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I've been told i'm best off finding a Realtor to assist in finding a place to live in Boston. Does anyone have a recommendation for a realtor or how to best find one?
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Sep 6, 2011 00:19
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I'll be working at Brigham and Women's Hospital (Postdoc), and sharing a place with my wife who will be looking for a job in the area. My future boss told me his other postdocs tend to live in Brighton/Allston, Brookline, or Cambridge. This is by nature a temp job so we are interested in renting. We would very much like to live in a row house/brownstone/townhouse given the choice, but also want to keep to around $1400/month on rent and don't know what is or is not feasible. The highest we are willing to go right now is $1700 a month. I'll check out the website though, thanks Hawkeye fucked around with this message at 02:48 on Sep 6, 2011 |
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Sep 6, 2011 02:44
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I'll make sure we keep JP in our searches, thanks!
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Sep 7, 2011 23:29
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To the folks that recommended JP center: Thanks! We got a nice place that is just off of center street, and we can actually see the pond from our living room. The price was better than we thought it would be too, though a little smaller than we had hoped (1.5 bedrooms instead of 2).
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Dec 3, 2011 23:39
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Ashcans posted:Rental agents are complete wastes of space, and I believe that they only exist to help owners avoid discrimination laws. They never provide any sort of useful service to renters, and 95% of the time you are basically paying them to get the gently caress out of the way and let you rent a place. I just rented a place in Boston through a rental agent. It had some good parts (they knew about a place not yet on the market but would be soon - and actually held it long enough for me to drive back up and look at it and decide if I wanted it before they would accept a deposit from others). But, it also had some bad parts. I have a question for the thread. In my signed lease, there is a signed addendum page where it stated we will park in the garage. When I got there and talked to the maitenance guy (not the landlord), all of a sudden I am parking in the driveway. I don't quite get it. Since it is signed in the lease that I must park in the garage, can I bitch about it and park in there? We would prefer it so we don't have to shovel snow off the car. Also, kudos for recommending Jamaica Plain moving thread. I really enjoyed walking around the neighborhood and checking out all the restaurants/shops etc.
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Jan 4, 2012 16:02
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Ashcans posted:why did he say you should park in the driveway rather than the garage? The maintenance guy told me to park in the driveway because the landlord decided to park some (spare?) cars of his in the garage. Not that it was unsafe or anything like that to park in. Once we get back into Boston I'll have to go talk with him some. I ended up working with Joe from http://www.jprentals.com Only First and Last month's rent due (no security deposit), and i had to pay only half-fee, which apparently they do for most of the landlords that they worked with. They claimed that most of JP is on a may lease schedule, so apparently in april/may they get tons of places listed and tons closing around then. It was rough finding a place in November/December with a Jan 1 move-in date. As an aside, yes, the website is stuck in the 90's. The agent (there is really only 1, Joe, and the Boss Valerie) were nice to deal with, and responded to emails/texts quite fast.
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Jan 4, 2012 17:12
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How do I go about negotiating for a new oven to be put into my apartment? While this one works, the top range is so-so at best (and this is after replacing all the elements). The oven runs at minimum 100F above what it states it is, but sometimes still jumps up 150-200+F over what it states it is. As someone who likes to cook, it's rather frustrating. So, we would like to try and get a new one. One thing to point out is that the current oven is comically small (~20inch?) and there really isn't room for a bigger one without knocking out a cabinet...
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Mar 11, 2012 01:04
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RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS posted:So I'm moving to Massachusetts from out-of-state. Do I have this in the right order? I'm a bit confused with everything I read: Go to the RMV with papers from the insurance company saying you signed up for MA insurance. Then you get your new license and register the car at the same time. Also bring the car title, and look up the tax stuff. There is some form you fill out to show you bought the car outside MA and paid whatever state tax on it or they will ask for tax on the car purchase. The key is they won't register the car without proof you have MA insurance.
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