Anyone familiar with Hodge Ave? Help!
Well, I'm still deliberating the trip to B-lo this weekend. A phone call in response to an ad for a 2 bedroom led to an interesting twist.
The 2 bdrm is gone, but a 3 bdrm apt on Hodge Ave near the Children's Hospital is coming available and it would be perfect timing for our August move-in date.
The location is on Hodge about a block west of Delaware. The apt is a huge (2200 sq ft) 3 bdrm on the 3rd floor and has 2 full baths, 2 working fireplaces, functional kitchen (important for us!), in-unit washer and dryer, off-street parking, and apparently is in "immaculate" condition. Allegedly, the balanced billing for heat runs $110-$120 and electric around $40.
The current tenants have apparently lived there 6 years and are leaving to move to NYC.
The neighbors on the first and second floors are single professionals, the one on the first floor has a well behaved dog (a lab) and the one on the 2nd floor apparently travels a lot.
It's pricey (near the top of our range, but manageable) but we have been assured it is a quiet unit on a nice street.
Any comments from the local experts on the Elmwood area?
Is it definitely worth looking at, maybe to grab it before it hits the market (plannng to list it in AV this week)? Or let it ride...? And what should I make of Hodge Ave just west of Delaware? How long a walk to good stuff on Elmwood, etc.?
Also, any thoughts on Rand Avenue in N. Buffalo? Cheaper options with garages up that way, and near Delaware Park.
--Chico
The 2 bdrm is gone, but a 3 bdrm apt on Hodge Ave near the Children's Hospital is coming available and it would be perfect timing for our August move-in date.
The location is on Hodge about a block west of Delaware. The apt is a huge (2200 sq ft) 3 bdrm on the 3rd floor and has 2 full baths, 2 working fireplaces, functional kitchen (important for us!), in-unit washer and dryer, off-street parking, and apparently is in "immaculate" condition. Allegedly, the balanced billing for heat runs $110-$120 and electric around $40.
The current tenants have apparently lived there 6 years and are leaving to move to NYC.
The neighbors on the first and second floors are single professionals, the one on the first floor has a well behaved dog (a lab) and the one on the 2nd floor apparently travels a lot.
It's pricey (near the top of our range, but manageable) but we have been assured it is a quiet unit on a nice street.
Any comments from the local experts on the Elmwood area?
Is it definitely worth looking at, maybe to grab it before it hits the market (plannng to list it in AV this week)? Or let it ride...? And what should I make of Hodge Ave just west of Delaware? How long a walk to good stuff on Elmwood, etc.?
Also, any thoughts on Rand Avenue in N. Buffalo? Cheaper options with garages up that way, and near Delaware Park.
--Chico
My opionion on Rand is that it's a bit too far. While it's possible to get to Elmwood it's a pretty long jaunt, though you can go through the park... I'm not sure about the exact street, if I remember I'll check it out next time I get around there. For me the ideal square is like Richmond-Linwood (E-W) and Forest-Bryant (N-S) if you want real "Elmwood-living" and extend down to Allen if you don't mind living in Allentown, which has it's own charm.
Hope that helps a little. Good luck.