New Yorkers with roommates, rejoice! Sharing some one-on-one time with your bae while Netflix streams, unwatched, in the background is now possible in a stranger’s Manhattan apartment for $400 per night via Airbnb.
Labeled on the real-estate sharing site as the “Netflix & Chill Room,” the cozy space in a one-bedroom West Village apartment features Netflix-branded pillows and bedspread, candles, a mini-fridge filled with adult beverages, and, naturally, an enormous flat-screen TV linked to an Apple TV and a Netflix account.
Though the meme-themed room is the brainchild of ad-agency pros and artists, the listing is real.
One of the room’s creators, Tom Galle, told Buzzfeed, “A lot of our work revolves around Internet culture or popular culture. We loved the idea of bringing a meme to life and offer it as a real experience. The Netflix and Chill meme sort of naturally came up as the right subject to build a project around, and the idea grew automatically from there.”
The listing went up on Wednesday afternoon, and it has already garnered at least one booking — and the trio intend to leave the listing up for a couple of months. Galle says, “[Our overall goal] is to make a project that makes a mark and gets seen, and it seems to be going pretty well so far,” Galle said. “The money is secondary, it’s mostly to keep it going and offer a quality experience.”
One word to potential renters who may want to get a bit more freaky: It’s only available for rent by couples. As the listing puts it, “This is an exclusive experience for two people only.”