{"id":346,"date":"2006-12-07T19:48:02","date_gmt":"2006-12-08T00:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/12\/07\/picky-renters-in-new-york\/"},"modified":"2011-08-10T02:54:58","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T06:54:58","slug":"picky-renters-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/12\/07\/picky-renters-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Picky renters in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>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:<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<!--CusAds-->\n<ul>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153One 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&#8217;t let the pot belly pig in. So they had a veterinarian sedate it, rolled it up in a rug, and smuggled it in.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153One 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.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153A few months ago a client was looking for apartment that had to be close enough to a Starbucks. I kid you not.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Years 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.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153A 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.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153A single woman in her mid-50\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153One guy was looking for a ground floor apartment with a basement that he could turn into a dungeon.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<!--CusAds--><p>Are any of my readers Real Estate Brokers?  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