hello everyone..I'm from SoCal, los angeles area, and I'm moving up to NorCal
in January 2008 for school..

I was just up there last weekend for orientation and I really loved what I saw,
things were quite different from down here, but still it was nice to be up there

anyways, I'll be attending Univ. California, Berkeley starting 08 January and I really
need to find a place to live...so I was really hoping to see if anybody can
help me out..
this is what I want..and I know I probably won't get all these..=/

-Studio or one room
-designated in-door or at least covered parking spot for my car
-close to school, but I'm willing to drive 15~20 min. to school
-nice and quite neighborhood
-price:800~1000 but the lower the better!!!!!!!!!!!
and walk-in closet, bathtub, AC, laundry, etc..are some additionals that will
be nice to have..

I'm planning on moving in in early Dec..but time doesn't really matter
as long as I can find a nice place!

thanks for taking your time to read this, and thanks again for helping me out!
I'm really looking forward to go up there and meet up with everyone!

m/f? smoke? pet?

These will be hard to grab all together.... let alone the price...

You're asking for quite a bit for so little. No AC and no walk-in closet, one bedroom and one bath will cost you $1500/month in the outer Mission.

Yeah, home prices have dropped but rent hasn't really taken a big hit. You should consider find some roomates or possibly rent a room out of someones house.

Good luck

Try craigslist in east bay area for housing. Maybe someone looking for a roomie or yeah heard ppl rent out rooms from their house, etc. to college students in Berkeley.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/

rent has gone up....... lol


but for that price dude your going to get a crappy a$$ apt in china town or tl with holes and roaches, oakland you can find a big place for that money but most of them are oging to be in the ghettos, if u dont mind driving try to get out of berk oakland area and u might find somehting livable.

landlords push rents up when home prices soften, especially when there's a big ownership premium. if you find a place with those rents, jump on it quick and try to lock in the rate long term.

$800-$1000 will get you an ugly *** ghetto apt. you might as well rent a room.

not alot of citys have rent control so that sucks.

hm..thanks everyone
I knew it would be hard for me to find a place~
I guess I'll just have to wait and see~
thanks again

btw, it's univ of california @ berkeley. berkeley university just makes you sound way off

it took a lot for me to correct you... the cardinal within me was more than willing to have you walk around sound uneducated... or should i say "cal educated"

for 800-1000 you can find a decent studio or 1 bedroom in the Lake Merritt area of Oakland. All of Oakland is not a huge ghetto.

LOL thanks man! just need some time to get used to all these proper terms..LOL..

that doesn't sound so bad..
thanks..is there any particular area that you might wanna refer me to?