We shipped quite some furniture from Germany to the US but we left a couple of essentials at home, as we knew they would be too big for a New York apartment. So we decided to dedicate the cloudy day to finding some furniture for our new place. Since Alex is really big into motorcycles […]
Signing our lease!
We started off our Monday with a tasty and relaxed breakfast at MUD Cafe in the East Village. During the morning we got the great info that our application for the apartment was accepted and we can get it! We were super happy and had an appointment to sign the lease at 3:00pm. Before, we explored the […]
Apartment hunt #2 – backup & confirming our decision
After we saw the gorgeous apartment in the East Village we definitely decided against the apartment in Dumbo. However, since we were not sure if we would get our favorite apartment (first the application needs to be reviewed and approved by the landlord), we asked Rosemary to do another tour of apartment hunting. We kicked […]
The day we found “home”
Saturday was the first day we kind of „took off“ – late morning we visited one of Alex’s best friends – Fabian – who lives on the Upper West Side. He moved to NYC roughly three years ago. Alex and Fabian basically spent their entire Bachelor and Master studies together. We then made our way […]
Whitewashing of Dumbo
Getting started early in the day, we met Rosemary to open our bank accounts. After that was done, we had another look at the apartment close to Tompkins Square Park again (the one we found on our own). We liked it but the ceilings were quite low and the kitchen / living space was rather […]
Apartment hunt #1
Today we began our apartment hunting sprint! After having our German bread for breakfast and a quick coffee & tea in the neighborhood at Cafe Mogador we had one viewing we scheduled on our own, which was quite a disappointment, quality- and space-wise. We met Rosemary at noon in the East Village and looked at around eight […]