Apartment available

[sonofabish.livejournal.com]

I'll be splitting town for NJ and our apartment will be open as of July 1, possibly a few days earlier. It's on Marshall St in the Winter Hill area, located halfway down the street bounded by Broadway and Pearl Street. It's a 3rd floor apartment, good-sized kitchen, medium sized living room, a medium sized bedroom, and a 2nd large room that we used as our kid's bedroom- it doesn't have a door so to create privacy for her, we made a fabric wall. There's basement storage and storage in the hallway as well.

It's a converted attic space so the walls are slanted in several of the rooms. The bathroom's nice and big with great water pressure. The gas stove and big refrigerator are fairly new and are nice.

The rent is $1200/month and includes heat/hot water, as well as a single no-permit needed parking space in a private rear lot of the building. I didn't have a lease- it was month-to-month/tenant-at-will and I think it will remain that way. I only paid first/last when I took the place.

The location's not bad- there are buses that can take you to Sullivan on one corner, and a bus on the opposite end to go to Lechmere. You can walk to the Market Basket or Stop & Shop. The landlord's son lives in the first floor and if I've had a problem, he's taken care of it right away.

Drop me a line if you're interested.

Comments

[ladypeacey.livejournal.com]

Can I just ask if this is typical of rents in Davis Square? Is there anywhere nearby where the rents would be slightly lower?

[blinkidybah.livejournal.com]

Winter Hill is the cheaper side of Somerville and is not near Davis. Unless you get a sweet deal you will probably not find under 1200 anywhere remotely near the gentrified Square.

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

I now live about a 5 minute walk from Harvard Sq and my place sounds a lot better than this (quite a bit bigger, free utilities) and I pay $1250 (admittedly, I have a great deal). Generally, Harvard Sq is a small bit more expensive than davis.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I agree that based on the description, this doesn't sound like a very good deal at all. For 1250 in that neighborhood, you should be able to get two real bedrooms plus living and dining rooms. It may be nicer than he makes it sound, though.

But you are indeed getting an amazing deal! And Harvard is actually significantly more expensive than Davis.

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

well, when i was looking i found 2 places near hardvard in this range, nothing in davis, and some amazing ball sq places (one a 3 bedroom!), but in the end my cozy location won out. i would be happier if it was located between davis and porter though :)

[sonofabish.livejournal.com]

Well, the landlord has been charging me $1000, but decided to bump it up to $1200. It's a great place if a couple wants a huge 1 bedroom place.

The kitchen is also quite large too. My wife and I like to cook and we have plenty of space to do our thing.

Not only that but there's also the parking space out back- no small thing if, say, you're a college student or anyone else who has out of state plates and doesn't want to go through the hassle of registering your car in MA or having to get a resident parking permit. It's been great not having to worry about getting a ticket because I forgot today was street-sweeping day or having to fight for a parking space in the winter.