Apartment

cjay331 Posted: Apr 28, 2007 02:39 PM

Apartment

FH and I are looking for an apartment to rent and would like to move in mid-July to August 1. How far in advance do you guys think we should look?

Also any recommendations on where to begin..i hear craigslist is pretty good.. we live in Brooklyn...

NY031978 Posted: Apr 28, 2007 03:09 PM

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Id be looking now! It takes time to find a place and I know from my own move there can be wait lists! Craigslist is an idea. Do you want someones home? or a complex?

cjay331 Posted: Apr 28, 2007 03:21 PM

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we're open someone's home or a nice complex...thanks..

EJSD2006 Posted: Apr 28, 2007 03:25 PM

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are you looking to stay in brooklyn?

i agree with the above poster, you should definitely be looking now! are you looking to lease privately or go thru a broker?

cjay331 Posted: Apr 28, 2007 03:47 PM

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we want to stay in brooklyn..no broker.. i am going to start looking now...thanks much everyone...

drpepper318 Posted: Apr 28, 2007 03:58 PM

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Good luck!! I'm sure you'll find something great!!

FutureMrsBeck Posted: Apr 28, 2007 05:20 PM

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We're moving in JJuly 1st and just found ours... I'd start looking

I used craigslist for where I'm living now and it was great, other than that I'd try apartments.com or just google the area you're looking for.

emcheung Posted: Apr 28, 2007 05:44 PM

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you can also check newsday.com and nytimes.com in their real estate section. that way you can search by area and price.

MattandTricia07 Posted: Apr 28, 2007 07:26 PM

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Start looking now!!

We are fortunate enough that we are renting out the apartment in my grandparent's house and we started working on (painting, updating) in January and we will be somewhat done tomorrow when the living room carpet goes in. It's a long process, at least for us it was. We had a goal to be done before the summer because of our schedules.

Good luck.

ggcopying Posted: Apr 28, 2007 08:31 PM

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Actually depends on where you are looking
If Long Island, you should start looking 1-1/2 months before your moving day
Queens/Brooklyn- 1 month is fine, because they don't like the hold the apt for you for more than 1 month
Manhattan-Def. 2 months b/4 at least

Most of the owners won't hold the apt. for you more than 1 months.