The Big Apple is one of the world’s most exciting cities to live in, but with all that excitement comes skyrocketing rent, which for many, is not affordable. Most of us don’t like to live in a shoebox and give our landlord most of our hard owned wages, right? The “City That Never Sleeps” has much to offer; you’ll never go hungry cause you can always find somewhere to eat at all hours of the day, you have a plethora of bars and nite clubs to have a drink and do a little dancing, you have unlimited amounts of shopping sources, museums, plays, movies, etc, etc. etc. Before you start apartment hunting through ads (both print and online), you should travel around and look at which areas of Manhattan attract you the most. Believe it or not, there are a very wide variety of differences when going from neighborhood to neighborhood.. .sometimes even a simple block can make a large difference in NYC. Once you have narrowed down your areas of possible living, you should see how big the average apartment (within your budget) is. Obviously neighborhoods in high demand will give you the smallest amount of living space for your buck. Ideally, finding an apartment big enough to possibly share with a roommate is a good idea… especially if you are trying to budget your finances. So now you have chosen your neighborhood, you have figured out your budget (sharig rent with a roommate), but to your surprise your budget can only afford a single bedroom apartment! This could be doable for some people, but most adults like to have some privacy and sharing a bedroom with someone else (possibly even someone you just met) could be a little uncomfortable. So what do you do now? The answer is quite simple… pressurized walls. Most apartment buildings in NYC do not let you do permanent contstruction to your apartment. Pressurized walls are the easy solution to this problem because they are temporary walls that are held up by pressure, in other words, they do not need nails, glue, screws to be held in place. Why is this good? Well, because you can have a fully functional wall (you can even get it soundproofed) that will add the much privacy needed and won’t cause any damage to the existing walls, floor, & ceiling. So once your lease is over, you can simply remove these temporary walls and be on your merry way leaving your apartment in the absolute same condition it was when you got it. No holes to plaster, paint to patch, etc.