This is the first time both of us had ever lived with anyone else, so we wanted the experience to be special. We looked and looked and looked for an apartment that stood out to us. We desired somewhere safe, modern, and spacious that we could call our own.
At the beginning of the search we were very hopeful and thought it would be easy peasy! As it turned out, we seen some pretty filthy places. Then to make it 100 times worse, we seen some tenants who carried guns on them at all times. At one point, I was just praying to make it out of the place alive, as a fight went down in front of our eyes because a tenant was "looking out for us" and told us about the cockroaches in the cabinets. Let me just make it clear that we don't live in a large city as your impression might be telling you.
When meeting with the landlord for another potential apartment, we spent almost 3 hours with him as we went to tell us about how he spies on his tenants from his home across the street. He even mentioned about how he busted a roof party and seemed very proud of it.
After going through all of our options we decided to wait. Patience is a virtue because our DREAM apartment happened to be on the market & we snagged it!
Our dream apartment is this cute 1 bathroom, 1 bedroom, laundry room/closet, and studio dining/kitchen open floor plan. This place is in the center of town which makes it close to everything. The BEST part is it that it's completely updated, modern, uses an access code to enter, has an elevator, and is exactly what we were looking for!!
I'm so glad you decided to wait and weigh in all of the options at hand, before settling upon a decision. After all, being hasty would've never helped you snag the dream apartment you have now. And I must say; that apartment is gorgeous! You're both very lucky. All the best! :)
ReplyDeleteRick Greer @ Finlay Brewer