Two ladies residing collectively in a small Manhattan studio condo have discovered a method to by no means run into one another.
Daisy Okas and her roommate have been cohabitating of their Murray Hill studio since January, paying a complete lease of $3,500 per 30 days.
However their paths by no means cross as a result of they’ve labored out a system: every stays within the pad on totally different nights of the month, Okas, 51, instructed The Publish.
Okas confronted a conundrum a yr in the past when she accepted a advertising job at a Midtown East monetary companies firm that required three in-office work days.
Dwelling together with her boyfriend in Danbury, Conn., was too far a commute for the advertising professional. She didn’t wish to schlep a suitcase forwards and backwards from a lodge and she or he actually didn’t need to pay bank-busting Manhattan rents, which common $5,147 a month, to reside in an condo solely a few nights every week.
So when she discovered an acquaintance who solely needed to remain in Manhattan as much as 10 nights a month — that are “away days” for Okas — they rented the fourth-floor walkup condo collectively for $1,750 a month apiece plus shared utilities.
Okas stays within the condo Monday and Tuesday nights weekly and her roomie, 50, who requested to withhold her title, takes it each different Wednesday by means of Sunday nights.
“We’ve a calendar on the wall, however she could be very predictable so there haven’t been any surprises,” Okas stated. “She has the instances organized for her ex-husband to be with the youngsters so it’s set in stone.”
When she shouldn’t be in Manhattan, Okas’ roommate returns to the Westchester house the place her three youngsters reside.
The condo got here totally furnished, minus a eating desk. Okas introduced a small desk and one chair for solo consuming, pots and pans for them to share, a number of crops and an electrical tea kettle. The roommate contributed a espresso maker and a online game console, neither of which Okas makes use of. They each have their very own sheets and towels, which they retailer within the condo once they depart, and do their very own laundry.
The East Aspect unit has ample space for storing, so that they have their very own closets and drawers.
The roomies share some provides like eggs, butter and yogurt as a result of they spoil, in addition to rest room paper and paper towels, however principally preserve their very own reserves.
“It’s humorous,” Okas stated. “Within the fridge, I’m like, ‘Oh, she’s on a vegan food plan.’ Impulsively there’s like Tofurky sausage rolls.”
The joint is much less a house and extra a lodge — minus the room service.
“It’s not my house,” Okas stated. “It’s like a lodge room. I identical to to have a spot to maintain the fundamentals — work garments, toiletries.”
Earlier than every girl leaves after her keep, she strips the mattress, cleans the condo and refills any dwindling requirements, like rest room paper.
“We each reside right here however we by no means concurrently overlap,” Okas stated. “And so it’s identical to a ghost that lives right here typically.”
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