LA=>.... CO!

[PointBlank82]

My wife and I are relocating to Lakewood, CO from Baton Rouge, LA for work in three weeks!

We initially plan to stay with her family in Boulder, CO while getting the lay of the land.

Does anyone here have or know of someone with a medium sized rental home in the area available in May? We're a young couple (both engineers) with no pets or children, with stable work history, credit and references. We are looking for a 6-12 month lease (possibly longer for the right location) while we establish ourselves and decide whether to buy/build/rent for the coming years.

Also, while I have a job lined up, my wife is still looking, so if anyone knows of an opening for a Colorado School of Mines Geology/Geological Engineering Grad, we would greatly appreciate any connections.

Can't wait to join you all in sunny Colorado!

[ray1970]

Welcome.

I have no useful information for you. All I know is rent is pretty high around here right now and finding something to rent can sometimes take a little while. My son and his wife recently moved back in with us because their lease was up and their rent was going to go up $700 a month and they couldn't afford that. Hopefully they can find something else over the summer.

[PointBlank82]

Welcome.

I have no useful information for you. All I know is rent is pretty high around here right now and finding something to rent can sometimes take a little while. My son and his wife recently moved back in with us because their lease was up and their rent was going to go up $700 a month and they couldn't afford that. Hopefully they can find something else over the summer.

Wow, $700 rent increase out of the blue? That's horrible, especially if they were reliable tenants. Down here after the big flood last year stuff like that happened when landlords of property that never saw water could sell their property for a 30% premium tried to force out tenants to flip the homes during the shortage. :(

[Gunner]

Well with the flood of people moving here landlords can that. Housing rates and rent have sky rocketed here in the past 3 to 4 years. Boulders crazy high but that town sucks anyway so I wouldn't bOther looking there at all


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[PointBlank82]

Well with the flood of people moving here landlords can that. Housing rates and rent have sky rocketed here in the past 3 to 4 years. Boulders crazy high but that town sucks anyway so I wouldn't bOther looking there at all


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Our target Area of Operation is Lakewood/Arvada/Littleton. I understand we'll need to stay out of Denver, Denver County and Boulder due to the AWB. No way am I giving up my ARs or SCAR.

Seems like we'll be spending $1250-1600 for a decent 2-bed apartment/condo or $1800-2300 for a 3-4 bed house with garage. I just locked in a 10'x20' storage unit near Belmar that will tide us over while we figure things out, but I really want to move into a house so I can work on my Jeep.

[Firehaus]

Welcome, but define "decent" 2 bedroom apartment for under $1400... that might be hard to find.




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[Cman]

Welcome to the forum!

[PointBlank82]

Welcome, but define "decent" 2 bedroom apartment for under $1400... that might be hard to find.




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This is why we're waiting until we can see the places ourselves. We currently rent a 2010 construction 3 bed, 2 bath house, 2 car garage home with 1800 sqft down here near Baton Rouge, LA for $1550/month... lease is going up to $1900 in June.

We rented a 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage 2008 built house in Tucson, AZ back in 2015 for $1050/month... of course, our salary potentials were a lot less there too, and my wife can't find work in Louisiana at all.

[zteknik]

Hello and welcome! [Beer]
Best of luck in your search.

[Firehaus]

This is why we're waiting until we can see the places ourselves. We currently rent a 2010 construction 3 bed, 2 bath house, 2 car garage home with 1800 sqft down here near Baton Rouge, LA for $1550/month... lease is going up to $1900 in June.

We rented a 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage 2008 built house in Tucson, AZ back in 2015 for $1050/month... of course, our salary potentials were a lot less there too, and my wife can't find work in Louisiana at all.

Good luck in your search. FYI, I'd add around $1000 to the rent your paying now for the same thing depending on the area.


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[CS1983]

Expect 2400-2700/mo to not live in a crappy house or neighborhood. It's only going up, so if you find something you like you might consider snapping it up.

[PointBlank82]

Expect 2400-2700/mo to not live in a crappy house or neighborhood. It's only going up, so if you find something you like you might consider snapping it up.

So how does something like this look?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/14375-W-Yale-Pl-Lakewood-CO-80228/13794743_zpid/?print=true


14375 W Yale Pl, Lakewood, CO 80228

3 beds 2.5 baths 1,800 sqft

For Rent
$2,350 /mo
Rent Zestimate®: $2,250 /mo
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My Notes

Edit (https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/14375-W-Yale-Pl-Lakewood-CO-80228/13794743_zpid/?print=true#add-note-code)
Property is on a cul de sac with a nice back yard area. Rent $2350/month 3 bedrooms 2.5 baths with attached two car garage. Windows were updated in 2015.




Its nicer than my current place. Looks like the houses in that neighborhood are ~$400k.

[CS1983]

Dunno. Seems about on the low end, but it depends. I'm not familiar with Lakewood area. Littleton is where I was last.

I'd say the big thing would be neighborhood/house age.

[Wulf202]

Welcome

[pickenup]

Howdy

[Firehaus]

Thats a decent area as far as I know.


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[Spdu4ia]

I moved here 8 years ago from Baton Rouge as well... first thing you'll notice is that you can open the windows in your house (seems silly but he knows what I'm talking about!). The sticker shock for housing will wear off in time.

[PointBlank82]

I moved here 8 years ago from Baton Rouge as well... first thing you'll notice is that you can open the windows in your house (seems silly but he knows what I'm talking about!). The sticker shock for housing will wear off in time.


No mosquitos? Man, these things can carry you off here. I made the mistake once of leaving my door open after burning some toast and about 100 of the damned things invaded the house. Took days to hunt them all down and my ceiling is covered with smears.

[ray1970]

I grew up on the gulf coast not terribly far west of Lake Charles so I know about mosquitoes. I've lived around here for about eighteen years now and in that time I think I've been bitten maybe three or four times. It's awesome. Oh, and I haven't seen any cockroaches up here either. And, if anything gets a little wet it usually dries itself out in a very short time since there's no humidity around here. And I hope you don't miss all of the rain you get down there because you won't get anywhere near that much around here.

I think the biggest sticker shock for me was vehicle registration and insurance. I bought a new truck right before moving here. Cost me about $45 to put plates on it back in Texas. Moved here and the same truck cost me almost $400 for plates.

[PointBlank82]

I grew up on the gulf coast not terribly far west of Lake Charles so I know about mosquitoes. I've lived around here for about eighteen years now and in that time I think I've been bitten maybe three or four times. It's awesome. Oh, and I haven't seen any cockroaches up here either. And, if anything gets a little wet it usually dries itself out in a very short time since there's no humidity around here. And I hope you don't miss all of the rain you get down there because you won't get anywhere near that much around here.

I think the biggest sticker shock for me was vehicle registration and insurance. I bought a new truck right before moving here. Cost me about $45 to put plates on it back in Texas. Moved here and the same truck cost me almost $400 for plates.

You must have missed out on the new Louisiana reverse sales tax law. I had to pay them 5% of the blue book value of my Grand Cherokee when I moved here to register.