also moving to ketchikan... (extended stay, real estate, apartment)

[ramona9980]

my fiance, cat & i are moving to your town in 2 short weeks. we got news friday (18th!) and need to be there by may 10. i'm having the hardest time finding apartment information (1 br, pets allowed). any help would be greatly appreciated!! thanks.

[DannyL]

hopefully someone in that area will post a few extended stay locations asap. that may be your best bet on such short notice.

[ruffcutt]

Here is a link to the Ketchikan Daily news classifieds, But I already searched For 1 bedrooms and the picking are slim.
Ketchikan Daily News - Search for ads

[stiffnecked]

Your gonna have a tough time with the cat. I know a few landlords in KTN and no cat's allowed. You might check at Tongass Realty and see if they have anything at the Revilla. You can also check or call each real estate agent. If it was me I would find a new home for the cat.

Greater Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce, Member's Listings of Real Estate

[Metlakatla]

my fiance, cat & i are moving to your town in 2 short weeks. we got news friday (18th!) and need to be there by may 10. i'm having the hardest time finding apartment information (1 br, pets allowed). any help would be greatly appreciated!! thanks.

Ketchikan's a fairly transitory community and that has a lot to do with why rentals that allow pets aren't easy at all to find. If you're coming up for a job here that will keep you here for awhile, explain that to any landlords you talk to. You probably won't be able to get around the no-pet policy with property management companies but you might have some luck with individual landlords. What they're really trying to avoid is people moving away and leaving pets behind; happens every fall when the summer workers forget to stuff Fluffy in their carpetbags.

[Wrennie]

There is an ad for an apartment in town that allows cats...posted today on sitnews....
sitnews.com
cheapest rent I've seen anywere, too. $500 a month.

[stiffnecked]

And the reason it's so cheap???? Some of those places I wouldn't let my dog live in.

[ramona9980]

Originally Posted by stiffnecked

And the reason it's so cheap???? Some of those places I wouldn't let my dog live in.

agreed! i know rent's expensive up there, but $500 just sounds too good to be true. thanks for all the help so far!

[DannyL]

Originally Posted by ramona9980

agreed! i know rent's expensive up there, but $500 just sounds too good to be true. thanks for all the help so far!

you can't rent a room in someone's house for 500 bucks a month.

[Metlakatla]

agreed! i know rent's expensive up there, but $500 just sounds too good to be true.

Smart answer. I looked at one of those $500 places not long ago when I was considering getting a side apartment in Ketchikan...I can fix any place up but...basically it was just a tiny room, you could here the neighbors making all sorts of unsavory noises, booze bottles and cig butts in the hallway, and it stunk.

You might look into the Super8 for an extended stay--not sure what their rates are. It isn't the best but it's also far from the worst.