What $1,690 rents in Seattle right now

A little bit of everything

By Sarah Anne Lloyd@sarahannelloyd Nov 22, 2019, 12:39pm PST

Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, where we explore what you can rent for a certain dollar amount in Seattle. We found five listings within $100 of today’s price: $1,690.

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Interbay

On the border of Queen Anne and Interbay—less than a block from Interbay Athletic Complex—this spacious (715 square feet) one-bedroom with a fireplace and a balcony is renting for $1,725 a month. It has both a dishwasher and in-unit laundry, a semi-open kitchen, and hardwood-like floors. Pets are welcome with no breed restrictions (sometimes a rarity), but they’re subject to a deposit and pet rent.

Parking’s available in an attached garage, but it’s right along rapid transit a bike path.

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Lower Queen Anne/Uptown

Near Seattle Center and not too far away from the Interbay place, this 1920s one-bedroom with hardwood floors, vintage millwork, and colorful tile for $1,650 a month. The 660-square-foot layout includes a large eat-in kitchen with tons of cabinet space. Laundry is shared, and there’s some kind of off-street parking situation, although it’s centrally-located and on multiple bus lines. Both cats and dogs are allowed.

The inside of an apartment with beige walls, hardwood-like floors, and white trim. On the far right behind a curtain is a bed-sized alcove with carpet. At the far left, there’s a kitchen nook with pass-through window.

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Belltown

Just a few blocks from the waterfront, this studio with a recessed sleeping nook is renting for $1,665 a month. The size isn’t bad for a studio, at 439 square feet, and expands even more with a private patio. It has its own private laundry, too.

Both cats and dogs are allowed. Parking’s available for $150 a month, although the place is basically downtown already.

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Alki

On the lower level of a classic beach cottage right across from the water on Alki Avenue, this 650-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment with a fireplace is renting for $1,650 a month. An open kitchen is adjacent from a dining nook, and it has its own laundry facilities, too. The utility surcharge is steep, at $350 a month, but it includes internet and electric in addition to the usual water, sewer, and garbage.

It’s farther north than Alki proper, but that puts it close to the Water Taxi, and it’s right on the 37 commuter line—plus, it’s right on the mixed-use waterfront path that heads to Alki Beach Park in one direction and additional buses and the low bridge in the other. No word on pets.

A big, empty room with hardwood floors and beige walls. On the far wall, there are two windows trimmed in black metal—a three-window bank to the left and a smaller window to the right.

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First Hill

Near Harborview, just across Interstate 5 from downtown, this apartment is bigger than others on this list—with two bedrooms and 826 square feet—and is renting for $1,650 a month. It includes hardwood floors and a relatively large kitchen, plus multiple closets throughout. Cats are allowed, and laundry is shared.

There’s some kind of off-street parking situation, although it’s essentially downtown and on on the 3 and 4.

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Which $1,690 apartment would you rent?

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26%

Interbay

(78 votes)
26%

Lower Queen Anne/Uptown

(78 votes)
6%

Belltown

(19 votes)
18%

Alki

(54 votes)
21%

First Hill

(61 votes)

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What $1,690 rents in Seattle right now

Interbay

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Alki

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Which $1,690 apartment would you rent?

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Interbay

26%

Lower Queen Anne/Uptown

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Belltown

18%

Alki

21%

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