKES. But other otherwise it's pretty good for the price to share with See ya

[@BellagiosBangerz]

Finally some nice apartments thank you

[@GENgn48]

Luv watching you! Always! 🥰

[@aura1298]

I thought that weird tentacled medusa statue was on a building in nyc...now there's one in a park too?😳

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

It's a pro-abortion statue. I think it's honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Reminds me "the fatted calf".

[@denverdubois5835]

@@bovnycccoperalover3579 From what I know of her, I don't actually think Ginsburg would like that statue...

[@janeysiegrist5061]

Who's the guy out in the back yard of apartment 3?

[@femmebrulee5053]

Maintenance/ construction worker

[@me2nmineme243]

Alex, the Other preppie.😂😉 "Alex will demonstrate the pressure"😂. Always look down before rooftop jumping in NY.😉

[@simongamez]

0:10 me: yes, many times, didn't you tour this one already? 😂

[@Tech4YourNeeds]

Yes, you are right about 787 being the Puerto Rico area code.

[@Lazy2332]

12:45 it looks like it used to be a server room of some sort which would explain the camera

[@helinaleyna1196]

I think you showed us the 2. Apartment a Time auf in another Video

[@desireepaulplummer4386]

No problem I have a death spiral staircase is doubly into your apartment drunk that’s the first thing you gonna walk into lights out and wake up wondering how you end up on the floor the next day🤦🏾‍♀️🥲

[@lindauribe6872]

I am older I cannot do stairs like that. REDICULOUS apartment price and definitely not worth it. Even a house would not cost this to rent in Ca.

[@kimberlystone3987]

Happy almost weekend Cash ❤

[@miamidalia2876]

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[@cindyholt3808]

Do people really enjoy sitting and looking at buildings? Even if it is the empire state bldg, I just don't get a building being fun to watch? Now watching the animals and birds in the great outdoors is more appealing to me. But buildings, lol?

[@pjperdue1293]

The last apartment would be perfect for a couple. Use the smaller bedroom as a bedroom, split the rent ($1847 each) and make that killer skylight room the living room.

[@jinisteffani8035]

In the first apt the frig door is Definitely opening the wrong way...but if it was where Cash said to put it..... it would be the right way...

[@derbuntekanal]

Need this Air Max 90 😍

[@dissidentfairy4264]

"I don't see any pigeons" you said it with such contempt. Or was it sarcasm? lol No, pigeons don't chirp they coo. They can even laugh. Have you ever heard a laughing pigeon dove? So adorable! The apartments were interesting too:-)

[@jambalee4059]

The second "bedroom" technically can't be used as a bedroom.... There's no window and you would be trapped if there were a fire.

[@cjenkins8785]

3rd apartment difficult to breathe

[@lm7439]

I’ve visited new York twice and I like that’s there’s lots to do there but I wouldn’t move there I also live in a big city not as big as nyc but still.

[@kimberlystone3987]

All places are fantastic 😊

[@fannycraddock99]

#1 too dark with windowless 'rooms'. #2 liked very much. #3 no living room and windowless 'room's. #4 is really a one bed as there is no living room! Greedy NYC landlords again.

[@Casey77777]

Easy on the appliances dude.

[@Evy42]

Yes 787 is Puerto Rico’s area code

[@EddieGarton]

You didn't mention that the fridge opened in wrong direction. 🤣 Also, when you see a window unit and you call it free air, what does that mean exactly? Love your videos.