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With only slightly more than a week to go, I decided to give up the search for the perfect apartment and go with one of my fall backs. It's a decent apartment on the whole: a two-bedroom apartment located in an old mansion that's been converted into a low rise building. The rent is more than Roommate-To-Be is paying now and less than I'm paying. It's a decent size, with good light, on-site laundry, and a shared balcony. The bedrooms are on opposite sides of the apartment rather than side-by-side, which offers a nice psychological separation (something we may need when we're sharing both an apartment and an office on campus). The best part is that it's in the Annex, only a five minute walk from my department. I think that will make a big difference in a lot of little ways. More home cooked meals because I'll be able to go home for supper and then back to the department to work; more brunches with the friends who also live in the area and aren't inclined to take a twenty-five minute hike before breakfast; and easier access to the athletic centre, which I'm going to need since I'm losing my fitness room.
On the downside, the apartment is a bit rundown, there's practically no storage space, and the kitchen appliances are all ancient. I'm hoping to finish up the paperwork tomorrow (fortunately they've decided we don't need anyone to co-sign after all--just letters from our banks and the department) and get a move-in date so that I can begin facing the fully justified mockery that will be heaped upon me by various rental agencies and movers at the thought of someone trying to arrange a move so close to the end of the month. (I would have done it earlier, but I was clinging to the hope that I'd be able to find a place that would let me move in before Sept. 1st, thus allowing me to move out and move in all in one day. In fact, I'm still clinging to that hope, because the current tenants are graduating students who will probably be gone before the last day of August.)
( Other loose ends for those who read my previous entries and wondered what happened. )
On the downside, the apartment is a bit rundown, there's practically no storage space, and the kitchen appliances are all ancient. I'm hoping to finish up the paperwork tomorrow (fortunately they've decided we don't need anyone to co-sign after all--just letters from our banks and the department) and get a move-in date so that I can begin facing the fully justified mockery that will be heaped upon me by various rental agencies and movers at the thought of someone trying to arrange a move so close to the end of the month. (I would have done it earlier, but I was clinging to the hope that I'd be able to find a place that would let me move in before Sept. 1st, thus allowing me to move out and move in all in one day. In fact, I'm still clinging to that hope, because the current tenants are graduating students who will probably be gone before the last day of August.)
( Other loose ends for those who read my previous entries and wondered what happened. )
