Saturday, April 4, 2009

the new boston apartment!

i decided to go with choice #1 from the previous post.

it's located here:

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it's considered "walker's paradise," with a score of 95/100:
http://walkscore.com/get-score.php?street=78+phillips+street+boston%2C+ma&go=Go

although it's within walking distance of tons of things, the ones that matter most to me are:
  • 600 feet to the subway (redline)
  • 1,100 feet to whole foods grocery store!
  • 1,100 feet to a parking garage that allows monthly parking
  • 1,400 feet to the park (boston commons -- oldest in the nation)
  • 850 feet to post office
  • 1,000 feet to gym
  • in the heart of tons of restaurants and shops
the main attributes of the place:
  • 1 bedroom
  • my own private parking spot behind apartment, 24/7
  • washer and dryer within apartment
  • no dish washer
  • free heat and hot water
  • $1,600/month
  • 4 month lease, can extend in increments of 1 yr at a time
  • 1st and last month rent upfront, $800 finders fee, $500 security deposit
  • pointless notes: ive become friends w/ the realtor, and landlord is an mit prof
it's small, so i made a sketch of my tentative layout. the dimensions of every object are as accurate as i could get... should generally be within a ~8" error:

3 comments:

  1. looks like a good choice, Chris!

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  2. How clever of you *not* to add the booby trap in your bathroom to the apartment layout...

    :-)

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  3. If you are near or in Boston and Real Estate purchase or sale of any type is on your radar scope, then you need to contact the right people.



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