More on apartment hunting
Jun. 26th, 2004 03:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
onefixedstarThree more apartments viewed and none that meet our criteria. The one we saw yesterday was close to the department and newly renovated, but it was dark, and the space allocation was poorly done--little, tiny living room/dining room/kitchen (all in one), and a giant bedroom. I think it was the tile floor that really turned me off--the whole common area felt like a combination front hall/kitchen, and that's not really a space I want to live in.
The first one we saw today was absolutely gorgeous--two floors, three bathrooms, beautiful hardwood floors, big deck--but it was about $400 more than I'm paying now, which is already too much for R. We were trying to figure out if we could bring in a third roommate somehow--perhaps by turning the dining room into a third bedroom through strategic use of curtains--but we regretfully concluded that we'd have trouble finding someone willing to live in that space, even if we cut their rent. It would be a lovely space for two young professionals with a child.
The second one we saw today had a nice feel, but there were a multitude of details we didn't care for: too dark, a little compact, some loose wires, and the balcony was only accessible through one of the bedrooms. I'm not quite sure whose brilliant idea that last was. I have visions of knocking on R's door at 8:00 in the morning, newspaper and tea in hand, asking if she'd mind if I just slipped outside and oh, yes, your husband's in town, I'd forgotten about that, well, don't mind me, you two go back to what you were doing.
We've got time yet, so we can afford to be picky. But I'd really like it to be settled before I have to give notice at my current place.
The first one we saw today was absolutely gorgeous--two floors, three bathrooms, beautiful hardwood floors, big deck--but it was about $400 more than I'm paying now, which is already too much for R. We were trying to figure out if we could bring in a third roommate somehow--perhaps by turning the dining room into a third bedroom through strategic use of curtains--but we regretfully concluded that we'd have trouble finding someone willing to live in that space, even if we cut their rent. It would be a lovely space for two young professionals with a child.
The second one we saw today had a nice feel, but there were a multitude of details we didn't care for: too dark, a little compact, some loose wires, and the balcony was only accessible through one of the bedrooms. I'm not quite sure whose brilliant idea that last was. I have visions of knocking on R's door at 8:00 in the morning, newspaper and tea in hand, asking if she'd mind if I just slipped outside and oh, yes, your husband's in town, I'd forgotten about that, well, don't mind me, you two go back to what you were doing.
We've got time yet, so we can afford to be picky. But I'd really like it to be settled before I have to give notice at my current place.
