Looking for a home to rent

[aledamarie]

Hello.
We are a family of three with a young kiddo. We have lived in the same home, Admiral area of West Seattle, for seven years. We absolutely love it here.
The owners of the home we are renting have decided to sell, so that puts us in the position of looking for a new place to call home.
We are financially stable, we have good credit, and stellar references.
We don’t have any pets- though our kiddo would love to get a feline at some point if time/space allows for one.
We garden, we bike and hike, and love being outdoors. We’re pretty strong advocates of getting to know our neighbors and enjoy participating in community building. Being a 9-5 family with a young kiddo, we’re fairly quiet- early to bed. We don’t host large gatherings.
We like to think we take care of our rental space as we’d take care of our own home. We are effective communicators and pay rent on time.

We are in search of a stand alone home with a yard and some space for storage in West Seattle. Staying admiral area would be amazing, but we’re open to surrounding neighborhoods too. We are looking for something for June 1.
We would like 2+ bedrooms, and W/D/dishwasher would be preferred. We’d love around 1000sq feet- but say that loosely: a bit more or a bit less would likely work for us too.
Our budget is $1600-$2400- with $2000(ish) being our ideal. Again, there’s room to chat.
If we sound like a good fit for renting and taking care of your home, please reach out. We’d love to connect.
Thanks for reading.

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[Sue]

I hate to say it, but the fact that one bedroom apartments are renting for $1,600 and up, I find it unlikely to find a house in West Seattle within your budget. That said, miracles can happen, so you might want to drive around and look at signs to see what’s out there. There are also two websites, padmapper.com and hotpads.com where you can look for rentals and put in all your filters to see what’s available. Good luck!

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[jissy]

Good advice, Sue but I’ll add, ran into an old friend of mine last week who is in Property management and she noted they never put signs on buildings anymore b/c of problems with squatters taking over a property so you might want to contact some of the management companies directly to see if they have anything available.

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[aledamarie]

I hadn’t heard of padmapper, so thank you for the suggestion.

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[SuperB]

There are homes for rent in that price range from smaller landlords. They’re few and far between but we are out here. You sound like wonderful tenants and I have a home that checks all your boxes but it’s not available until Aug 1. When I advertise, I use Zillow. So I’d recommend looking there too. Also try looking in the Westwood and Gatewood neighborhoods. Lots of families and large lots with smaller homes. I’ve seen rentals around that price range.

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[aledamarie]

Thank you for your encouraging words. We realize what we’re looking for might be a stretch.
We’ve rented from a private owner and have appreciated the intimacy of that. I think there is something to be said about owners looking for quality tenants who will care for their home- over making a quick buck w/higher fees.
Thank you for sharing where you list. Zillow definitely feels the most structured/least scammy of the sites.

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