A couple with clashing wish lists...

FOR most of his six years in New York, Paul Pinizzotto leased a three-bedroom duplex in a squat, no-frills building in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The rent ended up at $2,250 a month. Over the years, he rented out the extra bedrooms to a series of roommates.

The apartment was spacious and sunny, but “it was a place that I slept in,” Mr. Pinizzotto said. “I never felt connected with the apartment. It was all brand new, which I am not into, but which a lot of people like.”


His big complaint was the utter lack of charm.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/realestate/a-couple-with-clashing-wish-lists-the-hunt.html?_r=1