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Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood to re... - 7/14/2008 12:29:23 AM

PrettyPuppy

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We're a young M/f couple who just moved to SF from NYC. We're having a tough time finding an affordable place with thick enough walls for playtime. Anyone have any ideas for neighborhoods with 2 bedroom rentals around $1500? I've tried Craigslist but we haven't had a lot of luck.

Thanks!
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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 12:48:11 AM

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You're going to have a hell of a time finding a 2 BR in SF for $1500, unless you don't mind the neighborhood. I just did a quick search on Yahoo Real Estate, plugging in $1300-1600. The return was 2 apartments at $1600. One was an inlaw unit attached to a home and the other was a "Section 8" apartment.

I did see one for $1800 but most of what I found on a broader search was for $2,000 or above.

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 12:48:22 AM

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It's called oakland.

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 12:50:45 AM

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LOL that's cold.

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 12:58:10 AM

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cold but true.

anything on the peninsula is going to be outrageous-better to commute in for fun.

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 1:09:13 AM

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True. Go to the east bay or south bay for more affordable rents.

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 5:35:01 AM

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I didn'e realize that rents in SF were so high! Just compare that to the house I used to rent in Little Rock, when I first moved here: $350 a month for a four bedroom, 2 full bath ranch style...

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 6:38:01 AM

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I didn'e realize that rents in SF were so high! Just compare that to the house I used to rent in Little Rock, when I first moved here: $350 a month for a four bedroom, 2 full bath ranch style...

Yeah, but who wants to live in Little Rock?

To the OP, the following article was in posted yesterday on sfgate.com: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/13/RECT11MC47.DTL&hw=san+francisco+rents&sn=002&sc=802

You won't find a decent two-bedroom for the price you want to pay unless it's in one of the city's worst neighbourhoods. I live right by the beach and two bedroom apartments - when you can find them - are going for over $2,000.

As far as the walls being thin, I just slap a gag on the dear boy.

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 6:43:46 AM

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My friend in Pennsylvannia said that her rent is much much cheaper than what I will be paying for a small terrace house in Melbourne. Maybe I should live over there!!

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 6:59:09 AM

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quote:

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I didn'e realize that rents in SF were so high! Just compare that to the house I used to rent in Little Rock, when I first moved here: $350 a month for a four bedroom, 2 full bath ranch style...

Rents and mortgages are higher, but so are salaries. I took a 30% salary cut when I moved from the SF Bay Area to the Sacramento area. Friends who also made that move say the same.

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 10:35:43 AM

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quote:

To the OP, the following article was in posted yesterday on sfgate.com: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/13/RECT11MC47.DTL&hw=san+francisco+rents&sn=002&sc=802

Thanks for the article link! It was depressing but informative.
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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 10:55:12 AM

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Well thus far we checked out the south bay and didn't really enjoy the peninsula. We have found places within that price range that weren't in the ghetto, but it does seem to require a keen eye to find it. We came from NYC area so the rental rates aren't much different then that market and finding a 2 bedroom wasn't easy over there in that price range but ultimately we did find a two floor house we rented on the east coast for 3 years for $1500 that was 15 mins from midtown. We realize its tough to find, but we are resourceful, which is why Puppy posted here. We're looking around Berkley / Lake Meritt today to check out those neighborhoods, hopefully we'll have some luck. We also checked out renting a house in the south, I think it was in the Redwood City area which appeared to be rather gentrified. Ultimately we didn't like the layout of the place but it was within our search criteria.

We've seen a lot of spaces that rather then radiators throughout the home it has one centrally located heating unit that akwardly is mounted vertically up the wall rather then horizontally. Is this something we should expect to regularly see? We've seen them in a few places now, in a few different neighborhoods. I can't imagine why any person would want their heat dispersed in this manner when you consider that heat rises naturally on its own, and that it consumes quite a bit of useable wall space.

In regards to the noise it wasn't as much for the sounds of S&M as it was for the sounds of 15" JBL speakers pumping out the sounds of the music I create. Though I do agree, slap a gag on her and its all good, and we definitely have plenty of gags, though most of them are still packed on a truck that has yet to make it across the country. I suppose I'm gonna have to find an alternative to my old wall mounted chains as I haven't seen much brick in the places we've looked at the secure them into.

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 10:58:33 AM

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it's expensive all over here. I'm in a smaller but not small 2bd1ba place in East Bay in a not great neighborhood @ $1200.

A nice mixture of not incredibly expensive but nicer is Walnut Creek.. $1500 should net you a nicer looking, nicer neighborhood style place, much more upscale than concord and surrounding east bay. My opinion.

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 12:13:30 PM

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You're not going to find too many of the "baseboard" style heaters or radiators in California. They are going to be vertical for the most part, or central heat with the outlet vents in the ceiling, although in some homes they are on the floor. No, I have no idea why.

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 1:15:27 PM

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Welcome to californicated real estate prices.
The only way to get a reasonable housing cost is to move east of the continental divide. Although, Colorado has been thoroughly californicated too.

I fled east last year.

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/14/2008 2:39:00 PM

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We've seen a lot of spaces that rather then radiators throughout the home it has one centrally located heating unit that akwardly is mounted vertically up the wall rather then horizontally. Is this something we should expect to regularly see? We've seen them in a few places now, in a few different neighborhoods. I can't imagine why any person would want their heat dispersed in this manner when you consider that heat rises naturally on its own, and that it consumes quite a bit of useable wall space.

They work pretty well, though you have to leave interconnecting doors open (depends on the layout of the apartment). In San Diego, I had 1 tiny heater in the LR and 1 tiny one in the bedroom; getting a tall one is kinda upscale.

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/15/2008 2:48:30 PM

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Thanks everyone for the advice. We found the house of our dreams in the Oakland Lake Merritt neighborhood. Can't wait to start building our dungeon!

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RE: Looking for affordable San Francisco neighborhood t... - 7/15/2008 8:50:54 PM

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Thanks everyone for the advice. We found the house of our dreams in the Oakland Lake Merritt neighborhood. Can't wait to start building our dungeon!

Told ya.

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