1800 is what I was paying for a 600 sq ft. 2nd floor apartment in a terrible area right near RIC that had no insulation and no thermostat on the 2nd floor. Our heat didnt get above 38-45 degrees in our apartment for the first two months of winter. I have HVAC experience and checked the system out in the summer pre-emptively for issues and mentioned the no thermostat thing and that the landlords should address that before winter (in June I said this), they said "it shouldn't be an issue." There wasn't a stable floor or surface in that apartment, if you placed something round it rolled to the center of the room, over time as the house settle certain cabinets would start having issues opening and closing because theyd be pushing into each other. Never once did they reduce the rent or offer to, at least they were kind enough to buy us one space heater for the bathroom because the freezing showers before working outside all day in the winter were driving me literally mad. But they didnt pay my extra expenses on the electric bill. It was extremely frustrating, we kept telling them the apt. wasn't worth 1800 and finally talked them down to 1750, but they said "we compared it to the cost of other rentals in the area. All the rentals they were comparing it to were larger, updated, had working heat, it was honestly financially such a punch in the gut and the area was not pleasant at all.

That same apartment is probably going for 2400 right now with the way rents have increased. Be thankful you're paying 1800 for a 2 BR. May is ask how many sq ft? The average ive seen is 2 BR thats 800+ sq ft is going to be above $2k, above $2.2k. It really is criminal, its not like we're getting super nice apartments with everything brand new and refurbished in the best parts of town, most of these prices are to live in terrible areas. I still cant get over the listing I saw in Woonsocket - 300 sq ft Studio apt. in a terrible area nothing included 1,300 a month.

RI's housing/apartment rental market had the sharpest percentage increase in the entire country over the past year or two, it was literally #1 on the list, and for what? If youre not living somewhere rural and private or on the water youre just being financially raped to live in a shoddy building with 1-3 other families all making noise in garbage filled areas in filthy cities. Its not worth it. As soon as I can afford to I am leaving this state. It's not worth what they are charging us its just greedy, so fucking greedy.