$2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
Apr 6th 2005, 5:04 pm
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$2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
Opinions required on best neighbourhoods for this $2k per month budget, links to rental websites a bonus 
thanks people.
PS - If a 3 bed is unrealistic then don't be shy to put me straight on the local rental market, greatly appreciated, cheers.
thanks people.
PS - If a 3 bed is unrealistic then don't be shy to put me straight on the local rental market, greatly appreciated, cheers.
Apr 6th 2005, 5:22 pm
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Re: $2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
Originally Posted by Hammy
Opinions required on best neighbourhoods for this $2k per month budget, links to rental websites a bonus
thanks people.
PS - If a 3 bed is unrealistic then don't be shy to put me straight on the local rental market, greatly appreciated, cheers.
thanks people.
PS - If a 3 bed is unrealistic then don't be shy to put me straight on the local rental market, greatly appreciated, cheers.
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Apr 6th 2005, 5:31 pm
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Re: $2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
Originally Posted by Hammy
Opinions required on best neighbourhoods for this $2k per month budget, links to rental websites a bonus
thanks people.
PS - If a 3 bed is unrealistic then don't be shy to put me straight on the local rental market, greatly appreciated, cheers.
thanks people.
PS - If a 3 bed is unrealistic then don't be shy to put me straight on the local rental market, greatly appreciated, cheers.
Apr 6th 2005, 5:42 pm
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Re: $2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
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Apr 6th 2005, 8:34 pm
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Re: $2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
[QUOTE=NC Penguin]Any chance you can use a search engine to find rental websites yourself or is that asking too much?
You missed the main part of my question "best neighbourhoods" based on my budget, maybe if you spent more time reading and less time bleeding moaning..
You missed the main part of my question "best neighbourhoods" based on my budget, maybe if you spent more time reading and less time bleeding moaning..
Apr 6th 2005, 8:42 pm
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Re: $2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
We all managed to move here without having to ask such important questions to a bunch of strangers.. (well, all of us except waxwabbit.)
move over here. rent something to tide you over, and have a nosey about.
If you use a internet forum opinion to plan out the rest of your life then you shouldn't be allowed to leave the house without a helmet.
move over here. rent something to tide you over, and have a nosey about.
If you use a internet forum opinion to plan out the rest of your life then you shouldn't be allowed to leave the house without a helmet.
Apr 6th 2005, 8:54 pm
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Re: $2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
[QUOTE=Hammy]
You missed the main part of my question "best neighbourhoods" based on my budget, maybe if you spent more time reading and less time bleeding moaning..
Think you missed the smillie at the end of my post.
Seriously though, if you're so helpless and need to ask so many questions, I really think you haven't got what it takes to survive in the US. I speak from experience (moved to the US without having even visited the city I'm living in nor my spouse meeting his manager or evver having stepped into his workplace).
NC Penguin
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
Any chance you can use a search engine to find rental websites yourself or is that asking too much?
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
You missed the main part of my question "best neighbourhoods" based on my budget, maybe if you spent more time reading and less time bleeding moaning..
Seriously though, if you're so helpless and need to ask so many questions, I really think you haven't got what it takes to survive in the US. I speak from experience (moved to the US without having even visited the city I'm living in nor my spouse meeting his manager or evver having stepped into his workplace).
NC Penguin
Apr 6th 2005, 9:13 pm
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Re: $2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
I know it sounds odd but I had never even spoken face to face with an American before I moved over here.
When we first came over we rented a 2 bed apartment for a few months to see if we liked living here. We then rented a 4 bedroom house for 12 months eventually buying our own house 18 months ago.
I did do some research on the internet and by sheer coincidence the town we live in is one of the towns that was recommended by one of the web sites(realtor.com) I think.
When we first came over we rented a 2 bed apartment for a few months to see if we liked living here. We then rented a 4 bedroom house for 12 months eventually buying our own house 18 months ago.
I did do some research on the internet and by sheer coincidence the town we live in is one of the towns that was recommended by one of the web sites(realtor.com) I think.
Apr 6th 2005, 9:24 pm
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Re: $2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
Think you missed the smillie at the end of my post.
Seriously though, if you're so helpless and need to ask so many questions, I really think you haven't got what it takes to survive in the US. I speak from experience (moved to the US without having even visited the city I'm living in nor my spouse meeting his manager or evver having stepped into his workplace).
NC Penguin
Seriously though, if you're so helpless and need to ask so many questions, I really think you haven't got what it takes to survive in the US. I speak from experience (moved to the US without having even visited the city I'm living in nor my spouse meeting his manager or evver having stepped into his workplace).
NC Penguin
Potatoe / potato..... anyone who plays asteroids 3,170 times has a serious social gap in my book.... I'm away out with my mates to the pub
.... enjoy the sense of well being you get from tap tap tapping on your keyboard every night. llllllllllloooooosssssseeeeerrrrrr !!
Apr 6th 2005, 9:37 pm
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Re: $2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
Originally Posted by Hammy
Potatoe / potato..... anyone who plays asteroids 3,170 times has a serious social gap in my book.... I'm away out with my mates to the pub
.... enjoy the sense of well being you get from tap tap tapping on your keyboard every night. llllllllllloooooosssssseeeeerrrrrr !! Best of luck with life in the US! You're going to need it!
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Apr 6th 2005, 9:38 pm
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Re: $2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
Originally Posted by Hammy
I'm away out with my mates to the pub
or whether or not you should eat dry roasted or pork scratchings?
Apr 6th 2005, 10:30 pm
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Re: $2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
Originally Posted by Manc
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or whether or not you should eat dry roasted or pork scratchings?
or whether or not you should eat dry roasted or pork scratchings?
Apr 6th 2005, 11:25 pm
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Re: $2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
Originally Posted by Hammy
Opinions required on best neighbourhoods for this $2k per month budget, links to rental websites a bonus
thanks people.
PS - If a 3 bed is unrealistic then don't be shy to put me straight on the local rental market, greatly appreciated, cheers.
thanks people.
PS - If a 3 bed is unrealistic then don't be shy to put me straight on the local rental market, greatly appreciated, cheers.
Try http://www.bostonapartments.com/class.htm
If nothing else it will give you an idea of what is out there.
Where ever you decide to lay your hat, just make sure you are near a T stop or commuter rail/express bus service because it is a nightmare getting into the city in winter without anything nearby and driving/parking is a beotch. Actually, get yourself a map of MBTA & commuter rail and that will give you a good idea of the towns to look for.
If I had a small family I would look at Newton or Quincy/Braintree on the T and possibly Salem/Beverley on the commuter rail - all easy commutes. I know people who travel in from as far as Andover & Billerica but the commute wears thin after a long winter.
Not sure when you are planning to move but right now is a fairly good time - the worst time is around 1 Sept when every student and his dog need somewhere to live!
Oh and you mentioned a little 'un...google British School Boston and check the admissions page for a list of prices ...it's on the T not far from Newton.
Good luck!
Apr 6th 2005, 11:41 pm
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Re: $2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
Originally Posted by looselips
Try http://www.bostonapartments.com/class.htm
If nothing else it will give you an idea of what is out there.
If nothing else it will give you an idea of what is out there.
Apr 7th 2005, 8:42 am
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Re: $2k rent budget for 3 bed in Boston City
Originally Posted by looselips
Try http://www.bostonapartments.com/class.htm
If nothing else it will give you an idea of what is out there.
Where ever you decide to lay your hat, just make sure you are near a T stop or commuter rail/express bus service because it is a nightmare getting into the city in winter without anything nearby and driving/parking is a beotch. Actually, get yourself a map of MBTA & commuter rail and that will give you a good idea of the towns to look for.
If I had a small family I would look at Newton or Quincy/Braintree on the T and possibly Salem/Beverley on the commuter rail - all easy commutes. I know people who travel in from as far as Andover & Billerica but the commute wears thin after a long winter.
Not sure when you are planning to move but right now is a fairly good time - the worst time is around 1 Sept when every student and his dog need somewhere to live!
Oh and you mentioned a little 'un...google British School Boston and check the admissions page for a list of prices ...it's on the T not far from Newton.
Good luck!
If nothing else it will give you an idea of what is out there.
Where ever you decide to lay your hat, just make sure you are near a T stop or commuter rail/express bus service because it is a nightmare getting into the city in winter without anything nearby and driving/parking is a beotch. Actually, get yourself a map of MBTA & commuter rail and that will give you a good idea of the towns to look for.
If I had a small family I would look at Newton or Quincy/Braintree on the T and possibly Salem/Beverley on the commuter rail - all easy commutes. I know people who travel in from as far as Andover & Billerica but the commute wears thin after a long winter.
Not sure when you are planning to move but right now is a fairly good time - the worst time is around 1 Sept when every student and his dog need somewhere to live!
Oh and you mentioned a little 'un...google British School Boston and check the admissions page for a list of prices ...it's on the T not far from Newton.
Good luck!
Thanks for the info, very useful indeed.
You lot are making much more sense compared to those 2 time wasting losers Manc and NC Penguin