What a sh–ty situation!
One New York City renter has been brushing her teeth in the shower for months because of her apartment’s bizarre and tiny bathroom.
Emily Bonani believes the cramped 2.5-by-3-foot loo in the Lower East Side pad is the smallest in the city, thanks in part to a unique space saver — a tiny sink attachment that connects right to the toilet tank and only runs if the toilet is flushed.
“If you’re thinking, ‘What if I want to flush the toilet but I don’t want to turn on the sink’ … that’s not an option!” Bonani, 31, said in a hilarious video that went viral, racking up over 13 million views this week.
Shockingly, the 570-square-foot one-bedroom on Allen Street rents for $2,075-a-month.
Bonani’s friends christened the spout “Bonani Falls.” And social media users dubbed the odd design a “soilet.”
“The soilet would be my final straw after a long day,” one TikToker commented.
“Straddling a toilet backwards to wash my face would make me cry every day,” another empathized.
“The only time I’ve seen a toilet sink combo like that was when I was in jail,” another commenter shared.
Others said it was the most “New York” thing they’d ever seen.
The powder room even shocked real estate company Zillow, which commented on the video, “The gasp I gasped.”
Bonani, a creative lead at an ad agency by day, joked to her 200,000 TikTok followers that she found the “soilet” situation funny at first and is drawn to strange things and unorthodox bathrooms — as evidenced by her web series featuring interviews in unique Big Apple lavatories.
Plus, it was environmentally friendly.
The apartment marked her first time living without roommates and the deal was too good to pass up, so she settled for the subpar conditions.
The previous tenant had installed the sink, Bonani said, which can be found online for about $95.
But she confessed that she is now ready to say too-da-loo to her 10th apartment in 10 years, and is searching for a more “civilized” setup after tolerating the tiny space for almost four months.
“If I was younger, I think I would have stayed here longer, but I did feel slightly uncivilized,” she told The Post. “I’ve had insane living situations, but I think, at 31, I can do better.”
“It was a great apartment, though, and I hope it will be for the next tenant,” she added. “And now they’ll have a famous bathroom.”
