Tristan Square Apartments

Everyone keeps asking me for one-bedroom apartments, and I can never find any. Today my friend Julia called because she has this one-bedroom that she has ready immediately:




It's over at 6206 SE 52nd near the Woodstock/Reed area. Delta Cafe, anyone? It's a pretty big apartment and it's only $600/mo on a nine-month lease. I kinda like that weird open kitchen. It screams pajama cocktail party. Julia's number is 503.239.5762.

1615 SE Taylor

I've put this one on here before. The rent's up $80 since last year, but it's still a great price for a one-bedroom in the neighborhood. If it's the same owner as last year, he seems like a pretty cool guy. 503-790-3007

Queen Marie Apartments #304

This studio will be available August 15th:

$700/month includes water, sewer, garbage, hot water

Wide angle lens

Maybe they didn't do this on purpose, but if they did it's hilarious. I should try using a wide-angle lens when showing pictures of apartments. Based on the photo to the left, that fridge looks about six feet deep! Anyway, if you want a studio in the John Ross over in SoWa for the affordable price of $1199, here you go.

Melcliff Apartments

I've always liked the Melcliff. $560/mo will get you a small studio with hardwood floors and a clawfoot tub. IPM has a corner unit available right now (facing south and west--BONUS!). 503-223-6327

1237 SE 47th

This ad on craigslist looks pretty interesting: Someone from Orange County, California is advertising a 650 sq ft apartment w/ 650 sq ft garage for $750/mo on SE 47th and Salmon. It might be one of those buyer-beware type of situations because portlandmaps says it's only 432 square feet. But, really, maybe it really is 650 square feet and she added an addition. Although that would be weird as well because you'd think that the city would know about it. Maybe I just don't understand how these things work. Might be worth checking out.

2133 NE Halsey

Palisades Properties has an interesting 1960s 2bd with hardwoods in a nice neighborhood for $995. It's dog-friendly even. However, I'm noticing this new trend where you're actually paying a monthly rental fee for your pet. In this case, it's $25/month. I'm not really big on animals that you can't eat ("Is that a pet bunny or a food bunny?" my Mom was fond of saying), so maybe this isn't a big deal to pet owners. But I'd be pretty crestfallen knowing that my dog was costing me $25 per month. But whatevs. I think my cat saw me writing that line about eating animals and is now hiding under the filing cabinet.
Link to picture of property on google maps.