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Renting advice - No OT please :D
February 21, 2016 at
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My roommate may be getting a promotion to another city, so he said I should look for new places. Even if he doesn't get it I'm tired of him anyway.
I found a new place. Wondering what you all think of it? It's $400 a month. It's an elderly couple's home, they are living downstairs in an efficiency room in the basement and renting the 4 main rooms on the 1st floor. There's 2 guys there now. I think one was 47, one was 60 something. One works on Ft Bragg the military base, he's gone most of the time they say. He's not military, he has a government job and is often out of town. The other guy is very quiet, keeps to himself. They currently have 2 rooms vacant.
The room itself is pretty big. Comes with a dresser and an average closet. They have a nice dining room, and a smaller sized living room but it's very elegantly furnished. The kitchen is pretty big. (or maybe just big compared to my town home). The entertainment room is big. Has movie theater style couch, the kind that's very big with cup holders. I think there's seats for 5 or 6 people.
Then they have a man cave, which everyone is free to use. It has 2 couches, a pool table, an air hockey table, a bar with stools and table. And there's a TV down there too right behind the bar. There's a door that leads outside, right into a swimming pool. They take care of the pool. It's covered for the winter.
The neighborhood is nice. Mostly older retired people live there. 1 house next to them is completely vacant, been empty for 10+ years. The other neighbor is an older quiet couple. The owner has 3 vehicles, told me if I ever had car trouble I could use his vehicles. (1 truck, 1 car, and something else).
The place is 7-10 minutes from my job. Also 7-10 minutes from Wal-Mart. About 5 minutes from the mall (I go to the mall once every 6 months). 3 minutes from a Planet Fitness and movie theater. And minutes away from other restaurants. It is not right next to the 2 busiest roads to get to Ft Bragg so there's not bad traffic.
My only concerns are the number of people living there and their age. 4 people kinda sounds like a lot. And since I'm 27 I'm wondering how I'll like old guys for roommates. One the plus side I like quiet evenings and all my friends around my age want to party or they stay up till 3 in the morning then drink Red Bulls and coffee all day at work to stay awake. I hate that and much prefer a good night's sleep.
I checked out the place today. Very clean house. You can tell they take pride in it.
Also looking for advice renting from strangers. I've only ever roomed with friends.
I found a new place. Wondering what you all think of it? It's $400 a month. It's an elderly couple's home, they are living downstairs in an efficiency room in the basement and renting the 4 main rooms on the 1st floor. There's 2 guys there now. I think one was 47, one was 60 something. One works on Ft Bragg the military base, he's gone most of the time they say. He's not military, he has a government job and is often out of town. The other guy is very quiet, keeps to himself. They currently have 2 rooms vacant.
The room itself is pretty big. Comes with a dresser and an average closet. They have a nice dining room, and a smaller sized living room but it's very elegantly furnished. The kitchen is pretty big. (or maybe just big compared to my town home). The entertainment room is big. Has movie theater style couch, the kind that's very big with cup holders. I think there's seats for 5 or 6 people.
Then they have a man cave, which everyone is free to use. It has 2 couches, a pool table, an air hockey table, a bar with stools and table. And there's a TV down there too right behind the bar. There's a door that leads outside, right into a swimming pool. They take care of the pool. It's covered for the winter.
The neighborhood is nice. Mostly older retired people live there. 1 house next to them is completely vacant, been empty for 10+ years. The other neighbor is an older quiet couple. The owner has 3 vehicles, told me if I ever had car trouble I could use his vehicles. (1 truck, 1 car, and something else).
The place is 7-10 minutes from my job. Also 7-10 minutes from Wal-Mart. About 5 minutes from the mall (I go to the mall once every 6 months). 3 minutes from a Planet Fitness and movie theater. And minutes away from other restaurants. It is not right next to the 2 busiest roads to get to Ft Bragg so there's not bad traffic.
My only concerns are the number of people living there and their age. 4 people kinda sounds like a lot. And since I'm 27 I'm wondering how I'll like old guys for roommates. One the plus side I like quiet evenings and all my friends around my age want to party or they stay up till 3 in the morning then drink Red Bulls and coffee all day at work to stay awake. I hate that and much prefer a good night's sleep.
I checked out the place today. Very clean house. You can tell they take pride in it.
Also looking for advice renting from strangers. I've only ever roomed with friends.
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OP, ignore that PM asking you for the address of the home.
I found a new place. Wondering what you all think of it? It's $400 a month. It's an elderly couple's home, they are living downstairs in an efficiency room in the basement and renting the 4 main rooms on the 1st floor. There's 2 guys there now. I think one was 47, one was 60 something. One works on Ft Bragg the military base, he's gone most of the time they say. He's not military, he has a government job and is often out of town. The other guy is very quiet, keeps to himself. They currently have 2 rooms vacant.
The room itself is pretty big. Comes with a dresser and an average closet. They have a nice dining room, and a smaller sized living room but it's very elegantly furnished. The kitchen is pretty big. (or maybe just big compared to my town home). The entertainment room is big. Has movie theater style couch, the kind that's very big with cup holders. I think there's seats for 5 or 6 people.
Then they have a man cave, which everyone is free to use. It has 2 couches, a pool table, an air hockey table, a bar with stools and table. And there's a TV down there too right behind the bar. There's a door that leads outside, right into a swimming pool. They take care of the pool. It's covered for the winter.
The neighborhood is nice. Mostly older retired people live there. 1 house next to them is completely vacant, been empty for 10+ years. The other neighbor is an older quiet couple. The owner has 3 vehicles, told me if I ever had car trouble I could use his vehicles. (1 truck, 1 car, and something else).
The place is 7-10 minutes from my job. Also 7-10 minutes from Wal-Mart. About 5 minutes from the mall (I go to the mall once every 6 months). 3 minutes from a Planet Fitness and movie theater. And minutes away from other restaurants. It is not right next to the 2 busiest roads to get to Ft Bragg so there's not bad traffic.
My only concerns are the number of people living there and their age. 4 people kinda sounds like a lot. And since I'm 27 I'm wondering how I'll like old guys for roommates. One the plus side I like quiet evenings and all my friends around my age want to party or they stay up till 3 in the morning then drink Red Bulls and coffee all day at work to stay awake. I hate that and much prefer a good night's sleep.
I checked out the place today. Very clean house. You can tell they take pride in it.
Also looking for advice renting from strangers. I've only ever roomed with friends.
it sounds like a decent setup as long as you don't mind sharing space with that many roommates. of course, if the owners or other tenants all go to bed by 9:00am and you can't even play billiards/watch the TV/use the pool past that point, it kind of negates a lot of the benefits. i'm cynical, so the guy offering offhand to let you borrow a vehicle smacks of lofty promises at sale time that might not really pan out when it comes time to request them.
$600 for a 2/2 with utilities? wow. i could barely get that back when i was living in MO.
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No. Places around here start about 600 for some small thing like a studio apartment then it's utilities on top of that. Plus deposit on top of that
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