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Hi all,

I am moving to Bellevue from Boston (on a very short notice!) early September and I was hoping to get some tips from those who have lived here for a while. I am looking for a 2br/2ba preferably in downtown area since I prefer being a short walk away from work, but I noticed there are only a few options and some of them are too pricey. I have a budget up to $4,000 if need be, but preferably it would be closer to $3.5-3.7k, given that none of utilities/parking are usually included in rent. I am a big fan of the Bravern and Ashton's layouts but those are 4.2-4.3k at the very least. Venn is at $3.9k but they are an Equity Apartments building which I personally don't rate highly (from experience with their apartments in Boston).

I was wondering if it gets better the longer I wait? Do more options show up around end of the month? Do apartments go down in price if they haven't been rented for a while (Ashton's 4.3k option has been available for a week now)? I have been using apartments.com, craigslist, and facebook marketplace to look for apartments, are there any other platforms to utilize?

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u/machonm 26d ago

Yeah, the cheaper 2x2 is the one we live in. The pole in the bedroom really makes the room unusable as a bedroom. I have a desk, PC and chair in there and thats about it. The other 2x2 faces the construction site but all in all, our side is louder because its on the alley and we have a hotel next door. Drunk fun is definitely a thing on the weekends :).

I will call out that downtown is a literal construction zone almost everywhere right now with even more planned along a few of the main streets. The Bravern were built as condos and are literally the quietest building I have ever been in, very nice for a 10yr old building. I dont find that location as convenient myself and they have new construction up across the street as well with the interstate on the other side. However if noise were a concern, I'd definitely say the Bravern would be quieter than here. I can tell you I wouldnt pay 3.5k for our unit, so if it gets to that price on my renewal we'd leave and we've been in our unit since it was built ~5yrs ago.