I looked at the apartment again today.
“The” apartment is a beautiful, large one-bedroom with cathedral ceilings, skylights, a spa tub, a huge bedroom, a deck, and, last but not least, a panoramic view of Casco Bay, the Portland Head lighthouse, and the ocean. N and I LOVE this place and want to live there. I’m able to go back again and again because the key to the place is under the mat outside the door.
The rent on this gorgeous place is less than what N pays now for a 1BR in Brooklyn a bus ride away from the nearest subway. If we lived there, my half of the rent would be the same as what I’m paying now for my 1BR just a few blocks away in the same East End neighborhood. Yet I hesitate somewhat, because it’s a lot of money for around these parts. Compared to New York, sure, it’s a bargain. But up here in Portland, for less than what we’d pay for this rental, we could get a 2 or 3BR in the same neighborhood. Scratch that, we could be paying a mortgage.
Yet so far we haven’t seen anything that even comes close to matching this place in terms of space, light and views. And neither of us is planning on putting a down payment on anything anytime soon. So fingers crossed that this place will be ours come September.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
"The" apartment
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2 comments:
If I was your Jewish mother, I'd say sacrifice now and buy a place and focus on a mortgage. Your future self (and children) will thank you for it. Hrumph.
I enjoy your posts. We have a co-op in Carroll Gardens and just purchased a house in Portland near Morrill's Corner. I guess you used to live in Red Hook, er I mean Carroll Gardens West.
It does seem to me that anything over $1000 for a 1 bdr in Portland is high. I have found that you can get a house with a backyard for around $1500. In any event enjoy Portland.
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