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Picky renters in New York

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Real estate brokers in New York say that New York renters need their space just so, even if it mean making some pretty strange requests. Heres a few good ones that brokers have had to deal with:

  • “One buyer asked for a large terrace for a pot bellied pig. The buyer, a prominent attorney, had married a cute young woman from the Midwest who came to the marriage with cats, dogs, a ferret, tortoise, and pot belly pig. They obviously needed a huge outdoor space for the menagerie. The building they found on the Upper East Side wouldn’t let the pot belly pig in. So they had a veterinarian sedate it, rolled it up in a rug, and smuggled it in.”

  • “One of our clients had a phobia with the number four. None of the apartments could be on the fourth floor or be on 84th Street or any other street with the number four.”

  • “A few months ago a client was looking for apartment that had to be close enough to a Starbucks. I kid you not.”

  • “Years ago I had a gay couple that wanted a loft space that had to have concrete floors with, hopefully, a floor drain. When I asked why they would want a floor drain, they informed me that they hosted invitation-only sex parties that would be attended by 40-50 men, three to four times a week. They intended to cover the floors and walls with latex and wanted the drain so they could hose down the space after the party! I was not successful in finding them their dream house.”

  • “A recent college graduate who just moved to the city was looking for a $1,000-per-month studio in midtown. I just had to laugh because no such place exists.”

  • “A single woman in her mid-50’s was looking to rent an apartment only on an odd-numbered floor because every time she had lived on an even floor, one of her pets died.”

  • “One guy was looking for a ground floor apartment with a basement that he could turn into a dungeon.”

Are any of my readers Real Estate Brokers? What kinds of strange requests have you heard?






Banned for Grunting

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Do you think this fitness club went too far?

Albert Argibay of Beacon New York, ended up being escorted by police from a gym earlier this week. Why? Because he was grunting, which is apparently against Planet Fitness’ rules. The club wants to maintain a non-intimidating atmosphere. Planet fitness markets itself as a judgment free Zone.

This is recent trend in gyms and fitness clubs – no hogging of machines, can’t wear flip flogs, and no grunting.

Argibay, who is a 40 year old corrections officer, stated “Perhaps I grunted, perhaps I didn’t. It’s open to interpretation”. He’d had his headset on when he was lifting 500 pounds on a squat machine.

Posted in the gym are rules that state that members cannot wear bandannas, grunt or bang weights on the ground. If an offender is spotted a lunk alarm sounds to warn the member. There is at least one expulsion every two weeks across the locations, said Mike Grondahl, CEO of Planet Fitness. He said grunting and dropping weights are the most common offenses.

The gyms general manager, Carol Palazzolo, said that the grunt that Argibay emitted Monday evening, a peak time for gyms, could be heard from across the room, even though “the place was a zoo.”

“He was looking directly at me and he did it four times,” she said. “I’m not a doctor, but as far as I know, a grunt is a noise that comes out of one’s body that is loud and is intimidating.”

When the manager confronted him an argument took place, and the police were called in, Argibay was escorted out of the gym, but no charges were filed.

“It’s an embarrassing situation to be in, over a grunt,” Argibay said.

Man way over limit fights with gas pump

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Recently police in Madison, Wis., said Milo G. Chamberlain’s blood-alcohol content was .425, which experts said usually is attainable only by those either dead or in a coma.

But he was picked up, quite conscious, allegedly causing a disturbance at a gas station, where he reportedly got into a fight with a gas pump before being restrained by passers-by.

Well you know he was out of it if he was fighting with a gas pump! Even if he really should have been in a coma with that blood alcohol level!

Oops! They were the wrong size

Department store assistants in the Hainan province of China were surprised to discover that a pair of trousers that had been stolen on Sunday reappeared when they took stock Monday evening, though another pair of trousers in another size were missing.

Authorities suspect that a thief stole a pair of trousers from the store but later found that they didn’t fit him, and then proceeded to return to the department store and switch them with a second pair.

Though no arrests have been made, police suspect a man in his 30s who had “tried on many trousers in their store in the past two days, but failed to buy any.” Currently an investigation is underway.

That thief has guts – steal the pants once, return them and steal yet another pair? I guess he really wanted that style.

Prison Knitters

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I don’t know if this started as a way for prisoners to learn a new skill that they might use when they are released from prison or if a charity minded inmate came up with the idea but either way, inmates at the Cache County, Utah jail are knitting caps, blankets and booties for kids around the world.

So far, the inmates have knitted more than 300 hats, half of which have matching booties.

Dave Evans, one of the prisoners, says that even though they are criminals they have big hearts.

Jail officials are being cautious though, as knitting needles are collected and counted before the prisoners go back to their cells.

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