Adriana Stefanatos is a 28 year old Australian the New York Times questioned about his real estate tribulations in the Big Apple. Arrived in New York after her studies with a J-1 visa which allows her to work temporarily in the field corresponding to the diploma obtained, she was first accommodated in the Chelsea district of Manhattan, with friends. She then went to live in a sublet on the Lower East Side and then shared accommodation with three other people in a loft in SoHo. She lived there for four years, but the building “was falling apart and needed a lot of renovations”. “In typical New York fashion, our landlord wasn’t particularly attentive,” she told the daily. Finally, the latter obtained the green light for the work and gave leave to his tenants.
Adriana Stefanatos bet on her luck and on word of mouth to find accommodation. This approach worked as she was able to move, via a client-turned-friend, into a ground floor studio he owned in the Chelsea neighborhood. She did not expect to then have to undergo a drastic selection process, since the studio is in a co-op.
“In addition to the usual credit check and financial documents, the co-op’s board also asked for five letters of recommendation – and then called a few of those references.”
In all, Adriana Stefanatos pays 4,400 dollars in rent, or about 4,100 euros, per month. She is a project coordinator at Amazon.
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