Apartments and Conglomerates...

I looked at an apartment yesterday. I'm not looking to move or anything. A new mega apartment building opened up, and I've been seeing it under construction for a year or two, so I decided to check it out. best thing to say is "a fool and their money".

This is another building of several recent ones opening in Boston that was built and owned by a large company that builds rental units (name withheld to prevent me from being sued. :-) This building is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. You could cross the highway of death and get to the mall, but that's about it.

So a nice new dull lobby (When did the 70's come back into fashion? And how did I just walk into the Brady bunch house). of course, no one who is working there is actually form THIS building's office, so most of my questions are answered with an "I don't know" And to think I left my cheque book at home.

So I see some very small apartments. I think they include closets and such to get those large square foot numbers. Tiny kitchens with almost no space to put things. the cheapest carper I've ever seen. Washer and dryer in the apartments - but the real cheapo units.

Then we see the two bedrooms. A bit bigger, almost livable. but three guesses what is maybe 5 feet from the windows? The train tracks. That's right. Your view here is of the subway line. I felt like I was in a NYC cold water flat, waiting for the elevated to go by. Well, my prayers are answered The woman says "you can't even hear the subway". As the words leave her lips, a train goes by. The apartment rumbles. We don't have to shout, but the rumble is quite loud. Both the living room and one bedroom face these tracks. On the way home I made sure to look out the subway as we passed the building. yep, you could see in so clearly I could wave and have someone wave back...

They must have been really desperate, to show probably the worst unit in the building as their open house unit. But the best part is yet to come. This two bedroom unit is... $3,000 per month. That's right. You can high five the subway as it rumbles past you for only 3K per month. (plus parking, of course). For an apartment in the middle of nowhere. Oh, and heat is not included.

the sad part, is this building will probably will up. The rental office was full of people who stayed for 'more information'. Well, a fool and their money...