i have a new apartment
i am thinking this is going to be good. the positive karma was readily apparent as i rode my bike home from work to sign the lease and passed by weaver street market, carrboro’s friendly grocery co-op.
i enjoy the thought that every day, on my way to and from work (and school) i will ride by weaver street.
things got better when i found out cedar court apartments has a mini laundromat (with new looking washers and dryers) and a pretty nice pool!
and have i mentioned the apartment has two bedrooms, a dishwasher, a newish fridge, central air, and no one living above me? or that water is included in the rent, and my only utility is electric (which averages the same as my electricity, gas, and water bills right now)? or that i have two parking spaces? or that the whole apartment has been freshly painted? or that greensboro street has bike lanes on both sides of the street? or that the estes mountain bike trails are just a few blocks away? or that i’m on the f bus route which goes to campus, eastgate, and the u-mall…for free? or that i’ll be saving more than $100 a month?!
i can hardly believe it myself.
hello —
i know it’s been two years since you wrote this, but i was wondering if we could possibly chat over email/phone over cedar court (i haven’t read any of your other entries yet), and if you ended up living there, etc. i found it today apartment hunting (i work at weaver street, and love how close it is…), and would love to live there, so……
thanks!
-Collin.
Cedar Court is a lovely complex, overall it’s very quiet, since each apartment is 2 stories, there is never any noise from tenants above. Each is individually owned, so getting an apartment usually means answering a for rent sign someone puts out front. I imagine there will be a few of those popping up shortly soon as people’s leases end.
When you’re facing the complex from Greensboro St, I live on the left side, which is nice because there’s not much behind it. On the right side the complex borders a lumber wearhouse for Fitch’s hardware, so you’d have to chat with some folks over there about noise at different times of the day. The back borders the train tracks that are used to bring coal to the UNC physical plant. I’m not sure how often it runs, but I’ve only noticed the train a handful of times when I was outdoors since moving in two years ago.
Each apartment has two bedrooms upstairs. I think the back bedroom is quieter, so I sleep there and use the front bedroom as a study and for storage. There’s a full bathroom upstairs and a half bathroom down, which is a bit of a luxury. The kitchen is small, and mine was a little worn around the edges, new appliances, but old cabinets. Each apartment is different this way as it’s up to the individual owners to renovate. And not all of the apartments are rented.
There is not a separate dining area, just one large living room at the back of the apt with a narrow hallway to the front door and an entrance to the kitchen. I mention the narrow hallway because I was unable to get a normal sized couch through it, we had to bring it around to the back door where there is a little concrete patio that I never use much. Also the ceiling juts out pretty low as you’re midway up the stairs. A queen mattress will not fit upstairs without a bit force and deforming it into a slight u-shape. The hardwood floors are nice, especially since mine were refinished just after moving in.
Heat is electric, which is expensive. AC doesn’t seem to make a dent in the bills at all. I think I pay on average about $40/month on power. Water is included as part of the homeowners organization which maintains the really decent laundry room, the pool, and the lawn maintenance. Since I rent I don’t have much contact with the homeowners assoc.