A wonderful spot to downsize to if a Senior

I have lived here since 2006.

Great deal:

https://www.njmls.com/listings/index.cfm?action=dsp.results&zipcode=07018&radius=&proptype=3a%2C3b&searchtype=zipcode_search&status=A&mlsSearch=1&minprice=&maxprice=

Apartments look nice.  Has anyone noticed how insanely expensive the rents are for the apartments they've been throwing up in the towns around here?  In that big complex they built on the Springfield side of Millburn Ave, you can pay close to $5000 a month for a 2 bedroom.  

bub said:

Apartments look nice.  Has anyone noticed how insanely expensive the rents are for the apartments they've been throwing up in the towns around here?  In that big complex they built on the Springfield side of Millburn Ave, you can pay close to $5000 a month for a 2 bedroom.  

It’s whatever the market will bear, I guess. 

Mr Carter, do residents ever install their own laundry facilities in their apartments? The communal laundry experience is one I don’t feel the need to ever indulge in again. 

rcarter31 said:

I have lived here since 2006.

Great deal:

https://www.njmls.com/listings/index.cfm?action=dsp.results&zipcode=07018&radius=&proptype=3a%2C3b&searchtype=zipcode_search&status=A&mlsSearch=1&minprice=&maxprice=

I wanted to buy an apartment in that building as an investment, but you can only own if you live there.  

mrincredible said:

bub said:

Apartments look nice.  Has anyone noticed how insanely expensive the rents are for the apartments they've been throwing up in the towns around here?  In that big complex they built on the Springfield side of Millburn Ave, you can pay close to $5000 a month for a 2 bedroom.  

It’s whatever the market will bear, I guess. 

Mr Carter, do residents ever install their own laundry facilities in their apartments? The communal laundry experience is one I don’t feel the need to ever indulge in again. 

I can't imagine any landlord allowing this, except maybe in a private house, Some apartments do come with their own facilities though.

I hear you though. I'm coming up on two years in Ohio and I've used my apartment building's laundry exactly once. (I do it at my brother's house instead.)

Even when I was in NJ I had given up on the communal experience and had my laundry washed and folded at that laundry on valley(?) near stop and shop.

And if you want cheap rents, come to Ohio!

drummerboy said:

I can't imagine any landlord allowing this, except maybe in a private house, Some apartments do come with their own facilities though.

I hear you though. I'm coming up on two years in Ohio and I've used my apartment building's laundry exactly once. (I do it at my brother's house instead.)

Even when I was in NJ I had given up on the communal experience and had my laundry washed and folded at that laundry on valley(?) near stop and shop.

And if you want cheap rents, come to Ohio!

I think it’s a matter of the right plumbing and some kind of supplemental contingent drainage system in case a pipe bursts. Probably something that has to be included in the initial design. 

I was visiting someone in one of the apartments in the new Gateway building. His apartment had a washer-dryer in a closet.