Hedgecore138 t1_ir6zpi5 wrote on October 5, 2022 at 8:03 PM

Reply to comment by batkave in Who lives here: the people who inhabit Richmond’s new apartments by ThatChildNextDoor

For a single-family home rental in that area of the Museum District, that sounds about right. My mortgage in the same area of town is decently less, but I wouldn't say significantly.

But to be paying over $200 more for a chintzy apartment when you could have a whole house...? That's nuts to me.

lizco89 t1_ir70vhm wrote on October 5, 2022 at 8:11 PM

I see that her husband owns Pinky’s. I wonder if they just wanted to be in walking distance of the restaurant. Those apartments have nice features but yes, the living space is tiny

imissparagon t1_ir7eo5i wrote on October 5, 2022 at 9:41 PM

I agree that having a whole house is probably a better space, but the difference in utilities/the work you have to do in the yard (which for some reason is on the tenant and not the owner) more than makes up for the $200/month

batkave t1_ir76lw8 wrote on October 5, 2022 at 8:47 PM

Did you buy around 6-8 years ago? It sounds like their rent never went up either, which is insane. If it changed over the years, then nevermind my questions but if they were paying that much a month over the 8 years, crazy.