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We both really love the fast pace
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and the hustle and bustle of new york city.
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Where's dada? Where's dada?
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Jia: And now we have our 1-year-old son,
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jackson, and we've always been in this tiny, tiny one-bedroom,
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so it's time to get into something bigger.
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It can get stressful in new york.
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The kitchen is tiny.
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It's like I'm shaquille o'neal in here. Yeah.
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There's no bathtub.
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How am I gonna bathe jackson in here?
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I think they built in a solution for us right here.
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We'll wash him car-wash style with this.
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[ laughter ] just hose him down.
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Plus it being crazy expensive.
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$875,000.
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It's a little bit over budget.
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It is a little bit scary.
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Where is the washer and dryer?
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I'm really surprised hila's even showing me
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a place without a washer and dryer.
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It's the number-one thing I've been asking her
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to show us in every single apartment.
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In midtown in her price point, it's nearly impossible.
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[ doorbell rings ]
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♪♪
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♪♪
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jackson.
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Check this out.
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Jia: Where's dada? Jackson: Da!
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Yeah!
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I work in the fashion industry.
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I work in finance as a bond analyst.
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Jackson.
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Look at dad.
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We met walking down the street in toronto.
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Jia lived in toronto.
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I was traveling through canada.
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She came to houston to visit,
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which is where I was living at the time,
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and we got married a year after we met. Uh-huh.
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And that was 15 years ago now.
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New york was always on our list of places
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that we really wanted to live in.
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I think we both love the city.
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It just has this energy,
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and now we have our 1-year-old son, jackson,
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so it's the three of us,
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and we've always been in this tiny, tiny one-bedroom.
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We have a crib at the foot of our bed.
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It's just toys everywhere.
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It's just too small. We've outgrown it.
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I would love a place that was at least
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800 square feet, 2 bedrooms, ideally 1 1/2 baths.
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I really hope we can find a pre-war place
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that has a lot of charm, maybe some hardwood floors.
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Place with a little bit of history,
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place with some character to it,
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not just one of the brand-new condos
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that are nice and have all the amenities.
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But there's no feel to them.
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They're like human filing cabinets.
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Oh, I would love a brand-new condo
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that's renovated and new inside.
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So the exact opposite? [ laughs ]
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I don't care when the building was built.
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Michael says the places I like look like bank vaults,
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and I would love to live in a bank vault
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[ chuckles ] if I could convert it into an apartment.
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I really hope we can find a washer and dryer.
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That seemed difficult when we look online.
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In our current apartment,
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we don't have a washer and dryer,
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and that's really challenging, especially since we had jackson.
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To lug all the laundry down to the, you know, laundry room
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plus carrying him is really challenging.
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It would be easier just using, like, a cleaning service
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where someone just comes to our house,
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picks up the clothes,
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magically folds them someplace else,
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and then just brings them back,
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just like that story book where the elves came
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and made the shoes in the middle of the night.
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But then somebody is touching your dirty laundry --
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some random stranger, and you don't --
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but that's their problem, isn't it?
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No. [ laughs ]
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for me, the budget is $800,000,
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but I feel like even that
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is more than I would actually want to spend,
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so I'm hoping to get a place well below that amount.
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I think we can spend more than that.
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I think we can go up to $900,000.
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I definitely want a bathtub.
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I have to bathe jackson, and if we don't have a bathtub,
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it's gonna be really hard.
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Nicola: Hey. Jia: How are you?
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Good. Mwah.
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Hi. Have you found a place yet?
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No. No?
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It's hard. [ laughs ]
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yeah. Yeah.
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So, where are you looking?
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We'd like to stay in the city. Yeah.
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We both agree on that, but I think where we disagree
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is I'm looking for a place that's more...
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Has that sort of classical new york feeling to it.
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For me, the most important thing in a home
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is the neighborhood that it's in --
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neighborhood that's conducive to meeting our neighbors
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and making some connections with them
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and forming a sense of community.
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And I think jia wants to stay only in manhattan, right?
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Yeah, I want to stay as, like... In the core.
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...Central manhattan as possible. Right. Right.
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Good luck... Cheers!
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...On finding a new place! Good job!
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[ laughing ] that's an aggressive cheers.
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The neighborhood doesn't look quite as residential
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as I'd hoped it would be.
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Doesn't have that sort of communal,
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old-new-york neighborhood sort of feel to it, you know?
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Still a lot of commercial. But there's still a lot of people out here.
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hey, michael!
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Hey, jia! How are you?
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How's it going? Good. Nice to see you.
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We are looking at a pre-war building...
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Oh, great. ...Built in 1916...
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Awesome. I love to hear it.
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...Used to be a postcard factory.
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Oh, interesting history.
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And it's beautifully renovated.
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Oh, nice.
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I really like that it's in midtown east.
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It's so central to everything.
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I'm showing this apartment today to jia and michael
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because I think it's a really great combination
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of both characteristic
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and really beautiful features for michael,
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and at the same time,
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there's renovated, modern finishes for jia.
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Jia: This is nice.
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Michael: Yeah, it's a dramatic entryway.
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I like the brick element and the floor,
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and I love the high ceilings.
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All the lighting is so girlie and beautiful.
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I love it. [ laughter ]
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hila: Michael?
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I'm going to be agnostic on the lighting for...
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[ laughter ] ...Diplomatic purposes.
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I don't see any windows in the living room here.
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Oh, yeah.
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We can see where the windows are in a minute.
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Are you ready to see one of the bedrooms? Yeah.
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oh, this is where the windows are.
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This actually used to be a balcony,
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and they closed it off...
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Ah. ...To become a bedroom.
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I don't like that the windows are only in the bedroom
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if we have the doors closed, though.
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This actually used to be a loft,
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and none of these walls are weight-bearing,
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so if you want at some point to change it up, you can.
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Oh, that's great. So we have lots of flexibility.
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I mean, I don't know -- if it was jackson's room,
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I don't know if I'd like these sliding doors and windows
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for safety, you know?
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Seems small for a master,
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and it seems dangerous to be jackson's room.
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You want to check out the other bedroom
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and see if that one would be yours or his?
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Yeah, for sure. All right. Let's check it out.
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[ michael laughs ]
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jia: This is big. It is.
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I don't know about this one
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for jackson's room or the master.
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It's bigger, so it'd be better as the master.
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So, this leads us back to the dining area.
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Oh, we have a dining area. That's awesome.
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Do you guys host much?
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We don't now, but we want to.
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I'd love to have a dining room.
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We have been living on tv trays
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for our entire relationship -- like we're in college.
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We're in our 40s,
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and we don't need to be eating off of tv trays.
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[ clicks tongue ]
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jia wants to host people more than I do.
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[ laughs ]
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a dinner party is just signing up for an evening of work.
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Yeah, I love hosting, but yeah.
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Check out the storage behind you.
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Well, that's nice. Yeah.
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But where is the washer and dryer?
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This co-op actually allows
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either a dishwasher or a washer-dryer.
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Oh, I have to have a washer and dryer
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and a dishwasher.
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That was, like, the number-one thing on my list.
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Well, is there a laundry in the building?
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There's a beautiful, big laundry room downstairs.
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I hate lugging laundry
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out of the apartment and up and down.
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And especially with a 1-year-old, it's so hard to do.
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I'm really surprised hila's even showing me
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a place without a washer and dryer.
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It's the number-one thing I've been asking her
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to show us in every single apartment.
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I know jia really wants an in-unit washer-dryer,
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but in midtown in her price point, it's nearly impossible.
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Jia: The kitchen is tiny. Michael: It is small.
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It's like I'm shaquille o'neal in here. Yeah.
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I do like these flecks of gold in here --
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this, like, disco granite they've got in here.
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I love that there's a dishwasher.
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♪♪
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I like the rainfall shower head.
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That's cool.
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Aesthetically, it's really nice and well done,
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but there's no bathtub.
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How am I gonna bathe jackson in here? I hear you.
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You can put in a bathtub. Jia: I don't know.
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I really want to get a place that's move-in ready.
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I don't want to do a bunch of renovations.
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Michael: I think they built in a solution for us right here.
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You just wash him car-wash style.
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[ laughter ]
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check out the rooftop.
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Jia: Oh, wow. Michael: Wow.
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-This is nice. -This is nice.
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Look at this beautiful direct view
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to the empire state building.
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It's amazing views
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all around every corner of the building.
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It's incredible. Yeah.
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There's a lot of room for jackson to run around.
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Hila: Did you see the toys over there?
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Oh, yeah. So there's definitely kids in the building.
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Yeah, that's good to know. That's nice.
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Overall, I think it's a contender.
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I mean, I like that it has high ceilings,
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really good lighting.
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I love that it used to be a postcard factory,
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so there's history to the building.
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Yeah, I really like how central it is.
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Like, I like midtown east.
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The hardwood is really, really pretty.
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The dining room is a little bit small.
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I don't want it to be cramped
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once we put our dining table in there.
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The kitchen was a little bit bigger, as well.
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I really love that it has a dishwasher.
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The washer and dryer is the biggest thing for me.
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And then in the bathroom,
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I don't know what we're gonna do without a bathtub.
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How will I -- you saw the hose, right?
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Oh, I'm not using the hose to bathe jackson.
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That's not an option. So fancy.
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I'd still like to maybe check out some places
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that are a little bit more residential or communal-feeling.
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All right. Let's see what I can do.
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we're looking at approximately 760 square foot.
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Jia: Oh, that's small.
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We're in about that size now, and it feels small to us.
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♪♪
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these brownstones are nice,
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but I've found they're rarely modern inside.
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Michael: But they do look charming and pre-war.
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This is exactly kind of
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the old new york neighborhood I had in mind.
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Hi, hila.
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Hey, hila. Hey, guys! Welcome.
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Welcome to fort greene, brooklyn.
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What did you think about the neighborhood?
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It's good. It's a nice street.
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It just took a really long time to get here.
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And from my work, it's far.
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I just don't want to commute back to manhattan
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for all of my work meetings.
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We're looking at approximately 760 square foot.
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Oh, that's small.
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We're in about that size now, and it feels small to us.
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Yeah, but you figure you get rid of 50 pairs of shoes,
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all of a sudden, the space just opens right up.
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[ laughter ]
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absolutely not.
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No? No.
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♪♪
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oh, this is nice.
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Yeah, I like it.
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I love... It's got a nice...
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...The brick wall. ...Living room.
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Old original floors.
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The floors are nice.
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Fireplace. Oh, yeah.
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I also like that there's wood sprinkled into the brick here.
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Oh, I didn't notice that. Wood and brick combines.
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I don't love the wood, but...
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No? ...I do like the brick. [ laughs ]
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it's, like, the story of the building
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built right into the wall of the house.
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I guess so. [ laughs ]
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if these walls could talk, what would they say?
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I have a surprise for you guys right behind that door.
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Check it out. [ laughs ]
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it's done. Oh, wow.
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The search is over. A washer-dryer!
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[ laughing ] thank you for the washer and dryer. Yay! Yes!
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I don't really love that it's in the living room. What?
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But it's nice that we can -- but it's in the house!
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Come on, jia. Yeah, I know,
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but we have a 1-year-old,
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and then there'll be laundry in the living room,
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and it'll be messy.
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It's within the four walls of the house.
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That's true. I think that's a win.
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That's true.
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Yeah, I think you have to expect some compromise.
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We're probably unlikely to get everything on our wish list,
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and a perfectly placed washer and dryer
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might be one of those things
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that we have to give a little bit on.
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Jia: I like that there's a dining room.
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That's fantastic. Yeah.
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Isn't that nice? Yeah, this is nice.
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Is there no dishwasher?
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There is no dishwasher in this apartment.
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Oh, yeah. That's not gonna work.
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That's how you got me a washer and dryer.
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You got rid of my dishwasher.
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It's either/or. Come on, jia. That's what you do.
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We need to finally do my plan
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of just having one plate each
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with one fork, one knife, one spoon.
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The dishes will never stack.
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Says the guy who... You don't even need a dishwasher.
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...Can't put his laundry into the laundry basket.
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You're gonna wash your dishes after every meal?
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I don't think so. Why are you bringing up old stuff?
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We're talking about dishes. I don't think so, no.
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I'm talking dishes. She's talking laundry.
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Those are two completely separate issues.
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Oh, this is nice.
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Michael: Yeah, it is nice. Jia: Yeah.
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Decent size. Mm-hmm.
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The bigger of the two? It is the bigger of the two.
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Oh, well, it's kind of small for a master.
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Okay. Oh, this is tiny.
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Well, especially for all of jackson's stuff.
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Maybe it's time for him to learn
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to edit his possessions, live a possession-free life.
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[ laughs ] [ laughing ] maybe.
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Thank you. Little bit tight in there.
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This is tight all right. It feels okay.
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It needs an update.
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That's the biggest thing.
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At least there's a bathtub.
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I love a modern home with really clean lines,
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and I don't really see that here.
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The house is older, and it doesn't really have
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any of those elements that I'm looking for.
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♪♪
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the brooklyn market is definitely heating up,
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so if this is a contender,
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we should talk about it seriously.
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You know, it's in brooklyn, and it's really far for me
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to commute back to any work meetings.
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Hila, I would really just love to see a place
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with more square footage.
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I wouldn't mind going up to harlem.
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Feel like we might get more bang for the buck up there.
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♪♪
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the home is a little bit over 1,300 square foot.
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It's huge. Yeah.
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It's $875,000.
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[ doorbell rings ]
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♪♪
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I really love this style of house,
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and it's an actual neighborhood,
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and you can feel an actual sense of community here.
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We'd, like, get to know people.
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I love harlem.
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It'd be great to raise jackson here.
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The brownstones are beautiful. Mm-hmm.
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I just really hope it's renovated and modern inside
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'cause often, these places aren't, you know?
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Hi, hila. Hey, hila.
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Hey, guys. Welcome. Hi.
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This is an awesome condo
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that was built in the 1880s... Awesome.
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...And was converted to condos a few years back.
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It's an expensive place.
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It's also really big, though.
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It is. It is.
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We'll have to see if it's worth it,
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I guess, when we get inside.
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Even though the new york city market
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is stabilizing a little bit,
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you'll still have to pay for that washer-dryer,
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building amenities, and, of course, square feet.
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Michael: Are we there yet?
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Jia: [ laughing ] that is a lot of stairs.
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Hila: [ exhales sharply ] catch your breath.
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That's not good for my asthma.
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[ laughs ] it's not so bad by yourself,
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but I imagine carrying jackson and his stroller...
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Oh, yeah. ...Up the stairs every day.
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An escalator in, that'll be our first...
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Uh-huh. Sure. ...Home improvement.
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I love these floors and how old they look.
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They're all scuffed and marked
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like there's a story in every scratch.
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But this kitchen... Yeah, let's check it out.
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...Is not good.
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Yeah, the kitchen tiles...
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Why is there duct tape on the floor?
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What's happening? [ laughter ]
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these kitchen tiles might also be from the 1900s. Hila: Yeah.
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You know, I don't mind the tiles. What?
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Yeah, they're funky. Yeah.
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Funky? When do you like these kind of tiles?
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Because they look kind of moroccan-medallion.
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They look kind of cool. Moroccan-medall--
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that's the style, moroccan-medallion?
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[ laughter ]
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I can't believe that she likes this floor.
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This is opposite of everything she's ever liked.
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What michael doesn't realize is that the moroccan trend,
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it's in style right now.
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This kitchen is not good.
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It needs a gut reno.
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I don't like it. It's so old.
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I just don't want a place I need to renovate.
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Michael: Oh, look at this room. Look how big it is.
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There's three bedrooms in this whole place.
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We would only need two,
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which means you could have an amazing office down here.
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Jia: That's a good idea. This would be a huge office.
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Yeah, that's a pretty big perk
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that we haven't had in any other place.
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I could see myself living in this house
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only because it's such a large space, which we need.
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We have a growing family and a 1-year-old son
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who's only getting into everything
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more and more every day.
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Jia: Oh, that's nice.
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Hila: Yeah, I thought you'd like it.
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I love that there's big windows here, lets in lots of light.
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Have this faux fireplace, which is kind of interesting.
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Yeah, it's a really nice, big open space.
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Do you like the ceiling fan?
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No. No?
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No. [ laughter ]
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it's got kind of this throwback, harlem-cotton-club
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kind of feel to it.
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You hate my floors in the kitchen,
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but you like this fan?
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[ laughter ]
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oh, good -- more stairs.
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I know. This is a lot of stairs. Great.
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Hila: This is a king-sized bed.
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Yeah, and there's still plenty of room.
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Yeah, it's a good size.
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There's also a big closet. That's good.
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I like it.
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I don't like these floors at all.
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These are the kind of floors
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that, to me, they never feel clean.
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Yeah.
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The bathroom needs a total renovation like the kitchen.
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This is the full bath?
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This is the full bath.
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Yeah. That is correct.
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This is a really small full bath.
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I'm really afraid that a lot of what I've seen
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needs to be renovated,
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which is gonna make this house unaffordable for me.
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I have a surprise for you, jia.
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Okay.
484
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Check out the in-unit washer-dryer.
485
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Ohhh. Oh.
486
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Awesome. Okay.
487
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Well, this place is redeeming itself.
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So, there's a washer and dryer here, so I guess that's it.
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Search is over.
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We can just move right in tomorrow.
491
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I should have brought my clothes with me.
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What do you think about the half bath?
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Yeah, I definitely don't like the bathrooms in this house.
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But, you know, there's no bathroom on the floor below us,
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but at least this bathroom is, like,
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one step from the bedroom, so...
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Yeah, but that's... ...That's good.
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...A big problem that there's no bathroom
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on the main floor, too, because you'd always
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have to come upstairs to go to the bathroom. Right.
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Look at this enormous bedroom.
502
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This is nice. Yeah. Yeah.
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It's a really good size,
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and then it has really big windows.
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And three of them -- that's great.
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We use this as the master, we'd have our own closets.
507
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Yeah. That would be awesome.
508
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Yeah, I'd finally have enough space
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free from all your junk.
510
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[ laughing ] yeah, or the other way around.
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In the past, we've only had hers closets,
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so forget about a his-and-hers closet.
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So I think that's gonna go a long way towards
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opening her mind up towards this place.
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♪♪
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I love the neighborhood.
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I love the facade of the building outside,
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the sort of classic brownstone with the stoop
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that we could hang out on in the morning.
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I don't so much care for the stairs.
521
00:17:41,090 --> 00:17:42,790
Two flights of stairs in the house,
522
00:17:42,790 --> 00:17:45,360
that'd be kind of a lot to handle with jackson.
523
00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:46,930
I do love, love, love
524
00:17:46,930 --> 00:17:48,930
that there's a washer and dryer in the unit,
525
00:17:48,930 --> 00:17:51,060
and it's actually, like, in its own closet,
526
00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:52,500
in its own space.
527
00:17:52,500 --> 00:17:55,270
I really like that it has 1 1/2 baths,
528
00:17:55,270 --> 00:17:57,240
and it has a bathtub, which is nice,
529
00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,970
but I feel like it's a bathtub I want to throw in the garbage.
530
00:17:59,970 --> 00:18:02,110
[ laughter ] it totally needs a full reno.
531
00:18:02,110 --> 00:18:04,080
And the kitchen also needs a reno.
532
00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:05,580
Everything feels really old,
533
00:18:05,580 --> 00:18:07,950
and I would really, really love it to be modern.
534
00:18:07,950 --> 00:18:12,120
But is it old and outdated, or is it historic and charming?
535
00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:13,650
It's old and outdated.
536
00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:15,620
[ laughter ]
537
00:18:15,620 --> 00:18:17,590
the market is really hot right now,
538
00:18:17,590 --> 00:18:19,890
so I really recommend starting to think
539
00:18:19,890 --> 00:18:22,300
at least about putting in some offers.
540
00:18:22,300 --> 00:18:23,300
Okay. Sure.
541
00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:24,730
Yeah. All right. Let's go talk it over.
542
00:18:31,910 --> 00:18:36,440
♪♪
543
00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:38,440
I know we've seen so many properties.
544
00:18:38,450 --> 00:18:40,080
What were your favorites?
545
00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,720
Well, I really like the midtown co-op.
546
00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,120
It's a really good amount of space.
547
00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:47,550
Yeah, I really liked that one, too, for the location
548
00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:48,920
'cause it is midtown.
549
00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,520
The rooftop was amazing.
550
00:18:50,530 --> 00:18:53,960
But it was also kind of commercial,
551
00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,530
lot of office buildings all around.
552
00:18:55,530 --> 00:18:56,760
Mm-hmm.
553
00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,000
It's missing the washer and dryer, which is huge.
554
00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,530
I love that it had a dishwasher,
555
00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:02,370
but it's also missing a bathtub.
556
00:19:02,370 --> 00:19:03,540
[ laughter ]
557
00:19:03,540 --> 00:19:05,970
it didn't feel that modern from the outside,
558
00:19:05,970 --> 00:19:08,740
but when you get inside, they've really done a great job with it.
559
00:19:08,740 --> 00:19:11,310
What do you think about the brooklyn brownstone?
560
00:19:11,310 --> 00:19:13,610
The street was really beautiful, but I hated the commute.
561
00:19:13,620 --> 00:19:16,080
I loved the facade of the building.
562
00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:17,580
It also seemed like a neighborhood
563
00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:20,190
where people would eventually get to know their neighbors.
564
00:19:20,190 --> 00:19:21,420
If we're gonna buy a place,
565
00:19:21,420 --> 00:19:23,490
I would love for it to be a little bigger.
566
00:19:23,490 --> 00:19:24,590
Yeah. [ sighs ]
567
00:19:24,590 --> 00:19:25,960
but that living room was beautiful
568
00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,930
with the brick accent wall and that fireplace.
569
00:19:28,930 --> 00:19:32,300
Kitchen was so tiny, and it was missing a dishwasher.
570
00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:35,100
But it did have a washer and dryer in the unit, right?
571
00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:36,300
That's true.
572
00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:38,070
It seems to always be one or the other.
573
00:19:38,070 --> 00:19:40,810
Yeah. Life's full of tough choices, man.
574
00:19:40,810 --> 00:19:44,240
How did you feel about that condo in harlem?
575
00:19:44,250 --> 00:19:45,650
That was my favorite neighborhood.
576
00:19:45,650 --> 00:19:47,710
I also really liked the exterior.
577
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,680
I loved how huge it was, but it needed work...
578
00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:52,050
Mm-hmm. ...For sure.
579
00:19:52,050 --> 00:19:54,020
And that one had a ton of stairs.
580
00:19:54,020 --> 00:19:56,460
With jackson just, you know, still being a little wobbly
581
00:19:56,460 --> 00:19:58,220
when he walks around and stuff... [ laughter ]
582
00:19:58,230 --> 00:20:00,330
I don't know that that's gonna be great for us.
583
00:20:00,330 --> 00:20:02,600
It did have both a washer and dryer.
584
00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:03,800
Yeah, I did love that.
585
00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:04,900
Felt a little far to me.
586
00:20:04,900 --> 00:20:07,470
I felt like I was not in manhattan.
587
00:20:07,470 --> 00:20:09,000
I feel like unless we live
588
00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,300
on the top floor of the empire state building,
589
00:20:11,310 --> 00:20:13,070
everything is gonna be far for you. That would be nice.
590
00:20:13,070 --> 00:20:14,270
[ laughter ]
591
00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:22,480
♪♪
592
00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:23,980
[ doorbell rings ]
593
00:20:23,990 --> 00:20:25,020
[ jackson cries ] I know. I'm coming.
594
00:20:25,020 --> 00:20:26,090
Are you hungry?
595
00:20:26,090 --> 00:20:28,620
We decided to go with the midtown co-op.
596
00:20:28,620 --> 00:20:32,290
We closed on it 2 weeks ago and moved in 1 week ago.
597
00:20:32,290 --> 00:20:34,230
Eat up. Om!
598
00:20:34,230 --> 00:20:36,930
The asking price was $749,000.
599
00:20:36,930 --> 00:20:39,930
We ended up getting it for $730,000.
600
00:20:39,930 --> 00:20:43,100
Hila was really helpful in negotiating a lower price.
601
00:20:43,100 --> 00:20:44,600
Process wasn't so smooth.
602
00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:47,070
We had a hard time dealing with the seller,
603
00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,180
but in the end, we got it.
604
00:20:49,180 --> 00:20:50,980
It's a little busier here
605
00:20:50,980 --> 00:20:52,310
than some of the other neighborhoods
606
00:20:52,310 --> 00:20:55,780
we were thinking that were more residentially oriented,
607
00:20:55,780 --> 00:20:58,250
but I think we've been able to compensate for that
608
00:20:58,250 --> 00:20:59,850
because within our building,
609
00:20:59,850 --> 00:21:02,590
people are really friendly and welcoming.
610
00:21:02,590 --> 00:21:05,090
We don't have a bathtub here, which was a concern for me,
611
00:21:05,090 --> 00:21:06,590
but it hasn't been so bad.
612
00:21:06,590 --> 00:21:09,400
We got one of those plastic baby tubs.
613
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,100
And then sit here, and I get soaked, as well.
614
00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:13,430
Throw it. Yeah!
615
00:21:13,430 --> 00:21:14,870
Good job. Good one.
616
00:21:14,870 --> 00:21:17,700
I'm really looking forward to seeing jackson grow up here.
617
00:21:17,710 --> 00:21:19,870
This is actually his first room he's ever had.
618
00:21:19,870 --> 00:21:22,070
Actually, the very first day we got here, we were like,
619
00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:23,610
"where's your room?" and he immediately pointed
620
00:21:23,610 --> 00:21:26,050
to the largest room in the house and walked on in,
621
00:21:26,050 --> 00:21:28,710
so we gave him that room.
622
00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:29,780
[ jackson speaks indistinctly ]
623
00:21:29,780 --> 00:21:30,950
yeah.
624
00:21:30,950 --> 00:21:32,690
Not having an in-unit washer and dryer
625
00:21:32,690 --> 00:21:34,590
has already been a pain in the butt,
626
00:21:34,590 --> 00:21:37,260
but it's worth it because the place is just so nice.
627
00:21:37,260 --> 00:21:38,260
All right. [ coos ]
628
00:21:38,260 --> 00:21:39,590
yeah, I think buying the house
629
00:21:39,590 --> 00:21:41,160
has changed our life for the better.
630
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:42,960
Jia is definitely happier.
631
00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,260
Oh, I'm excited to come home every day.
632
00:21:45,270 --> 00:21:47,330
I didn't think we'd find a place this nice.
633
00:21:47,340 --> 00:21:48,370
I just love it.
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