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

[mahokiwi.insanejournal.com]

hmmm, yeah, sounds like you're running into a lot of the same issues we were, before we decided to just stay here :\ the problem I've found with craigslist is that they always seem to want people in now now now, and who looks that last-minute?

I thought you guys were going to move in with your sister?

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, sorry for the troubles! I guess I took our DavisWiki for granted. For awhile, I thought all cities had a Wiki with apartment listings in it, lol. :/ But! My friend from Seattle is willing to lend a hand because she's moving around herself and doing a lot of research.

She asks exactly which area you want to live in (Ravenna, Viewridge, really close to the University? Or do not mind living in those areas that you listed in your entry?) And she asks when you want to move in. And the highest price you're willing to pay. :]

- Tiff