My three-story walk-up apartment in the West Village has some dreamy qualities: original exposed brick walls, classic crown molding, and a claw-foot tub. Perhaps best of all, it’s rent-stabilized, meaning annual rent increases are capped, and tenants retain the right to renew the lease each year. Rent for the one-bedroom, 380-square-foot space is about $2,000
My partner and I fell in love with our first home, a 1980s two-story residence in Edinburgh, before we even walked in. Sitting on a network of patios, each with a shared central garden, we walked through the wrought iron gates to see its enormous floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a patch of trees and immediately thought,
Just when I turned 30, I moved to the Washington, DC area to look for a new job. I had just gotten out of a serious relationship and was finally moving out of the small town where I had grown up. I was ready to start a new chapter of my life and eager to
