lair hunting
Nov. 6th, 2003 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serenissimaI went to the ATM today, and it spit out the new, colorful $20 bills. This is the first time I've seen them. I think they're neat. I don't think they resemble play money, because they feel too substantial. Currency is printed on very durable paper that can withstand being washed in the laundry, among other things.
I have found an apartment that I think I want. I'd better want it, because I've paid the realtor's fee and put down a deposit.
It's a one-bedroom apartment, on the second story of a two-story building. It's moderately large, freshly painted, with brand new carpeting on most of the floor and fairly new vinyl tile in the kitchenette. It comes with modern appliances including a refrigerator, mini-blinds on the windows, enough closet space, and three separate thermostats for baseboard heaters in the bedroom, bathroom, and living area, respectively.
The walls are white and the carpet beige, and the superintendant didn't look happy when I asked about repainting ("But we just finished painting it!"), but I can live with boring colors, I guess. They're better than the black and Pepto-Bismol pink tile that I saw in another apartment's bathroom. The only odd thing is that the rooms don't have ceiling lamps: the light switches control wall outlets.
The complex looks fine, clean and well maintained. I get my own parking spot in their lot. There is a laundry room, with a lock on the door whose combination is given only to residents, so not just anyone can walk in. Rent is within my budget, although I really need to cut out my addiction to Target. :) The neighborhood looks fine, too.
Sounds good, doesn't it? I was excited about it until I actually arrived to pay the realtor's fee and part of the security deposit (they'll want the other part when I get the keys). When the time came to sign a couple papers and pull out my checkbook, I got tense. I really hope I'm not making a mistake with this. I only saw the place Tuesday, when I went to the real estate office. I liked it at first sight, but I hate making sudden decisions. I get nervous. I much prefer plenty of time to mull and ponder and consider. But both the real estate agent and my cousin were advising me to act fast before someone else leased the place, since the price is good for what I'm getting.
I haven't talked to the managers, only to the agent and the super. I don't know the street number of the address. I feel unsure about what I'm getting into. Also, it looks like my commuting options are to A) drive 15-20 minutes to my uncle's house and join the carpool, or B) take a bus, which may turn out to be just as long a ride since it doesn't go directly to my work. There may be secret option C) take a train, but I don't know yet if there's a train station in that town.
So I'm excited about getting my own room! and my chance, at last, to decorate! But I'm also tense, slightly worried that this may not work out well.
I have found an apartment that I think I want. I'd better want it, because I've paid the realtor's fee and put down a deposit.
It's a one-bedroom apartment, on the second story of a two-story building. It's moderately large, freshly painted, with brand new carpeting on most of the floor and fairly new vinyl tile in the kitchenette. It comes with modern appliances including a refrigerator, mini-blinds on the windows, enough closet space, and three separate thermostats for baseboard heaters in the bedroom, bathroom, and living area, respectively.
The walls are white and the carpet beige, and the superintendant didn't look happy when I asked about repainting ("But we just finished painting it!"), but I can live with boring colors, I guess. They're better than the black and Pepto-Bismol pink tile that I saw in another apartment's bathroom. The only odd thing is that the rooms don't have ceiling lamps: the light switches control wall outlets.
The complex looks fine, clean and well maintained. I get my own parking spot in their lot. There is a laundry room, with a lock on the door whose combination is given only to residents, so not just anyone can walk in. Rent is within my budget, although I really need to cut out my addiction to Target. :) The neighborhood looks fine, too.
Sounds good, doesn't it? I was excited about it until I actually arrived to pay the realtor's fee and part of the security deposit (they'll want the other part when I get the keys). When the time came to sign a couple papers and pull out my checkbook, I got tense. I really hope I'm not making a mistake with this. I only saw the place Tuesday, when I went to the real estate office. I liked it at first sight, but I hate making sudden decisions. I get nervous. I much prefer plenty of time to mull and ponder and consider. But both the real estate agent and my cousin were advising me to act fast before someone else leased the place, since the price is good for what I'm getting.
I haven't talked to the managers, only to the agent and the super. I don't know the street number of the address. I feel unsure about what I'm getting into. Also, it looks like my commuting options are to A) drive 15-20 minutes to my uncle's house and join the carpool, or B) take a bus, which may turn out to be just as long a ride since it doesn't go directly to my work. There may be secret option C) take a train, but I don't know yet if there's a train station in that town.
So I'm excited about getting my own room! and my chance, at last, to decorate! But I'm also tense, slightly worried that this may not work out well.
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Date: 2003-11-06 11:08 am (UTC)i dont know about leases in the US, but here they tend to be 6-month/year contracts, so at the absolute worst you live with it for a year and then move :)
will Chris be moving in with you?
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Date: 2003-11-06 11:36 am (UTC)Leases here tend to be for one year. Less than that is hard to find.
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Date: 2003-11-06 04:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-11-07 05:30 am (UTC)I can entirely relate to the dislike of snap decisions, though, as illustrated by my own recent bout of post-job-application insomnia. <:)