What's Your SF Rent?: An AT:SF Poll

This week we learned that:

• roughly 45% of AT:NY readers pay between $800 and $1500 for rent;

• Roughly the same percentage (52%) of readers in the greater Bay Area also pay between $800 and $1500 for rent.

• Meanwhile, down in LA, roughly the same percentage pay in the $500 - $1000 range.

But what about San Francisco dwellers specifically? We promised a very scientific poll just for you, too, and here it is. Don't forget to fill us in on the details!

So just how much does it cost to park yourself in San Francisco?

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Comments (10)

Again, $800-$1500 is a HUGE, ENORMOUS bracket. It would be more scientific to have finer slices around the average rent, with larger brackets in the upper and lower extremes.

I agree with Holly. Paying $950 for say - a one bedroom - is completely different from paying $1475 for one.

I agree too. Having just suffered through an OMI eviction and having to look for an apt. after not doing so for 14 years to say I was in shock at what a studio and 1BDRs cost I would say that $900 will get you something petite petite in the Tendernob. Needless to say I found an in-law for $1350 (1BDR) in Mill Valley. Sad what's happening to a city I love so much.

I live in the bay area, down in Santa Clara, and I've always wanted to move to SF, but the rent is too high, what areas do all of you mostly live in?

900 for TL? wow.

$1300 for a modest-sized 1 BR with a teeny, tiny kitchen in Nob Hill.

Before that, I lived with a roomate in a 1 1/2 BR (I lived in the 1/2 BR) for $800 in Duboce Triangle.

And yes, rents in SF are outrageous.

Who are these people paying under $1500?

My partner and I are paying below market rate for a converted basement in a grungy part of South of Market that we've been in for 7 years. Granted, it's rather large (maybe 1100 sqft), but hardly has any natural light and no interior walls.

We pay (in a rent-controlled building) $1800.

And we consider ourselves lucky.

Kevin

PS And we have bums sh**ting on our doorstep and passed our across the street, as well frequent smash and grabs.

I pay $725 plus utilities for a small illegal in-law located in the outer richmond (20th ave/Anza). It is a tiny 100 sqf. studio with a seperate small full kitchen (50sqf) and nice bathroom.

I actually feel lucky to have found it considering the NASTY, studios (ie: AEK,Stinky Carpets)I have seen for upto a $1000 in the same neighborhood.

I have done some nice things with it and hope to post some pics soon.

PS. I moved out of a 3 bedroom rent controlled top floor flat in the Lower Haight which I paid $1640 a month. I know, I know...but I was done with room mates and did not include parking.BTW it now rents (post landlord major spit-shine) for $3000.

Kevin -- If you moved there 7 years ago, it was the height of demand, when rents were astronomical. Rents declined dramatically in the summer of 2003, which is when we moved to the city. It was actually tough to get a 1-BR back then, as all the studio dwellers had the urge to move up, and they had first dibs within their buildings. I still don't know how we landed one.

But the good news is that I just met our new neighbor (we share a balcony) and he is SANE and NICE and unlikely to run a drug or prostitution operation out of the apartment (unlike the last ones). Whoo!

Late in the game... just moved here, paying $900 for a studio-sized bedroom, shared kitchen/bath, no shared space in Upper Market area. It's not the best deal, but beggars can't be choosers with a pet.

Based on friends' rents... it seems like rents are going way up - 2 bdrms are going for 2k or more for non-remote (Sunset/Richmond/Glen Park) areas. For new households, the days of the less-than-1k share are over.

nice, well-laid out Edwardian 700 sf 1bd/1bath with laundry and off-street parking, two blocks east of MacArthur Bart: $900. Plus, Oakland's warmer and my commute to downtown SF is faster than if I lived in most places in the city.