Part 3: Behind the scenes of a bicoastal life: Setting up two different households.
There are many ways to live #bicoastal. For us, we have a duplex in #LBC and rent an affordable apartment in the #UWS. This has been easier said than done. It took us a little over a year to get settled and is still a work in progress for our #NYC apartment, and for LB, while we’re currently legal with our vacation houses, city ordinances are constantly changing. So for now, we will continue our journey in our bicoastal life.
Before we had to make the move to NYC, we first had to set up our LB houses as vacation houses. Our back house was already running and set up, but for the front house, where we were residing, we had to remove all our belongings to stage it. We hopped around from hotel to hotel and other vacation houses while the fronthouse got booked. This was very fun at first but got tiring since we were just living with a few suitcases. While we managed the bookings, we also hired cleaners, gardeners and a manager to be part of our team. Once these were in place, we dove into our bicoastal life with only essentials, as pictured above.
Once we moved into our NYC apartment we realized how tiny it was so we thought it would be temporary. Being unsettled placed a toll on our bodies and minds. A home is where you find comfort and if you’re not settled down, it feels so chaotic. While apartment hunting, we learned how much of a deal we were getting with our apartment. Our rent is $1850 for a 1 bedroom in #Manhattan! So with a mortgage in LB and on average of $2900 for a 1 brm in our neighborhood we reconsidered and decided to make the best of our tiny apartment and experience tiny home living.
Could we have been more organized, more planned out, saved more money and had less sacrifices to have relieved us from the stresses that came with our bicoastal transition? Of course!!!! But #dreams only come true with ACTIONS. Take actions and learn along the way: #HYPEREXIST
What dreams are you currently pursuing? Feel free to share.