Apartment-hunting help?

[sigelphoenix]

Seattle-area folks:

ratzeo and I are in search of a place to live come September. I've been searching for about a month now, mostly using craiglist and Rent.com, with no luck, and I'm approaching the hair-tearing frustration stage ... If anyone has advice about where to look or who to contact, it would be much appreciated.

If it helps, here's what we're looking for: a 2-bedroom apartment or house of reasonable rent (say, $1000ish, depending on the place), generally in the area bordered by Fremont-Green Lake-Wedgwood-Laurelhurst-Wallingford. I'd like it to be a place that allows cats, because I want to get one sometime after the move.

If you can help me find a place, I'll love you forever. (Barring that, if you have any recommendations of where to get boxes or hire movers, that would be great.)

Thanks!

x-posted to LJ

Comments

[sigelphoenix.insanejournal.com]

Wow, that's really nice of your friend! Yeah, the areas I listed form a general circle of neighborhoods, and I would include Ravenna and View Ridge in that "circle." Places that are really close to the University tend to be both expensive and not-so-nice, so it's not at the top of my list.

We want to move September 1, and as for price ... $1000/month or more is okay, but it better be big and have amenities. ;) For instance, I found one place (that didn't work out, sadly) for $1200, but I liked it because it was in a nice neighborhood, around 1000 square feet, and included a bunch of utilities.

Please thank your friend for me. Even if she can't find us something, that's really nice of her to offer.

[(Anonymous)]

She says to try these websites if you haven't already:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&view=text&hl=en&q=apartment&near=Seattle,+WA&attrid=&ie=UTF8
(the reviews are important)
http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/25/how-to-use-craigslist-rss-to-find-a-great-rental/
http://housingmaps.com/
http://housing.asuw.org/
http://www.mynewplace.com/
http://www.apartments.com/
http://www.everyaptmapped.com/

Hope you find something! :]

[sigelphoenix.insanejournal.com]

Thanks for the links! I already found some of them on my own, but not all of them.