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Renting advice - No OT please :D
February 21, 2016 at
06:31 PM
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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I don't think I could do it, but I'm pretty anti-social.
I have no idea what market rates in your area...what's a typical 2 bedroom apartment go for?
Also, do they still call it Fayette-Nam?
I don't think I could do it, but I'm pretty anti-social.
I have no idea what market rates in your area...what's a typical 2 bedroom apartment go for?
Also, do they still call it Fayette-Nam?
http://www.urbandictio
Fayetteville, NC a military city dependent on Fort Bragg and Pope Airforce base.
Fayettenam, your one stop for pawn shops, strip clubs and cheap motels. There's no place like home.
Fayettenam actually isn't that bad when you carry a gun around. I find everyone respects you more.
Yes I would like my own place too, unfortunately houses cost too much.
A few of the low end places around town charge about $400 a month for a 400 or 600 square foot place and they are shit holes. If you Google Cambridge Arms you can't even find a link to the site to find out about renting, rather you are flooded with local crime stories.
Step up from there is about $600 for 2 bedroom + utilities. Plus all the stuff owned by rental companies want a month's rent as a deposit. I can't afford 2 months rent at 1 time.
Personally, the idea of sharing amenities like that (kitchen, bathroom, living room) with that many complete strangers would make me live in a shoebox-sized studio before that arrangement.
I don't think if they weren't clean and mostly quiet that the elderly couple would let them stay.
It's honestly up to you and what you think you can afford and put up with.
http://www.urbandictio
Fayetteville, NC a military city dependent on Fort Bragg and Pope Airforce base.
Fayettenam, your one stop for pawn shops, strip clubs and cheap motels. There's no place like home.
Fayettenam actually isn't that bad when you carry a gun around. I find everyone respects you more.
Yes I would like my own place too, unfortunately houses cost too much.
A few of the low end places around town charge about $400 a month for a 400 or 600 square foot place and they are shit holes. If you Google Cambridge Arms you can't even find a link to the site to find out about renting, rather you are flooded with local crime stories.
Step up from there is about $600 for 2 bedroom + utilities. Plus all the stuff owned by rental companies want a month's rent as a deposit. I can't afford 2 months rent at 1 time.
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No =(
If it were me, I'd want as short a lease in the house as possible and save up as much money as possible to be able to get a place with one roommate.
There aren't any colleges around, are there? College areas often have apartment complexes designed for roommate situations, where both bedrooms are the same size (and maybe two bathrooms). Also, they often have roommate matching services. And some might even essentially rent your 1/2 of the place and will find a roommate - I know that was an option at least in one complex in the college town I used to live in.
Then I vote "no".