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In NY apartment listings why do so many beds look like matresess are on the floor?

Just curious as I will be moving to Manhattan in 3 months
Hehehe nope, not crack houses….but look for yourselves at craigslist. Thought this was a weird thing but it is constant on the site and I wasn’t sure if this was the norm or a culture thingy. It being staged does make more sense.

Probably because they thought that in order to rent or sell the apartment they should "stage" it first, but they didn’t want to spend the money to put a whole bed in place, so they just put in a mattress on the floor to give the "effect" of a bedroom for the camera.

Either that or you’ve been looking at a lot of crack-house crash-pads! ;-)

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3 Responses to “In NY apartment listings why do so many beds look like matresess are on the floor?”

  1. because then you can say you have high ceilings
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  2. Probably because they thought that in order to rent or sell the apartment they should "stage" it first, but they didn’t want to spend the money to put a whole bed in place, so they just put in a mattress on the floor to give the "effect" of a bedroom for the camera.

    Either that or you’ve been looking at a lot of crack-house crash-pads! ;-)
    References :

  3. I have seen many an apartment with mattresses and frames up on beds. To be fair, if the apartment is a walk up, the less you have to move up the stairs, the better. Or it’s those crazy hipster bohemians trying to live like starving artists.
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