Real Estate

Chasid Test

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{THE OPEN HOUSE LOG}
413 West 48th Street, Apartment 2FW
Three-room, one-bath, 425-square-foot co-op.
Asking Price: $369,000.
Maintenance: $291 per month.
Broker: Donald Kemper, Prudential Douglas Elliman.

Who: Michele Renda, personal concierge.
What are you shopping for?
I’m looking for a friend of mine in New Jersey. He’s always asking if there’s something in my building—a small studio.
What do you think?
I think this will work. It may be a little more than he wanted to spend.

Who: Victoria Francisco, employee-relations director.
What are you shopping for?
I live in the neighborhood and I want to stay.
What do you think?
I’m looking for a one-bedroom, and this one looks like it might’ve been a large studio. The sleeping alcove is small.

Derick González and Lori Schoenstein.

(Photo: Donald Bowers)

Who: Lori Schoenstein, teacher, and Derick González, art director.
What are you shopping for?
LORI: We’ve been looking for a year. DERICK: We’re just starting to get serious.
What do you think?
LORI: It’s too small. DERICK: I don’t think we could handle it. LORI: We’d kill each other. DERICK: We’re almost there now. LORI: The building we’re in sucks! DERICK: People come and go, and not many complain about the management of the building. LORI: Our front door fell off last week!