A look at a Columbia apartment complex that doesn't exist
You've probably seen video walk-throughs of homes for sale. But what about apartments that don't yet exist?
The 3D demo above was put together to give people an idea of what a Columbia affordable-housing project will look like when the aging Guilford Gardens complex is razed and the 269-unit Monarch Mills rises in its place.
Larry Carson reported earlier this month that demolition has begun and the first new units are slated to be finished early next year. Monthly rents will range from $360 to $1,700. (The plan is a mixed-income community.)
Do you find video walk-throughs helpful? From a house- or apartment-hunting perspective, are photographs alone insufficient?
Here's an example of a video walk-through of a fixer-upper that is decidedly not affordable housing:
New York magazine put this one together -- so it's not your normal walk-through, not with an interview happening as you go. And a commercial as an appetizer.
Categories: Affordable housing, Video
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Comments
I don't find this walkthrough very helpful, in fact I find it hilarious that this beautiful rendering of what the apartments are supposed to look like is a complete farce. What do you think a community is going to look like when you are charging $360 for rent. What kind of people do you think that attracts? Do they think for one second that someone is going to pay $1,700 to live in apartments next to those kind of people? Bottom line is that in 5 years those nice new picturesque apartments will look like the same garbage they are tearing down.
Posted by: Shawn | May 18, 2010 9:36 AM