# Help me figure out this apartment layout from 3 pictures
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-apartment-layout-from-3-pictures/931255
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 23, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-apartment-layout-from-3-pictures/931255 "2021-01-23T03:16:23Z")
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### Author:  [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-apartment-layout-from-3-pictures/931255/21 "2021-01-26T22:25:52Z")
I am actually from Radford, from 83-86 my brothers and I had apts in Blacksburgh - go Hokies ! I would actually prefer living in an apt with students, any noise at night would not bother me and I am planning on getting an electric guitar. Maybe I could even make friends with some, I get along well with the young folk.
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### Author:  [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-apartment-layout-from-3-pictures/931255/22 "2021-01-26T22:51:42Z")
Fair enough. But I think you meant Go Wahoos!
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### Author:  [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-apartment-layout-from-3-pictures/931255/23 "2021-01-27T05:02:08Z")
So what was the final verdict on that gap behind the bathroom entrance in the third picture?
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### Author:  [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-apartment-layout-from-3-pictures/931255/24 "2021-01-27T05:51:29Z")
Just a tiny little space where the walls didn’t join together, I didn’t look, maybe a light switch was there
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### Author:  [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-apartment-layout-from-3-pictures/931255/25 "2021-01-29T06:40:34Z")
Here is an interesting listing. $950 a month with $950 deposit plus a cat deposit of $500 for an 18 month lease.
But check out the photos. There is a picture of a red door and a white door, one looking down on the top of the toilet, a picture of the carpet, a picture of a window, a picture of the side of the shower, a picture of the bathroom mirror. No square footage listed but I can guess from the pic of the whole house, which I like, reminds me of the house we used to have in RI.
I know exactly where the house is, out in the country but only about a mile from town. I could blast the new electric guitar I will buy once I have a place as loud as I wanted to.
It’s a couple hundred more per month than I wanted to spend, but I have some money in the bank, I could do it for a year.
So I will schedule an appointment, but my suspicion is that when I walk in I will see it has a horrible layout with a tiny living room, and I can already see the horrid carpeting. I would have to spend several hundred dollars in rugs to cover it up. I will check it out for no other reason than comparison shopping.
> **[4157 Whistler Rd, Radford, VA 24141 - House for Rent in Radford, VA |...](https://www.apartments.com/4157-whistler-rd-radford-va/dqgs3nh/)**
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> 4157 Whistler Rd house in Radford,VA, is available for rent. This rental unit is available on Apartments.com, starting at $950 monthly.
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### Author:  [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2021, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-apartment-layout-from-3-pictures/931255/26 "2021-01-29T07:01:44Z")
It appears to be 800 square feet and Zillow thinks that the rent is too high as they estimate it in the $650 range.
> **[4157 Whistler Rd, Radford, VA 24141 | Zillow](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4157-Whistler-Rd-Radford-VA-24141/2089162575_zpid/)**
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> 4157 Whistler Rd, Radford VA, is a Single Family home that contains 800 sq ft and was built in 1930.It contains 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom.
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> The Rent Zestimate for this Single Family is $877/mo, which has increased by $877/mo in the last 30 days.
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### Author:  [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-apartment-layout-from-3-pictures/931255/27 "2021-01-29T07:12:12Z")
$650-750 was about what I was thinking. I assume it is negotiable. They must be looking for an idiot. On the site it says you can apply online with a $50 dollar application fee. WIthout even seeing the place?
If I go out and see it and think I can decorate it to meet my minimum standards, no way in hell am I ever going to pay $500 to be able to have my small and gentle cat live with me. I would offer $750 per month, $500 deposit, a standard one year lease, and no cat fee.
I do like a red door and a deck and open country behind the house.
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