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There's been lots of similar questions and they've been a lot of help, but my situation is a little bit different and I need some help.
My wife and I currently live in Iowa. She's accepting a position near the Federal Center SW metro station and they want her to start very soon. We currently own a house in Iowa so she'll be moving to start her new job while I stay long enough to sell the house.
She'll be there with no car so we're looking for something close to her work, or close to a metro station. She's comfortable walking a bit as needed, but without being there to know which blocks she'd be walking through, it makes it harder to judge.
We only need something short term since we'll be able to afford more after the house sells, and both of us plus our pets are not going to be ok in a studio.
So ideally, we'd like something without a roommate, walkable or close to metro, and as inexpensive as possible. It'd be nice to find it between 1200-1400/mo but 1600/mo is acceptable if needed. I'd like to avoid more than that. And we need something ok with a month-to-month or like 3-month lease terms.
We've looked at managed places like 1001, 215 C st., View, Post Mass. Ave, Westbrooke Place, and others - but either availability or lease terms are our biggest problems there. Fort Totten seems nice, waiting to hear about their availability and willingness on the lease term.
Any suggestions? Craigslist is full of shared living, strange arrangements, weird basements, and just scams. Hard to find anything worth trusting.
We have a short amount of time to make arrangements and we're too far away to just jump in and take a look. Any help?
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look in the SW Waterfront area. She will be able to walk to work.
Check out Capital Park Plaza if she can handle a mixed income spot. It is mixed income as they accept vouchers but overall safe (plenty of single women stay there and most of the voucher residents are senior citizens) and a 5 minute walk to Federal Center SW from the G Street building. I lived there for a year.
Check these out
brand new studio atop Waterfront metro (http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/apa/1841484989.html - broken link)
SW Waterfront studio... ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED!! (http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/apa/1838932331.html - broken link)
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