Relocating from midwest for job in Redmond - Need advice! (Bellevue: apartment complex, to live)

[Runnrgrl25]

Hello all!

I am looking for some decent areas/apartment complexes to live... Moral of the story is I would like to avoid a severely long commute to Redmond ; looking for a 1 bedroom of at least 800 sq.ft. in a decent area (I'm a single female and I tend to run on my own quite a bit). I would like to stick around the $1000-$1200 range. The only complex I have looked into was Cedar Terrace in Bellevue and have subsequently read a TON of bad reviews (taken with a grain of salt but still makes me a tad nervous). Any help is greatly appreciated...

Thanks!

[Radnor]

I have a friend who just moved to an apartment complex in Kirkland, WA which is just west of Redmond. She's staying at the Watermark Apartments and so far I haven't heard anything negative. Not sure about the prices but the area is nice and convenient.

[seattlenextyear]

You can live right across the street from your job if you'd like. There's a buttload of apartment complexes right in the Microsoft area, as well as million other complexes in Bellevue, Redmond and Kirkland within your price range.

[jenlion]

Ditto seattleyear. If you like to run, you can locate very near the Sammamish River Trail. You can probably find a map with it drawn in, so you can compare it to apartment complexes, but let us know if you have any questions about it.

It's a paved, very very long running/biking/skating/walking trail that runs (surprise) along the Sammamish River. Plenty of apartments on it in Redmond!

[Runnrgrl25]

Thank you all for the input!