Won't you be my neighbor?

I signed the lease for my new apartment on Tuesday. I move on September 1 (along with everyone else in the greater Boston area), but there's a slight chance that I can move earlier if the current tenants find another place sooner. Recommendations for movers would be welcome; I've used Gentle Giant the last three times, and been very happy with them, but I've heard that there are cheaper moving companies that do just as good a job (Roadrunner being one recommended by dictator555).

The new address is 882 Broadway #3R in Somerville, just west of Powderhouse Square. It's above an unused commercial space, which looked like it had been abandoned a long time ago: there are decades-old signs for Cabot Farms Catering and Garden Room. I had been meaning for years to take pictures of it for urban_decay but I never got around to it... now I'll have no excuse! Anyway, the apartment is about two-thirds of the top (third) floor, and I think it's quite nice; it's old but not rundown, and it's spacious, with two bedrooms, full dining room, eat-in kitchen, and high ceilings. (This is where I was going to link to the Craigslist ad with pictures, but apparently Craigslist doesn't keep old posts for more than a couple weeks. Oh well.)

The building has four units, two on each of the second and third floors; the one below me is staying occupied, but the other two are available, in case you want to be my neighbor! I didn't look at the second floor unit, but I quite liked the third floor unit. It wasn't as much space as I wanted, but it's a big one-bedroom unit, with an "open plan" living/dining area with a great big corner window that overlooks Tufts and Powderhouse. The second floor unit splits the dining area into a second bedroom, but I imagine it's otherwise similar. Let me know if you're interested in one or the other, or contact the landlords through the Craigslist ads directly. They were willing to lower the rent for me from the advertised price, so I'm pretty sure they'd be willing to negotiate on these units too, especially if I can vouch for you.

Also, if these don't interest you but you're looking for a rental broker, I can recommend Scott Allison at Apartment Rental Experts near Porter Square. He was the best of the three brokers I worked with; we didn't end up finding anything together, but he was friendly, helpful, and patient while I was being picky and indecisive (we looked at over a dozen places over a few days). He also was good at keeping in touch and forwarding me new listings that he thought might appeal to me. Mail him at scott.apartmentx@gmail.com or call him at 413-687-3700.