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[serene]

In response to a comment by the_ogre, I listed some off-the-top-of-my-head desires for our new place. I've refined the list, and I'm not friends-locking this one, because you never know who will read stuff and have some ideas of how to accomplish stuff.

I want to live in Berkeley, preferably within walking distance of the Ashby BART and Berkeley Bowl. However. I'm also looking for work (I'm a secretary-type creature) and if I get a job somewhere else (the current best possibility is on Market Street in SF), then I want to live walking distance from *there* if possible. So what we're doing is I'm looking for work (the Market Street place is supposed to call early this week, and I've put in tons of resumes and stuff) and if I don't have work by the time we go up on the 13th, I'll sign up with temp services in both the East Bay and Santa Rosa (where sogwife lives), and look for apartments in both areas (Sebastopol is a possibility, but still, I have a feeling we'll end up in Berkeley unless I get work in the North Bay).

Our apartment requirements:

Our really-truly upper limit for rent is $1100, but cheaper is better (If I get some truly fly job between now and then, we might adjust that)
Our only non-negotiable requirement in a place is that it be in a neighborhood with lots of cool stuff in walking distance -- we walk a lot, and it's our main form of entertainment
Being within a short walk of the BART is a huge plus, and almost a requirement.
An accessible apartment would make a lot of other things secondary; I would greatly prefer it if stonebender could come to my home. I will pout if he can't.
We prefer 2 bedrooms but do fine in 1 or even a very large studio; the bedroom has to fit a king-sized bed
We prefer washer/dryer hookups but do fine without them
Given a choice between a large bedroom and more living room space to have people over, we choose the latter
We don't really care if we have a dishwasher or microwave, but a garbage disposal is pretty important.
Cool neighbors would of course be wonderful, but unless one of y'all lives next door, we can hardly guarantee that, can we? :-)

Comments

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

For your price range, I would concentrate on the East Bay.

My block is full of vacancies :)

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I've found stuff in our price range in literally every area of town, but yeah, I can get more in the East Bay for the money. Also, if I get work in SF, the savings in transportation cost alone would mean that we would be willing to pay more to live there. We'll see. And if I send you email, will you tell me which block? :-)

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

And if I send you email, will you tell me which block? :-)

Of course! Later in the week I can even send you phone #'s to call.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Can I link this on my bay area filter? (I work very near where you're looking to live, and I sometimes hear of other things, too.)

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! Please do.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/users/mactavish/2645476.html

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Heh. I guess I'm not on your bay-area filter. :-)

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

You are now. :)

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Sanks!

[vgnwitch.livejournal.com]

I just about died when I saw what you listed as the max for rent. I own a three-story brick house and pay only 403.00/month for the mortgage [and that isn't even all mortgage, half is property taxes!]. I can't imagine someone paying in rent what I live on for an entire month.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Our current rent in San Diego is $700 -- people hear that here and go "Wow! How'd you get something so low on such a nice block?"

:-/

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

(and it's a tiny one-bedroom apartment without a washer/dryer)