Spinoff Thread: Housing in Houston

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The gf lives in a nice 1br apartment in the galleria area and pays just over $1500/month I think.

Any advice on other cheaper areas that are still reasonably safe and near dt?

Montrose maybe...but even the hipsters are being priced out these days.

Midtown Properties is a website I'd take a look at. They have a bunch of older, renovated apt complexes in desirable parts of town-mostly the Montrose/Neartown/Upper Kirby area.

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Midtown or the heights is where a young guy like yourself wants to be.

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Or the Washington Corridor or Montrose or Upper Kirby. I lived in Upper Kirby in a decent apartment on the top floor (which anyone who has lived in an apartment with wood floors knows the value of) that my wife and got for a steal because they were having trouble renting two bedrooms out. It was 1200 sq ft and cost something like $1500 our first year. They bumped it to $1600 but the market rate on it at that point was $2100 or something. That was in 2011 and 2012.

There are also some good places for a young single guy along Allen Parkway.

Me personally? I'd look in the Montrose. Great restaurants and bars, slightly older so you don't have as many crazy arse neighbors, safe and easy access to downtown. But that's just me

Check areas down Allen Parkway and Montrose/Waugh/Shepard or more down Richmond. I have no clue, but I would think any decent apartment complex within the loop will be over $1000 minimum for a 1 bedroom. Every decent area has it's own perks people desire (Med district, Rice U, Montrose, Heights, Gallaria, EaDo, etc). Eado is prob most affordable right now, but sort of a mix between new construction and hood. Lots of old warehouses, industrial buildings as well so dirty and not as trendy.

I live in EaDo and like it. Just saying not the best place for a guy right out of college. There's a block of neighborhood type bars close to all the sporting venues (Woodrow's, Luckys, etc) I like to have a beer at and see familiar faces, but not where I'd want to be chasing poon if I were in my early to mid 20s. More old vets like me that are still single, like to have a beer but done with the chase and putting in the work.....

EaDo? What the hell? Born and raised in Houston, but haven't lived there since 2004. There was no EaDo or Midtown. Washington St and the Heights were shitholes, now they are trendy. It's crazy going back there and seeing everything that has changed. My parents recently sold their house just inside the beltway, for 3 times what they paid for it. 10 years ago, just inside the beltway, might as well have been Katy - That's an exaggeration, but not really.