These terms apply to the residential studio listings above at the McHugh Building, 217 W Holly St, Bellingham. They match Exhibit A, Schedule of Residential Fees, McHugh Building v3.0 (eff. 09-01-2026). Stair access only at the McHugh Building.
Lease, utilities and move-in
- Twelve month lease.
- Landlord pays heat, water, sewer and garbage. Tenant pays electricity and internet.
- Move-in total, itemized: Studio #5, $4,050 ($1,350 first month, $1,350 last month, $1,350 security deposit). Studio #2, $4,500 ($1,500 first month, $1,500 last month, $1,500 security deposit).
All fees
- Application and screening fee: $45 comprehensive report, or $24 credit-only report for guarantors and cosigners, per application, paid by the applicant directly to AccuSearch. Amounts include any applicable tax. Canoe Street LLC does not collect, hold or refund any screening fee and receives no part of one. AccuSearch treats its fee as non-refundable once a report is ordered.
- Security deposit: not more than one month's rent. Refundable, with accounting within 30 days of move-out.
- Utilities not included in rent: actual cost only.
- Late fee: not more than 2% of the tenant's portion of outstanding monthly rent, charged not more than once per month. Rent is late after the fifth day of the month. No late fee on any portion owed by a housing subsidy program.
- Returned payment: the actual charge imposed by the financial institution, with no markup.
- Lease violation fee: up to $75 per month, only after a prior written warning for the same violation and a reasonable opportunity to cure.
- Laundry, optional: $2.50 per wash and $2.50 per dry, card operated in the shared laundry room. Optional and never a condition of tenancy. A tenant who does not use the machines pays nothing.
- No other mandatory or optional fees are charged. We do not charge for use of in-unit appliances, access to common areas, paying rent by check or ACH, or mail and package handling. The fee schedule authorizes a pet damage deposit or pet rent, but these do not apply because the building is no-pets, and no charge of any kind is made for an assistance animal.
Income and screening
We look for gross monthly income of at least three times the tenant's share of rent, the rent remaining after any housing voucher or subsidy is subtracted, and at least twelve months of verifiable housing history within the past five years. Housing vouchers and all lawful sources of income are welcome and counted. A qualified guarantor may be used. Applications are processed one at a time, in the order received.
Our complete written screening criteria are provided to every applicant at first contact and are posted on our How to Apply page.
Pets
No pets. Assistance animals are not pets, and requests for reasonable accommodation are welcome and considered under applicable law.
Equal housing opportunity
Canoe Street LLC is an equal housing opportunity provider. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or creed, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability, honorably discharged veteran or military status, source of income, status as a survivor of domestic violence, sexual assault, unlawful harassment or stalking, or any other protected class. All lawful sources of income are counted equally.
