davis_square | slow & steady apartment search (Reply)

One of the moderators suggested to another poster who was apartment-hunting to post what they were looking for here in case someone who already lives in Davis Square knows of a just-right apartment opening up in their neighborhood.

So, this is what I'm hoping to find:

Must-Haves

-- first-floor
-- two-bedroom
-- five separate rooms minimum (not LR/DR combo)
-- laundry (free or pay) in the building
-- decent closet space
-- one declawed cat okay
-- porch or yard usage (somewhere I can sit in a chair with a book)
-- within five not-speedy walking minutes of Davis Square-proper (JP Licks, Diesel, Mike's, etc.)
-- non-smoking building/house

Would-Likes

-- eat-in kitchen
-- attic or dry basement storage
-- an adopted sibling for our declawed kitty okay
-- hardwood floors
-- quiet neighbors because we are *very* quiet tenants (we keep a no-shoes, no blaring music, no alcohol household)
-- ideally between Davis and Mass. Ave. (say, from Cameron to Beech St.), but the triangle between College and Holland would be good, too

We are hoping to find a new place for no more than $1750month (with utilities as part of that).

I know the right place is out there. I *almost* found one last month ($1650 util. incl.), but the fifth room was too tiny to really fit anything except a desk and chair, and maybe a bookcase. (But it did have a cute, pocket-sized sunroom!) We have time to look for the right place.

I work in Davis and we talk walks to Davis, go to the theater in Davis, eat out in Davis...we want to LIVE in Davis. :)

(Moderators, if I misunderstood and this kind of post is NOT allowed, tell me and I'll remove it immediately or you can delete it and I apologize.)