Austin to Boston: Apartment Hunters

Apartment Hunters

Waltham MA

Apartment One:

Location Waltham, MA
Rent $800
Aprx. Size 1 bed, 1 bath, living room and formal dining room
Condition: fixer-upper

Pros: It has a treehouse! Backyard opens to a heavily wooded park.
Cons: Downtown Waltham is not historic.

Apartment Two

Location: Hingham, MA

Rent: $1200 (or $1500 furnished)

Aprx. Size: 2 bed, 1 bath

Condition: recently updated

Other notes: Located in downtown on second and third floors. (no photos, sorry.)

Apartment Three

Location: Hingham, MA
Rent: $1000
Aprx. Size: 1 bed, 1 bath
Condition: tidy

Other notes: Located downtown, above a flower shop. Very cute, has a spiral staircase.

 


 
Supposedly, a queen size bed fits here.


Apartment Four

Location: Hingham, MA
Rent: $1200
Aprx. Size: 1 bed, 1 bath
Condition: updated

Pros: Duplex unit shared by landlords, who are super-nice people and have sweet puppies. Shared backyard, landlord will do trash delivery and allow use of laundry machines in basement.
Cons: Not near downtown.

Then we also drove back to our other favorite town...

Apartment Five

Location: Newport, RI
Rent: $1000 (possibly $900)
Aprx. Size: 1 bed, 1 bath
Condition: updated

 

Pros: back porch, personal washer & dryer. Furniture can be be taken out.

Apartment Six

Location: Newport, RI
Rent: $1000 (possibly $900)
Aprx. Size: 1 bed, 1 bath
Condition: updated

Pros: The most beautiful. Tall rooms, fireplace, well colored, foyer.

Cons: no bathtub??

Apartment Seven

Location: Newport, RI
Rent: $800
Aprx. Size: 1 bed, 1 bath
Condition: outdated?

cons: 10,000 linear feet of mesmerizing wallpaper, no bathtub. Here's the spot where a bathtub could be...

Apartment Eight

Location: Newport, RI
Rent: $900
Aprx. Size: 1 bed, 1 bath
Condition: fine

So what you're saying is, pre-furnished means pre-cluttered?

Apartment Nine

Location: Newport, RI
Rent: $750
Aprx. Size: 1 bed, 1 bath
Condition: fixer-upper in progress (new countertops, new plastered walls)

Pros: fireplace, free giant plant, wood floors.

Cons: Living room/dining room/kitchen = all one big room

Apartment Ten

We have considered that before...

 Quote of the Day:
"Northeasterners can be a little mean... it's just because we're so cold!" -Hingham landlady