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Re: Ask HN: True Apartment Costs in SF?

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Post by anxman »

blahneverdies wrote: post #6
lowdest wrote: post #5

$3500-4000 for a 1 bedroom is common, (I rent one) but it's also probably in a nice, modern, new-construction building. Mine is 15th floor with a view, so it's more than the bare necessities. Buildings like this have the best marketing budget, so you see them all over the internet. The less developed and less expensive areas will have a longer commute. You could live in the east bay and ride Bart in e.g. at $11 per r…

Thanks, that makes sense for that quality of apartment. I'd rather be in SF (but understood).

2ndAddress could be a good way to get a feel for neighborhoods without having to make a big commitment.

Re: Ask HN: True Apartment Costs in SF?

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Post by splonk »

lowdest wrote: post #5

$3500-4000 for a 1 bedroom is common, (I rent one) but it's also probably in a nice, modern, new-construction building. Mine is 15th floor with a view, so it's more than the bare necessities. Buildings like this have the best marketing budget, so you see them all over the internet. The less developed and less expensive areas will have a longer commute. You could live in the east bay and ride Bart in e.g. at $11 per r…

Companies with more than 50 employees are required to offer some sort of commuter benefit out of a predefined list. In practice I've seen the pretax deduction the most.

https://mtc.ca.gov/whats-happening/news/governor-and-state-l...

Re: Ask HN: True Apartment Costs in SF?

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Post by taurath »

anxman wrote: post #11
blahneverdies wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, that makes sense for that quality of apartment. I'd rather be in SF (but understood).

2ndAddress could be a good way to get a feel for neighborhoods without having to make a big commitment.

2ndAddress is about 30-40% more expensive than airbnb monthly, FWIW.

Re: Ask HN: True Apartment Costs in SF?

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Post by lubujackson »

Because of San Francisco's unique laws, you can sometimes get a much better deal coming in as a new roommate to an existing lease than you might expect. So if rents are running $5000-6000 for a 3 bedroom, someone in an older building with a lease started 5 years ago might be paying $3000 for a comparable unit. As you can imagine, those deals are harder to find but they are not uncommon.

Re: Ask HN: True Apartment Costs in SF?

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Post by acchow »

Naturally, it varies by location. Here's a rough map

https://www.zumper.com/blog/2019/03/san-francisco-neighborho...

The median doesn't show the whole picture. Median price in SOMA is higher than median in the Mission. But median qualiy in SOMA is higher too - many more newer units, whereas Mission has a ton of older victorians.

Re: Ask HN: True Apartment Costs in SF?

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Post by thatfrenchguy »

acchow wrote: post #15

Naturally, it varies by location. Here's a rough map https://www.zumper.com/blog/2019/03/san-francisco-neighborho... The median doesn't show the whole picture. Median price in SOMA is higher than median in the Mission. But median qualiy in SOMA is higher too - many more newer units, whereas Mission has a ton of older victorians.

Quality is subjective though: if you live in the Mission / Noe / Cole Valley, you'll see less crazy homeless people and you'll be walking distance to more interesting things and you'll get rent control, in exchange of which you won't get a newer unit.

Re: Ask HN: True Apartment Costs in SF?

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Post by kdaker »

I just moved to SF in December and was thinking the same thing.

I saw a ton of posts of CL in the 2500-2700 range which is what I was aiming for and thought It was gonna be easy.

But after moving and actually viewing the apartments it was not what I was expecting. If you have a car and want to have a W/D it’s gonna be 3k minimum.

If you can ditch the car and not need in unit W/D you can find something in that range... this is excluding the tenderloin.

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