Utilities
WiFi
Furniture
Linens
Cleaning
Laundry
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No broker fee
No application fee
Utilities
WiFi
Furniture
Linens
Cleaning
Laundry
Gym
Coworking
No broker fee
No application fee
Utilities
WiFi
Furniture
Linens
Cleaning
Laundry
Gym
Coworking
No broker fee
No application fee

What's actually in your rent?

Put the place you're considering next to a SharedEasy room, with every real cost on the table. Nothing you type is saved: this page has no memory.

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Your side of the comparison

What are you comparing us to?

Pick the thing you're actually considering, not the one that flatters us.

Their offer

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Stay length matters more than any other number here. Every one-time fee gets divided by it. That's how a furniture run or a guarantor fee turns into a monthly cost.

What else are they charging you?

Pre-filled at the low end of what these actually cost in New York. Change any figure, untick anything that doesn't apply.

Mandatory: you can't opt out

Probably needed: add or remove

Held, not spent

Outpost: true monthly cost $2,424/mo

Our offer

Deposit

Your all-inclusive monthly rate $1,784/mo Total with taxes and fees. There is nothing to add to this number.

Current published rates. Availability moves: your rep will confirm what's open on your dates.

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The value you receive

What that price actually buys you

The number you just saw isn't rent with things stripped out of it. Here is what's inside it, priced at what each of these would cost you on your own.

Priced, and included

Real value in your monthly rate $1,057/mo
Across your whole stay $6,340
No broker fee No application fee No utility hookup No furniture to buy

Price against value

The rate you pay
$1,784/mo
Value included in it
$1,057/mo
What's left: the room itself
$727/mo
Which means After the included value, the room itself works out to $727/mo.

Each line on the left is priced at what you'd pay for it on your own in New York, at the low end. Change the stay length above and every figure here moves with it.

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The honest comparison

Four numbers, side by side

Over 6 months, comparing another furnished operator's room against comfort private room at Cornelius Bushwick Home.

1. True monthly cost

Outpost $2,424/mo Rent plus everything else on their list
You save $640/mo $3,840 over 6 months
SharedEasy, all in $1,784/mo One price. Nothing to add to it.

2. True cost across your whole stay

Outpost $14,544 $2,424/mo across 6 months
You save $3,840 Over the whole 6-month stay, on rent and running costs alone
SharedEasy, all in $10,704 One price, every month of it

3. Cash to get the keys

Outpostbefore you own a fork $3,950
SharedEasyfirst month plus deposit $3,568
Less cash up front with us $382 The $100 that holds your SharedEasy room is a prepayment: it comes off your first month, it isn't a fee.

4. Cash locked up until you leave

Outpostheld as a security deposit $1,900
SharedEasyheld as a security deposit $1,784

Less tied up with us $116

Example NYC rental cost comparisons

These examples use the calculator's current defaults and SharedEasy's published rate card. Every assumption is editable in the calculator above.

a furnished operator's room

For a 6-month short-term rental, a furnished operator's room has a true monthly cost of $2,424, compared with $1,784 for comfort private room at Cornelius Bushwick Home. The total across the stay is $14,544 versus $10,704. Cash needed to get the keys is $3,950 versus $3,568, with $1,900 versus $1,784 held until move-out.

a room in a shared apartment

For a 12-month rental, a room in a shared apartment has a true monthly cost of $2,515, compared with $1,699 for comfort private room at Cornelius Bushwick Home. The total across the stay is $30,179 versus $20,388. Cash needed to get the keys is $7,019 versus $3,398, with $1,500 versus $1,699 held until move-out.

a studio or 1-bedroom

For a 12-month rental, a studio or 1-bedroom has a true monthly cost of $4,551, compared with $1,699 for comfort private room at Cornelius Bushwick Home. The total across the stay is $54,614 versus $20,388. Cash needed to get the keys is $13,094 versus $3,398, with $3,300 versus $1,699 held until move-out.

Copying puts your whole comparison into the link itself. Paste it to your rep and they'll see exactly these numbers. Nothing is saved on our side either way.

How these numbers are built How these numbers are built

  • Why are one-time fees divided by the number of months?

    One-time costs are divided by the number of months you're staying, on both sides. A shorter stay makes the gap bigger: the fees don't shrink, your stay does.

  • Why is renters insurance left out of the comparison?

    It's required whichever option you pick, at roughly the same cost, so including it would change every total by the same amount and tell you nothing. A protection plan or damage waiver is a different thing: a charge some operators add on top, and we don't.

  • Why is the broker fee listed at $0?

    Brokers can't charge tenants a fee in New York, so it's listed at $0. It's on the list because it was one of the largest fees in the market until recently, and plenty of people still budget for it. Application fees are capped at $20 in New York.

  • Where do the SharedEasy numbers come from?

    SharedEasy rates are the published rate card, total with taxes and fees. There is nothing to add to this number. Room availability changes; your rep will confirm what's open on your dates.

  • Is SharedEasy the cheapest option in New York?

    We don't claim to be the cheapest option in New York: this tool exists so you can work out the real number yourself. Every figure on the list is a New York low-end estimate and is fully editable.

  • Is anything I type saved?

    Nothing you type is saved: this page has no memory. Copying the link puts your whole comparison into the link itself.
Outpost$2,424/mo
You save$640/mo
SharedEasy, all in$1,784/mo
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