Childcare remains the same price, it just has been pushed onto those who don't have kids :/

Great idea, thanks!

thanks again! :)

Never experienced package theft, only delivery to one of the other buildings in the row. Rent increases have been fair for the area but they do occur yearly.

Paid around 900 last thanksgiving for a golden retriever, so your quote seems reasonable. You do pay for what you get…the vet called multiple times post surgery to check in and was very responsive throughout the process with questions and concerns.

That's about the going rate in the area, but if you're able to drive outside of the city, it should get significantly cheaper.

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>https://www.reddit.com/r/Somerville/comments/113f55h/what_is_reasonable_cost_to_spay_30lb_dog/

Thank you! This very specifically pertains to my situation. It makes more sense now.

This popped up over the border and are about in-line with your experience so far. The op gave a good summary at the end.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Somerville/comments/113f55h/what_is_reasonable_cost_to_spay_30lb_dog/

12 lbs. Yes, I'd love to have it done by his long term vet, if possible. Do you mind sharing where you went, either here or through DM?

How much does your dog weigh? We have a 25 lb dog and it cost us around $550 all in last year. We got quotes up to $1k though.

There are low cost vouchers you can get to redeem at certain vets but we opted to pay a few extra hundred to go to our regular vet, who our dog adores and is closer by.

Will do, thanks for the suggestion.

Check with Angell Memorial- they may be able to help.

Yea seems pretty high then. Unless something has changed in the past year though there is way more demand for vets than supply, with many not taking new pets. So they may feel they can kind of charge whatever they want.

Thanks for the information and the comparison. The $850 didn't include the cost of bloodwork and a preop appointment (another $300). I definitely want to pay the fair market value as veterinary medicine is a tough job, but this seems to go beyond that.

$710 just over one year ago in Belmont if you want a point of comparison. For a 1 year old 50 lbs dog including blood work and post op medication. About 20% more after this past year is probably about right.

I think high volume clinics do it for a fraction of that price like 100-200 but it seems the local owns you have to qualify as low income.

Agreed. Far more than I expected. I love having those wheels though. It allows me a lot of flexibility I didn’t have before

A good video overview of how non-market housing like co-ops can help make housing prices more affordable.

https://youtu.be/sKudSeqHSJk

thanks! :) What are the rent increases like? And is there a lot of package theft?

One way to think of it is like this - every multi unit building in the area is either a collection of condos or a multifamily single entity. The collection of condos each have their own deeds and are taxed individually. The multifamily only has one deed and one tax base.

Also, the same building sold as condos is much more expensive than the exact same building as multifamily. For example, a multifamily on my street sold for 1.2m and was renovated a bit and is now being sold as condos. One condo is going for 1.4m and another for 1.6m. no one would pay 3m for the whole building, but plenty of people will get into a 1.4m condo.

The coop approach allows people, who would otherwise not be able to purchase the individual condos, go in together to buy the building as a multifamily but as otherwise unrelated people. The overall price of the building is lower than if they were sold as individual condos and the tax base is lower.

I live in one of these buildings and the management team is very responsive. We’ve been here 7.5 years and have had a great experience. For example, when we put in a maintenance request, someone usually comes by same day. They’re very good about fixing and/or replacing older fixtures. Also, the buzzer system they use is state-of-the-art.

I use Starry and it's so cheap - I had one outage for about an hour but that's it. Feels a little "too good to be true"...so hoping it stays in business.

Exactly. Cars are an absolute budget killer.

Thanks for letting me know!

If you live in a condo/apartment building you should get building admins to contact netblazr. They operate similar to starry, peer to peer mesh network. My building has both netblazr and starry and now with the bankruptcy the people using starry are moving to netblazr.