Manhattan just had its first heat wave in June, of all months… It seems just a week earlier everyone was complaining about how unseasonably cool it was for spring. Now, seven days later, window air conditioners are dripping water onto sidewalks and unsuspecting pedestrians, neighborhood are having power outages and the air is heavy with humidity.
Being a Realtor in “the City”, as Manhattan is commonly known to the locals, in hot weather is interesting. Because, not only do we have to walk the hard streets, entering apartments with and without clients, but the planning now has to take the heat into consideration. Not that I’m complaining… but I am whining just a little.
The planning: making appointments, speaking with listing brokers, co-ordinating 3 different schedules, and doing market research now includes taking heat exhaustion into consideration.
Tomorrow, for example, it’s going to be 86 degrees and I get to take a customer to a fifth floor walk-up (an apt. on the 5th floor - no elevator). I figure that, although it will be a pain for me, it’s probably the best time for a buyer. A buyer may as well see a difficult apartment in a difficult environment, because if they like it, then they’re going to love it on a normal day.
Still, every season has its difficulties. Adina and I escorted a rental client around the Upper West Side (UWS) on a rainy windy spring day. Winter was spent freezing, hoping listing brokers would show up on cold, bitter days. Fall was unseasonably warm, a nice time to be in real estate.
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