Living In A $1,600/Month Apartment In New York City

Living In A $1,600/Month Apartment In New York City | Unlocked

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Vionna Wai, 30, and her husband, Chucky Hui, 29, have over 150 houseplants and two cats. The couple pays $1,600/month in rent for their 1-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, NY.
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Produced, Shot and Edited by: Mickey Todiwala
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Living In A $1,600/Month Apartment In New York City | Unlocked

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@CNBCMakeIt Ай бұрын

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@juliad368 2 ай бұрын

"I am a homebody that wants to stay all day and play with my cats and plants." I'm with you sister.

@christineee444 Ай бұрын

Same tho 🤣🫶🏼

@Heather-qf3jo 2 ай бұрын

This was wonderful. I love how they've created such a loving & peaceful home while consciously choosing to split rental costs with family, via a duplex, and even trading to offset hobby costs. As he said "This is the beginning.". I see big future goals being accomplished by this couple. You both are awesome!

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

Thank Heather! Haha nyc is expensive so we find ways to save cost. This is the beginning! 😍💚

@barbarawillis5187 2 ай бұрын

Charming home with plants and cats. Vionna inspires me to cherish my house plants the same as caring for a pet or child. Love the kitties. Vionna and Chucky are fortunate to split a house with parents.

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

thank you so much!! this means the world! Yes we are fortunate to be close to our family ☺

@7Jennifer Ай бұрын

I love it when people love their animals so, so much and treat them like family and take their home environment into consideration when having them as well. Such a lovely and cozy home. The plants all look so healthy and happy. Her shirt is amazing!

@TiaWare-uz3wr 2 ай бұрын

Super cute couple. He probably likes an easy inexpensive go to gift that he knows she’ll love

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

Exactly just get me a plant and I’ll be happy 💯 another cat would be nice too 🤣

@ant-duo Ай бұрын

Shout out to whoever directed/shot this video. Really great!

@rikachiu 2 ай бұрын

I would totally support this addiction living in NYC. Their apartment must have great air to breathe in and so good for your overall health mind and body.

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

yas 100% agreed💚💚💚

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

WOW thank you for an amazinggg video of my jungle home!! Mickey is the best🔥I’m so grateful for this experience to sharing the things I’m passionate about! 🐱🌱🫶🏻 if you’re a homebody into cats, plants, DIY home decor and art, hop on this felinejungle journey with me✨

@naana-scelyne6370 Ай бұрын

Are you a Pisces? I feel it. Living in your own precious bubble. Love it . Great video

@heidiquine6438 Ай бұрын

This was one of the most refreshing and authentic apartment tours I’ve seen in such a long, long while. The way you speak about your houseplants was so beautiful. Also, Mi and Ding are two lucky, lucky cats. 🤍 I watched this with my cats (one is also named Mi!) and thoroughly enjoyed seeing your place. You’re a special soul!

@danielamaria1527 Ай бұрын

One of my favorite episodes, you seem like a very kind person. Your house is beautiful, I wish you all the best

@FelineJungle Ай бұрын

@@heidiquine6438 thank you for your sweet message! I can't believe our cats have the same name. you're a special soul too. I hope you and your cats live happily ever after. 💚

@Starshine1229 2 ай бұрын

This is so uplifting and comforting to see! I love the cute cats and it's really heartwarming to see this couple share a life and home with family. I hope to see so much more comfort and success with this lovely couple 😊💖

@donniemoder1466 2 ай бұрын

I like how this video evolved from a cheap apartment/houseplants video into a cat video. I think the wife makes it all work and the husband is supporting her. All those plants on shelves, but the cats are not wrecking the place, that shows some patient calm leadership by the wife in making it all work. She knows just how to nudge the cats into enough obedience to make it work. And she probably does the same to the husband. And they all seem happy. Kudos to her.

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

haha yes we need more cat videos in this world! thank you but Chucky and I work together as a teamm 🥰

@happygilmor1 18 күн бұрын

The calm nature of the couple amazes me....

@victorylee5381 2 ай бұрын

Such a lovely couple and lovely plants

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

thank you for this lovely comment😭

@khariscalvert6775 2 ай бұрын

I love this couple. So so cute. I wish them all the happiness and cats they can handle, lol.

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

Thanks girl💚💚💚you're so sweet. we need a bigger house so we can fit more cats!!

@alexiscarolyne 2 ай бұрын

She has an awesome KZfaq channel too for all the plant lovers out there edit: feline jungle is her KZfaq channel

@victorylee5381 2 ай бұрын

What’s the name of the channel?

@Heather-qf3jo 2 ай бұрын

@@victorylee5381 Feline Jungle

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

@@Heather-qf3jo thank you for this!! Yess we make some wholesome videos at feline jungle 😍

@lisahinkofer2085 Ай бұрын

Me too. I’m a homebody. I love my home and love the peace and quiet of home.

@1catmac 2 ай бұрын

Wow! She's got some gorgeous plants! Very inspiring!

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

omg thank you!! always here for some plant talk🪴

@AA-cm3pd Ай бұрын

She's so calming. Her husband won

@lynwill9946 Ай бұрын

This is a great video. I’m a believer in family members purchasing multi units similar to this video. My four family members split $3000 rent. Can you imagine that? 3000÷4 units. We paid the bill off in 15 years. That’s what you call smart finances, and generational wealth. We created a trust that when anyone passed, The property automatically went to the soul survivors. No probate issues.

@PcfulSol 2 ай бұрын

Plant mom here. If you don't have a green thumb. You won't understand lol It is also very therapeutic to come home and have something to do and keep you busy.

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

go plant moms!! yes its self care at this point 💚💚💚

@rayreem3846 2 ай бұрын

So cosy and natural. Can’t help but love that 💯

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

same!! something about a piece of mother nature makes everything better💚

@francienregelinkauthor 2 ай бұрын

Love this cozy video vibe!

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

we need more cozy videos on the internet!! thank youu

@Hotspur62 Ай бұрын

Pursue your dream of living in Japan. For the longest time I wanted to live and work in Hong Kong and I took the plunge in 2007 staying there for 15 before moving back to Dyker Heights (we're neighbors!) three years ago. Like Dr. Frank-N-Furter once said, "Don't dream it, be it!"

@lisawan1279 2 ай бұрын

Love the plants!

@swerves 2 ай бұрын

so much life!!

@alexiscarolyne 2 ай бұрын

I love all of her plants 🪴

@jenp5413 2 ай бұрын

i love this couple

@indigoastrealaluna2808 Ай бұрын

Love it!

@swalts137 2 ай бұрын

So wholesome 🥹🥹🥹

@tahirisaid2693 Ай бұрын

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@MichaelDavis-cj1yj Ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more. Working with a financial advisor can provide invaluable guidance for navigating investment strategies effectively.

@MichaelDavis-cj1yj Ай бұрын

“Angela Lynn Schilling” is the licensed advisor I use. Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment,.

@wandashaw3551 2 ай бұрын

Wow, so cool ❤❤❤. Love your YT channel.

@vigerminaberrios4116 Ай бұрын

I Love plants, your plants are very well cared for ❤

@mimicallsit7675 Ай бұрын

I went to middle school in the area, it’s a great cultural enclave❤️

@lee_rayyy58 8 күн бұрын

Her string of hearts is adorable! I too have an immense love for houseplants and have several of them I dote on! I have two vining succulents and one vining Hoya thinking of getting a string of bananas

@ryandavis280 Ай бұрын

They are sooo cute!!!

@kli8806 Ай бұрын

I am impressed. My cats would knock down anything above ground level.

@abbyc.4215 2 ай бұрын

The only financial information revealed in this video can be found in the description in addition to having spent $350 for one plant. Beautiful young couple. You're welcome.

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

And live with your in-laws hahaha🧡

@sisselpaulsrud3733 Ай бұрын

Lovely place - lovely couple and cats

@aprilinbklyn8201 2 ай бұрын

I'm in the next neighborhood over 🤪 let's swap some plants!! I love this and your kitties are adorable 😻

@luvlyrickle Ай бұрын

That cat hi-five! 😍😍😍😍

@hillaryedwards567 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful apartment, looks so relaxing! Lovely cats, the cat sat on the chair to tell you, no work today ❤❤I would like to know, How often do you water your plants?

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

thank you!! cats are the boss in the feline jungle. I water my plants once a week! its my sunday therapy

@hillaryedwards567 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the advice, I have an indoor plant, and wasn't sure how often I should water it😅❤🤗👋

@alexiscarolyne 2 ай бұрын

I love this girl!

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

I love you! 🫶🏻🧡

@MoneyMan28 2 ай бұрын

she's got a bf

@unica1357 2 ай бұрын

Wow. I've never met anyone else with my name before and I also live in NYC! Super cool to see 😊

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

wait your name is Vionna too?! are we twins?! we should connect, I've never met someone with my name before

@TheAshley4141 Ай бұрын

the real question is, how did you get your cats to not destroy your plants?

@AnhNguyen-tz1sn 2 ай бұрын

She is living my dream life

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

Go for it! im rooting for you💚

@codegreenie3429 Ай бұрын

How do you know the plants are happy??

@vanessaandreatta9098 2 ай бұрын

The plants... Made it! 😅

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

the plants.. made it BIG! haha!

@HerAeolianHarp 2 ай бұрын

Mi is everything!

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

She is my queen 👑

@LR-mh8hs 2 ай бұрын

Oops! She didn't get the memo: Those plants will grow and take over the apartment! That monstera is called that for a reason. lol. I started collecting plants during the pandemic; at one point I had over 100. Now I'm down to under ten. I had to make some difficult choices.

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

we have to move soon that thai con will get too big for the apartment! I tried cutting down, its hard. which ones did you keep?!😗

@LR-mh8hs 2 ай бұрын

@@FelineJungle I consolidated three sansevierias into one pot; they don't need a lot of soil to grow and they say those help purify the air(?). I planted the hoya varieties in one large pot, along with my pilea, they look nice together; did the same with the pothos varieties. The tradescantia and hoya carnosa looked better by themselves so I put one in the bedroom and one in the bathroom. I took the tall plants, like the fiddle-leaf fig tree, to work because they'll need a tall ceiling. The rest either died or were gifted, like the monstera, I broke it apart to give away.

@Ghostotle Ай бұрын

That shirt 😍

@AhryaVT 2 ай бұрын

This is too cute

@MiraMira0ntheWall Ай бұрын

South BK! I love the south 😅

@kunichiwax3 14 күн бұрын

$3000 for rent in the Bronx?! This economy is in shambles.

@ListedInTheSouth 2 ай бұрын

She is such a cute plant mom.

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

omg thank you 💚here for you if you ever need plant advice!!

@ListedInTheSouth 2 ай бұрын

@@FelineJungle Thanks! Love your handle "feline jungle".

@mmd2035 2 ай бұрын

Ridiculous

@someonespeci1697 Ай бұрын

normally nyc is 5000 per month.

@thehungrygoldfish Ай бұрын

Manhattan is that much. The outer boroughs are less expensive.

@kathleenoconnor515 2 ай бұрын

That’s the first time I ever heard of Bensonhurst being deep down. It’s always been up. Downtown is now called Dumbo. But the new New Yorkers do call New Jersey West New York! Go figure???

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

haha when i talk about Bensonhurst they dont know what i'm saying unless i describe it as being by coney island

@chioma515 2 ай бұрын

There is a city across the Hudson in New Jersey called West New York ( that is literally the name of the city, it is very small and by Hoboken)

@sumaraahmad5567 Ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@MoneyMan28 2 ай бұрын

Don’t make a kid because it costs like $100,000 dollars from 0 to 18 years

@thehungrygoldfish Ай бұрын

Who wants kids anyway? They’re annoying crotch gremlins. Cats are so much better.

@Felix_EN 2 ай бұрын

80 dollars for home wifi is insane, i pay 12 dollars for gigabit fiber where I live

@Benlevinburg 2 ай бұрын

lol sure you do

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

Cost of living in nyc is next level. Where you live?

@ryanchinh1040 2 ай бұрын

Plants raise of space and collect dust every day 😂

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

Humans are the same 😂

@KamandaHickey 2 ай бұрын

They absolutely don’t if you clean them, like human beings 😅

@williamfrazer9766 2 ай бұрын

You need to have a baby And dip the cat and keep the plants

@saulgoodman2018 2 ай бұрын

I hate click bait. It's not $1,600 a month.

@ricethyme 2 ай бұрын

They split it with their inlaws and rent the entire second floor to themselves for $1600. Did you not watch the same video?

@saulgoodman2018 2 ай бұрын

@@ricethyme When she say's the whole thing is $,3,500, I turned it off. The title makes it seems like they pay $1,600 for total for it.

@beatricerights 2 ай бұрын

@@saulgoodman2018 They do pay 1600. I believe it's a two family house with two separate apartments.

@psyko0906 2 ай бұрын

Omg they split the rent so are you gonna go to the corner of your room and cry more?

@kw9801 2 ай бұрын

They pay 800 each even 🙌

@joblesstess 2 ай бұрын

Very odd

@az55544 2 ай бұрын

This seems like a creepy justified addiction level escape from reality. A real life NPC. Not hurting anyone, sure. A part of the myriad solutions necessary to turn this ship around, not even remotely. Not even the ones close to home right in her own community outside her front door. NPC at its finest. Bizarre.

@FelineJungle 2 ай бұрын

I've never been described as a NPC before, thank you for that. 💚

@KamandaHickey 2 ай бұрын

This comment sounds ‘creepy’ 😅

@az55544 2 ай бұрын

@@FelineJungle Oh, you have. Just not to your face.