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sxswnxnw t1_jb00pic wrote

Reply to Utilities cost for 1 bedroom apartment by hotashami

For electric you can take any address and call BGE and ask for the average usage over the past year.

For the water you can go to the city's website and look up the cost of water for a Home. It will show the most recent costs.

If it's an apartment building that uses a third party to bill the residents, you will have to just ask people who have lived in the building.

All this obviously depends on whoever lives there of course.

Editing due to autocorrect error in spelling of BGE.

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5555plum t1_jazkf1p wrote

Reply to Utilities cost for 1 bedroom apartment by hotashami

I’m in an old rowhome apartment that uses gas for heat and my bill last month was $170 😭 gas gets split by % between the other apartments in my rowhome. My electric bill was $40. I’m in a spacious 1 bedroom apartment and my utilities are definitely on the higher side. To be fair my base rent was a steal for the place so it offsets the high cost of gas.

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player_9 t1_jaz1x4x wrote

Reply to comment by DfcukinLite in Apartment rentals - buildings with a pool? by sit_down_man

Ha I was there about the same time 2012-2014. It was a fun place in my 20’s, although twice, in front of the building, I had 2 different people who literally just got out of the jail on the other side of 83 ask for directions.

A funny? sad? memory was when guy ask for directions to Ellicott City, on foot! He had a plastic bag with (I guess was) whatever he had on him whenever he went to jail. I started giving driving directions and he said he was walking, said he just got out of jail. I tried to tell him that’s just not really possible and told him maybe by bus, even offered fare, and he got frustrated with me, and finally just asked me to point him in the direction of EC. Literally pointed and that’s whatever adventure that dude embarked on that evening.

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DfcukinLite t1_jayzlof wrote

Reply to comment by player_9 in Apartment rentals - buildings with a pool? by sit_down_man

I lived there for 3 years in the early 10s. It was one of the best homes I’ve had in my young adult life. The time period in general was great, but I loved my apt (utilities included), that rooftop pool, and the fact that The Prime Rib was a literal elevator ride down stairs. I spent A LOT of money there then lol.

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sxswnxnw t1_jayo1kn wrote

Reply to Apartment rentals - buildings with a pool? by sit_down_man

  • 225 N Calvert has a pool on the roof. It's pretty nice. It is also accessible for wheelchairs. Nice view of east and southeast Baltimore, including a bit of the harbor.
  • 300 Saint Paul Place also has a pool on the roof. It is smaller than the pool at 225 N Calvert. It is not accessible... I don't know what people were thinking when they converted that building from offices to apartments. I want to say it is an easterly view. I didn't like the view as much as 225 N Calvert.
  • Someone already mentioned the pool at 500 Park, on the 3rd or 4th level. It's about the same as 225 N Calvert, but 500 Park is more resort-y and 225 N Calvert has the city view that makes it unique. The 500 Park pool is also accessible. You have a view of Park Ave and a courtyard backing up to some of the apartments in the building.
  • Luminary at One Light has a really nice pool. I don't know what level it is on, I only toured the building. I do not recall if it is accessible. I remember being impressed by the pool area. The common areas reminded me of being in a treehouse? It was cool and different. Possibly the best view of the 4. It's been a while, cannot recall.

Basically many of the high rise buildings are likely to have a pool.

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player_9 t1_jaym4h3 wrote

Reply to Apartment rentals - buildings with a pool? by sit_down_man

Horizon House (is it still called that?) on Calvert in Mt Vernon has a cool rooftop pool. It’s not swanky but it has a pretty view of the old prison building which is some cool architecture.

The neighborhood is decent, old. It was gentrified/revitalized about 20 years ago, it’s a decent mix of Baltimore in a central area.

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