13 home organization purchases that we swear by for our own apartments

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. An ongoing plague of domestic bliss is simply not being organized.  The more things we acquire, the more storage space we need so we have somewhere to put […]

This $70 WiFi router is the perfect choice for people who live in small apartments — plus it has plenty of features usually reserved for pricier options

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase.  TP-Link Traditional WiFi routers are usually hard to set up and manage, which makes them a lot harder to recommend than modern, mesh routers, which are smarter and […]

Inside the new building designed by the man behind ‘the world’s most powerful address,’ where apartments go for up to $35 million

20 East End is a new luxury apartment building on New York City’s Upper East Side. The building was designed by architect Robert A.M. Stern, who previously designed 15 Central Park West, a building some have called “the world’s most powerful address.” 20 East End’s apartments range in cost from $ 10 million to upwards […]

Live home and away with lock-up-and-leave retirement apartments

Even if you are not so footloose and fancy free, the worry of leaving a home empty while you are away is a thing of the past once you move into a retirement development with 24-hour security. These can range from small blocks of flats with no communal facilities, to retirement villages offering a swimming […]

19 Bizarre Things About NYC Apartments Most Americans Will Never, Ever Get

The two most common categorizations are “prewar,” referring to apartments built before World War II, and “postwar,” referring to ones built after the war, but there are more. 66 Perry St., which you might recognize, above, from Sex and the City, was built in 1866, making it pre-pre-prewar (built before the Spanish-American War). Let’s block […]

Britain’s Bra Baroness will sell apartments in her new $326 million Dubai tower for bitcoin

Michelle Mone rose from a working-class Scottish background to become one of Britain’s most renowned entrepreneurs thanks to the runaway success of her unique bra designs. Mone exited the lingerie business a few years ago and was recently named a Baroness and given a seat in the House of Lords. But entrepreneurship is calling, and […]

A stunning new smog-eating ‘vertical forest tower’ will feature luxury apartments and 300 species of plants

Stefano Boeri Architetti A smog-eating tower will soon go up in the Netherlands city of  Utrecht. On the outside, 10,000 trees and shrubs — nearly half the amount found in New York’s Central Park — will fill the skyscraper’s facade, roof, and balconies. Inside, it will feature 200 luxury apartment units, restaurants, a fitness center, and offices. Called the Utrecht Vertical […]

Terrifying videos of West London Tower blaze: 120 apartments engulfed, falling debris (VIDEOS)

Published time: 14 Jun, 2017 06:06 A huge blaze, falling debris, and people reportedly still trapped inside – terrifying footage of the inferno at the massive block in West London has emerged online. [embedded content] “The fire started happening on the third floor. We called the fire brigade. They came 20 minutes later. And then […]

Loopholes allow New York landlords to boost rents on stabilized apartments

Capture Light/Shutterstock.com (ProPublica) — In October 2015, Scherrie and Langston Donaldson received a cryptic notice from their landlord, labeled “preferential rent credit removal.” At first glance, they weren’t sure what to make of it. “As you know, we have been billing you at a preferential rent for your 2013-2015 lease,” it read. “Unfortunately, at this […]