Here's How Much The iCarly Apartment Would Cost Today

Per the "iCarly" episode, Miranda Cosgrove makes a surprising amount of money, and one may almost need to be an actor to afford a Seattle, Washington, apartment as large as Carly and Spencer Shay's. According to MVOrganizing, the "iCarly" apartment's exterior is likely taken from Los Angeles' Eastern Columbia Building. But in the show's canon, Spencer bought the apartment to end his tiresome, expensive renting sometime after the original "iCarly" ended and its reboot began. But how much would this cost?

The Shay apartment has a large living room, a full kitchen, a big studio, bedrooms, and potentially more space that viewers don't see. For the sake of comparison, let's say the Shay apartment is a three-bedroom apartment. According to Apartment List, the average three-bedroom apartment rent in Seattle in 2021 is $4,024.

In total, 43% of Seattle apartments fall in the $2,000-3,000 range, while 23% cost more than $3,000. The Shays' apartment is so big that it likely falls into this upper range, though we can't know for certain. The bigger question is how the Shays afforded this apartment in the original "iCarly" series. Spencer is an artist, but viewers never saw him selling much of his art. In any case, they could afford the apartment, which likely cost thousands of dollars per month.