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Rent alone (in SF) will _easily_ put you above 1500/month

by ipince 15y ago

lansing 15y ago
That's not really accurate. If one insists on living in a new building with amenities, or in an ultra-yuppified neighborhood (e.g. Marina), then yes, the sky is the limit on rental costs and there are no bargains. If you're more flexible, then you can go a lot lower. My last 1BR (in SOMA, on a rough block but the apartment was perfectly nice) was $1100, and another 125 for parking. I have friends who have 1BR and studios in Tendernob, Panhandle, and other decent but less-popular places for around the same cost. Mainly it just takes patience and persistence to nab the deals when they become available. That said, living in SF on a total budget of 1500/month is going to take some compromises.
- timr 15y ago
  "My last 1BR (in SOMA, on a rough block but the apartment was perfectly nice) was $1100, and another 125 for parking." I haven't seen a rent like that in SOMA since 2008...at least, not anywhere that I'd consider safe. There are some bedbug-ridden firetraps in down near 6th, but there's a limit to what I'm willing to sacrifice for cheap rent. And I'm saying this as a guy who lives in a not-so-great part of SOMA.... Rents have gone up. Decent 1BR rents land at around $2,000, even in inconvenient/less-than-great locations. There seems to be this general delusion/denial trend regarding San Francisco rents, when they're easily verified by going to craigslist. It's an expensive place to live, and that's the greater point -- $70,000 isn't making anyone wealthy in San Francisco. It's enough to have a comfortable single-20-something lifestyle, and maybe put a bit of cash away for retirement if you live frugally.
- dpres 15y ago
  $600-$1200+/mo for 1 room with room mates in SV $1200-$1900+/mo for 1 bedroom apt in SV $1900-$4000+/mo for a house with 2+ rooms in SV ... from my recent housing searches on CL
dave_sullivan 15y ago
More people should look at Pacifica. 15 mins from city, I live literally next to the beach, have a pretty good gym, sauna, pool in complex, and my rent is obscenely low for what I've got. Plus free and easy parking and lots of stuff walking distance. But the fog... Not much worse than sf fog though...
jfarmer 15y ago
I pay $1,000/month for a room in a 2BR apartment in the middle of Hayes Valley in SF. If you live in a less central neighborhood like the Richmond, Sunset, Glen Park, Bernal Heights, etc. it will be much lower.

Rent alone (in SF) will _easily_ put you above 1500/month

by ipince 15y ago

Rent alone (in SF) will _easily_ put you above 1500/month

That's not really accurate. If one insists on living in a new building with amenities, or in an ultra-yuppified neighborhood (e.g. Marina), then yes, the sky is the limit on rental costs and there are no bargains. If you're more flexible, then you can go a lot lower. My last 1BR (in SOMA, on a rough block but the apartment was perfectly nice) was $1100, and another 125 for parking. I have friends who have 1BR and studios in Tendernob, Panhandle, and other decent but less-popular places for around the same cost. Mainly it just takes patience and persistence to nab the deals when they become available. That said, living in SF on a total budget of 1500/month is going to take some compromises.

timr 15y ago
"My last 1BR (in SOMA, on a rough block but the apartment was perfectly nice) was $1100, and another 125 for parking." I haven't seen a rent like that in SOMA since 2008...at least, not anywhere that I'd consider safe. There are some bedbug-ridden firetraps in down near 6th, but there's a limit to what I'm willing to sacrifice for cheap rent. And I'm saying this as a guy who lives in a not-so-great part of SOMA.... Rents have gone up. Decent 1BR rents land at around $2,000, even in inconvenient/less-than-great locations. There seems to be this general delusion/denial trend regarding San Francisco rents, when they're easily verified by going to craigslist. It's an expensive place to live, and that's the greater point -- $70,000 isn't making anyone wealthy in San Francisco. It's enough to have a comfortable single-20-something lifestyle, and maybe put a bit of cash away for retirement if you live frugally.
dpres 15y ago
$600-$1200+/mo for 1 room with room mates in SV $1200-$1900+/mo for 1 bedroom apt in SV $1900-$4000+/mo for a house with 2+ rooms in SV ... from my recent housing searches on CL

dave_sullivan 15y ago

More people should look at Pacifica. 15 mins from city, I live literally next to the beach, have a pretty good gym, sauna, pool in complex, and my rent is obscenely low for what I've got. Plus free and easy parking and lots of stuff walking distance. But the fog... Not much worse than sf fog though...

jfarmer 15y ago

I pay $1,000/month for a room in a 2BR apartment in the middle of Hayes Valley in SF. If you live in a less central neighborhood like the Richmond, Sunset, Glen Park, Bernal Heights, etc. it will be much lower.