How Much Your Favorite Characters Would Pay For Rent Today
How much rent would you pay to live in your favorite sitcom’s dream house?
Just How Expensive Is TV Rent
I’m sure we all have watched one of our favorite shows and thought, wow, would it be like to live in their house/apartment, have their wardrobe, job, friends, love life. But TV is fake for a reason,n and most of the characters wouldn’t be able to afford where they live.
Interior design studio Hovia made a list of popular sitcom apartments and calculated how much the characters living in them would have to pay for rent now.
Monica’s Apartment in ‘Friends’
Probably one the most popular apartments in TV history, we all dreamed of living here at one point.
As we know from the show, Monica and Rachel pay a ridiculous low rent for it, as Monica’s grandmother left her a rent-controlled lease that allowed them to pay only $200 a month. However, a two-bedroom apartment in West Village, Manhattan, just like their,s can today be found for an average of $6,554 a month.
Ted and Marshall’s Apartment in ‘How I Met Your Mother’
The Upper West Side apartment shared by Ted and Marshall is also a dream apartment for so many.
A real two bedroom in the neighborhood would today be up for rent for an average of $7,100 a month, a number that Marshall and Ted would probably be able to afford with their salaries as a lawyer and an architect.
Sheldon and Leonard’s Place in ‘The Big Bang Theory’
Sheldon and Leonard’s Pasadena (which is close to Los Angeles) apartment, as well as Penny’s, are explained to be in the ‘Los Robles Apartment Building.’
It’s a pretty huge two-bedroom and rents for an average of $2,894, which is the least expensive of the list. Penny’s apartment seems to be smaller than Sheldon and Leonard’s, is probably even be cheaper.
Nick, Jess, Schmidt, and Winston’s Loft in ‘New Girl’
As we all know, the Loft almost serves as a character in almost every ‘New Girl’ episode. It starts with Jess moving in with the three guys, and then love, drama, and humor all go from there. Located in the Arts District, Los Angeles, the loft is a three bedroom that the characters converted into a four bedroom to split the rent and make it cheaper.
A similar loft in the neighborhood would today be worth an average of $4,800 a month, which really isn’t that bad. Los Angels definitely has some of the cheaper apartments on the list.
Meredith’s House in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Meredith’s famous house in Seattle was inherited from her mother. Basically almost every character has lived in it, from Meredith’s fellow interns to the next generations of doctors of Grey Sloane Memorial Hospital once she moved out to live with Derek. Pretty crazy Grey’s is still on TV after all this time.
The house has three bedrooms, and the monthly costs would be of an average of $4,200 a month.
Carrie’s Apartment in ‘Sex and the City”
Definitely one of most legendary apartments in TV history. It’s in the West Village in NYC and the new owner hates that people want to come by take pics. (My take, don’t buy an iconic location if you can’t handle people being excited to see it).
A one-bedroom apartment similar to Carrie’s would cost in average $4,072 a month. Carrie would probably be some type of influencer in 2025.
Richard Castle’s Apartment in ‘Castle’
This was one of my favorite shows! Richard Castle’ is a best-selling author who follows Detective Kate Beckett as a consultant on cases to overcome his writer’s block and get back to write thriller novels.
His apartment in SoHo, New York, is a two-bedroom to accommodate his teen daughter, and in real life it would cost a whopping $10,450 a month, as SoHo is among the most expensive neighborhoods of the city. However, it is possible to believe that thanks to his successful career, Castle would easily be able to afford it.
