This newly remodelled top-floor unit of a duplex offers a rare combination of convenience and elegance: live at ease with trendy coffee shops and fancy restaurants in Fremont at walking distance, while enjoying spacious one-floor interior with quartz countertop, stainless appliances, subway tiled backsplash, modern and sleek bathroom, and all hard floor throughout. A cute private balcony with a territorial view gives you a great place to relax and sip coffee while watching people walking/biking around. A bonus third room upon entrance gives many options gym, closet, office, or something else? You decide! Free off-street parking long enough for two cars comes along with lease. Next to the parking lot is the extra large laundry room with its own toilet and sink. Store your bicycles or gears there. The listing agent is with eXp Realty. Message/email to answer pre-screening questions to schedule a visit! Tenants pay all energy/utilities/Internet bills. [Location] The home is situated on the North slope of Queen Ann: five-minute drive to Fremont, less-than-ten-minute drive to South Lake Union, around-twelve-minute drive to Westlake. It is more or less 10-minute walk to all the attractions Fremont offers coffee shops, restaurants, PCC, bars, groceries, and shops. [Parking] The west side of the parking lot is assigned to this unit. You will be able to tandem park two cars. There are also plenty street parking around. [Remodel Highlights] Designer lighting, new kitchen with quality cabinets, quartz countertop, subway tiled backsplash and stainless steel appliances, new bathroom with tiled shower space and wide vanity. [Layout] With all rooms on the same level, no need to climb stairs (except for doing laundry). Upon entrance is a bonus third room and a huge coat/linen closet. You will find the kitchen on the right and two bedrooms with the bathroom on the left. The spacious living room sits in between the kitchen and bedrooms. A sliding door in the living leads to a cute balcony. The floor plan is not drawn in scale nor accurate. Use it to understand rough locations of each room only. [Laundry and extra storage] This unit is the top-floor unit of a duplex. It is a completely independent unit without sharing anything. The laundry room on the ground floor, with entrance beside the parking lot. You can access the laundry room via exterior stairs and the laundry room exclusively belongs to this unit. There is an additional toilet and deep sink in the laundry, as well as cabinets and extra storage space, large enough for bikes. [Landscaping] The two walls around the parking lot have ivies and vines grow on it. While providing a green shade and beauty to the property, the plants also requires regular maintenance. Owner will be cutting back plants high above, while Tenant will need to maintain lower plants and need to cut back the plants back to one feet above the ground. APPLICATION CRITERIA INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION The instructions outline the steps from starting an application to accepting an lease agreement. [1. Pre-screen] Please text/email/call Landlord/Agent to answer pre-screening questions: credit score estimate, income, employment, current lease ending date, reasons to move, number of people to apply. We will also answer your questions about the property during the initial communication. [2. Property Tour] For prospective tenants that passed the initial screening, we could schedule a time for a tour based on your provided preferred time. It is best to have everyone that intends to apply show up in the tour. [3. Application] If you are interested in applying after the tour, please give the Landlord/Agent emails for receiving the application link and the pdf application form. An application will be considered complete only if (a) All applicants have visited the property in person; (b) All applicants have filled in all questions on the application form and submitted all the required documents via email listed in the sections below; and (c) All applicants have agreed to the tenant screening/background check service and paid the screening fee ($39.95 per applicant). Applicants will pay the fee directly to the credit report agency. The amount could be subject to change without notice. Please double check the amount with the credit reporting agency before paying. A detailed description of the tenant screening process and the screening fee will be provided in the application form. We will only start tenant screening process after receiving all other required info and documents. The applicants could request a copy of rental agreement before paying the screening fee. No changes to the rental terms would be made. [4. Review and Decision Notification] The Landlord/Agent will verify information and documents provided during the initial call, the property tour and in the application form, following the order of receiving a complete application. (a) A notice of acceptance along with the lease agreement will be sent out if prospective tenants meet the minimum acceptance criteria. (b) A notice of denial along with reasons for denial will be sent out if prospective tenants do not meet the minimum acceptance criteria. [5. Lease, Move-in Fee, and Rent] After receiving notice of acceptance, prospective tenants have 48 hours to (a) sign the lease agreement along with a property condition checklist, (b) decide a single person that will make all future payments, (c) make the agreed payment to the Landlord, (d) sent renter's insurance of each applicant to the landlord. The agreed payment includes: (i) Security Deposit: One-month rent minus non-refundable cleaning fee, (ii) Cleaning fee ($600 or professional cleaning service receipt hired by you upon move-out), (iii) Prorated rent/First-month rent, and (iv) Last-month rent. The Landlord/Agent would take down the advertisement and stop accepting applications after receiving all documents and payments listed above. The Landlord/Agent would move on to the next applicants in line if not receiving all required documents/payments within 48 hours. [6. Key Transfer] Keys will be transferred on the first day of lease term as specified on the lease agreement. The tenants would have 24 hours to fill in their parts of the property condition checklist after receiving keys. MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTANCE [Identity] - Each applicant must provide a legal name, have a valid SSN, and be able to provide a driver's license (or state ID) and a passport (or other documents as listed in the document session below). - Each applicant needs to provide both a phone number and an email for contacting. [Employment History] - Must have steady employment and income sources for at least 12 months that can support the applicants to meet the income requirement. - Must submit information/documents required to verify employment history as mentioned in the info/documents section. [Income Requirement] - Income to rent ratio is at least 3:1. Guarantors/co-signers are not considered. - Debt to income ratio should not exceed 20% of the applicants' income. - The applicants must have a minimum bank account balance of five times of the rent. [Credit History] - The applicant must have a valid SSN. - The applicant should be able to demonstrate good fiscal responsibility. - Each rental applicant should have no charge-offs, unpaid debts, or a history of delinquent payments. - The applicants should have a credit score of at least 760. - We could make exceptions and lower the credit score requirements if the applicant are very strong in all other requirements. [Rental History] - Each rental applicants must be able to demonstrate a pattern of meeting their rental or mortgage obligations, leaving properties in good condition and not having a pattern of complaints from neighbors. - Applicants should be able to provide references from previous housing provider(s) for a minimum of 24 months, and have no prior evictions. - References from previous housing provider(s) need to show that each applicant is easy to communicate, quick to respond, cooperative in arranging property tours approaching the end of rental terms, and willing to maintain a good relationship with the landlord and neighbors. [Sex Offender Registry] We perform an individualized assessment of any adult on a county, state, or national sex offender registry to determine whether a business reason exists to deny tenancy. We consider the nature and severity of the offense, the number and type of convictions, the time that has elapsed since the conviction, your age at the time of conviction, evidence of good tenant history before and after conviction, any additional information showing rehabilitation, good conduct, or other factors that you would like us to consider. [Rental Policies] - No smoking or drug use. - No pet. - Each applicant must have a valid renter's insurance. [Process] Applicants must follow the process outlined in the previous section and finish each step within the deadline. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR QUALIFYING [Contact Info and IDs] - Legal names of all applicants. - A copy of driver's license or state ID of each applicant. - A copy of Passport or Enhanced State ID/Enhanced Driver's License/Social Security Card of each applicant. - Phone number and email of each applicant. - Current address of each applicant. [Info/Documents for Employment History & Income Requirement] - Two most recent paystubs (must be original digital copy or scan of a physical copy; screenshots do not satisfy) and reference that can verify your employment. - Accepted job offers that include income and verified employer could work if not starting receiving paystubs yet. - Applicant(s) without paystubs should provide bank statements (to show a steady stream of income) and the most recent tax returns. - Verifiable official documents showing other sources of income. - Be prepared to show mortgage, loan, and other debt statements to verify debt to income ratio if credit reports indicate a high debt amount. - In special cases, a minimum balance on bank statements exceeding two times of the total rent of the entire lease term for the most recent 12 months could also satisfy. [Info/Documents for Credit History] - The landlord will not accept a comprehensive reusable tenant screening report. - Prospective tenants must have a valid SSN number for us to get credit report. - The tenant will need to accept credit reporting agency's request and pay the screening fee to let the credit report go through. [Info/Documents for Rental History] - Applicant should be able to provide references from previous housing provider(s) for a minimum of 24 months. - The landlord contact info should be truthfully provided. [Info/Documents for Policies] - We would contact references to verify if no-smoking/drug and no-pet is met. CRITERIA THAT MAY RESULT IN DENIAL OF THE APPLICATION - Any false information provided during any communication will result in denial of the application. - Any false contact info (of a previous landlord, employer, etc.) will result in denial of the application. - Prospective tenants that do not meet the minimum criteria will result in denial of the application. - Late for showings without notification or no show of any applicants will result in denial of the application. - All communication and behavior during scheduling appointments and tour will serve as screening criteria. Improper behavior, e.g. offensive behavior, damage of the property, will result in denial of the application. NOTES [1.] RCW 59.18.625 A prospective landlord may not take an adverse action based on a prospective tenant's nonpayment of rent that occurred between March 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021. A landlord or prospective landlord may not deny, discourage application for, or otherwise make unavailable any rental dwelling unit based on a tenant's or prospective tenant's medical history including, but not limited to, the tenant's or prospective tenant's prior or current exposure or infection to the COVID-19 virus. A landlord or prospective landlord may not inquire about, consider, or require disclosure of a tenant's or prospective tenant's medical records or history, unless such disclosure is necessary to evaluate a reasonable accommodation request or reasonable modification request under RCW 49.60.222. [2.] SMC 14.09 prohibits any landlord from gaining knowledge of criminal history on a prospective tenant or tenant. A narrow exception allows for an individualized risk assessment of a person who is on the public sexual offender registry for a crime committed as an adult. [3.] If a person requests additional time to complete their application due to a language barrier or disability, the date of their request determines that person's place in line of completed applications. [4.] SMC 14.09.026 No landlord may take an adverse action against a prospective or existing tenant or occupant or a member of the tenant or occupant's household based on any landlord's intent to evict the tenant during or within six months after the end of the civil emergency proclaimed by Mayor Durkan on March 3, 2020 unless that eviction history is due to actions by the tenant constituting an imminent threat to the health or safety of neighbors, the landlord, or the tenant's or landlord's household members.
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