California-->Davis Sq...help?!

[busylilbear.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone!
I'll be graduating from UC Berkeley next month and I'm planning to move to Boston. After ::extensive:: searching, I've absolutely fallen in love with Davis Square! Here's the rub: the same few places keep showing up on Craigslist, and most of them are awful.

Does anyone here know of an apartment opening up for 6/1?

Here's the details from my end:
*as close to the T station as possible... so less than a mile would be ideal
*cat friendly
*1-br (preferably), or studio
*laundry in building, heat included (ideally)
*parking would be awesome, but I can deal either way
*non-basement... it doesn't have to have a zillion windows, but I need SOME light, especially when adjusting to Boston winters! ;)
*I can pay up to $1200... although on a post-college budget, less is obviously better

If you do set me up with a place, I'm thinking some sort of compensation or homemade cookies would definitely be in order :)

Thank you guys in advance. I can't WAIT to move out there and experience all of the amazing stuff that everyone's been posting about on here!!

Comments

Check out adjacent neighborhoods

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

One thing to think about when checking out Craigs list: there are a lot of places that might be near Davis but not listed as "Davis Square." Examples are places near Teele Square, Tufts, Porter Square, Ball Square, North Cambridge. It isn't true in every case, but places listed in these locations are usually within a 5-15 minute walk from Davis. For example, the place I'm in now was listed as near Teele and Tufts, but is about an 8 minute walk to the Davis T. When I've looked for apartments in the Davis area, I've usually just looked for places in Somerville, and checked out the locations of each on Google Maps (there's a "walking directions" option you can use to gauge how far away it is). I would say that anything within a half mile or a mile from Davis would be good, depending on how much you'd like to walk (I like to walk a lot, so your mileage may vary).

Good luck! I've only lived in this neighborhood for about 5 and a half years, but I really love it.