San Francisco housing question.....HELP!
So i am doing a six month internship in the area starting Monday (I know, last minute)and am looking for somewhere to live near the CalTrain, as my internship is south of the city. What's the best bet? Furnished would be ideal. I've had limited luck with craigslist
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I moved to SF last year and can tell you from experience that it is hard to find a furnished apartment in SF, especially for a short time period. I ended up getting an unfurnished apartment, and bought my stuff from IKEA.
It's not like New York where there are a ton of high rise rental buildings, I can only think of a few and most of those are $2500+ a month and you probably are not going to want to pay that.
I know you said you haven't had any luck on craigslist, but it is probably your best bet and I would keep trying. Occupancy levels are very high in SF and are not coming down.
Don't worry about the commute. BART is all over the place and easy to use.
furnished housing...
when I first moved to San Fran 3 years ago I started out at Trinity Plaza above the Civic Center bart station. You can get furnished housing/month to month.
A few caveats, it's a bit pricey and the area is a bit dodgy. However, you're right above BART which is great. I'm not sure where you're going on Caltrain but it's kind of a pain to get to if you don't live next to it in SOMA because BART doesn't connect to Caltrain in San francisco. However, I do think BART and Caltrain meet somewhere around Millbrae, so you could just transfer there to get down to the valley if that's where you're headed.
I agree that the SF market is pretty tight. I've been looking for apartments on and off for 2 years and still havne't moved (I live in Nob Hill now).