I saw 3 apartments over the weekend. The first one was smallish, expensive, and came with a kooky landlord who lives in the house on the property. It seems the studio was once a garage. The owner got rather... erm... enthusiastic in speaking about how upset the previous tenant had made her... There were also large gates at any entrance which were locked most of the time. The neighborhood didn't seem to be that bad, but, I dunno, I don't live there. Anyway, what it came down to was that she was charging too much rent for too small a space and tacking on 1/3 of the utilities on top of it. Oh, also I couldn't smoke on the property or have many friends over. I'm not a party animal, but I do like having friends over sometimes.
The second one was so small and so wrong on so many levels. And I do mean levels- One has to step up to get into the bathroom, then step up again to get onto the toilet level. The shower stall (I hate stall showers, btw) and sink are on the first level, then the toilet is off in its own little raised nook. Wacky. Then there were the stairs up to the "upstairs." The stairs were about 6 inches deep all the way up about 9 or 10 stairs. I swear you go from downstairs to upstairs in the horizontal space of 3 feet. The "upstairs" has about 12 square feet (closet-sized) in which one can stand upright- the rest slopes with the roof, and very sharply, I might add. I don't even want to talk about the non-existent kitchen. Needless to say, I politely thanked the woman showing me the place and wished her luck in finding someone to rent that cupboard masquerading as a 1 Bedroom.
So the third one I looked at caught me. It's advertised as a 1 Bdrm because it's so large, but the main room doubles as living room and bedroom. This is not a problem for me. The main room is roughly 25' x 25'. The kitchen sits off of the main room and is about 12' x 14'. There's a large closet (in the kitchen, oddly enough), and a really small bathroom with a full-sized tub. Also there's a small, enclosed front porch area that's technically mine, but the upstairs neighbors pass thru it to get to their domicile. AND the rent is cheaper than the other two places I looked at.
Yes, I did just say "technically mine," because I signed the rental agreement and paid the security on the apartment ealier this evening. *insert enthusiastic bouncing and squealing here* I'll get to move in around the middle of March.
I can't believe how smooth all this went... I had a really hard time finding a place last fall. This time, I found a place I'll enjoy within five days of starting a serious search.
*sigh* Now I just can't wait to get there.
Here's wishing similar luck to all those looking for housing or love or jobs or anything else right now.
--Sanourra
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