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RE: Apartment hunting rant
August 25, 2014 at 8:52 pm
Yeah, you're right, Morgan - they're cheap assholes, and adding on W/S/G lets em advertise a slightly lower price. Bastards.
Rethinking this whole thing - I haven't lived completely by myself in... Well, ever. Finding a place exactly where I want to live may take some time - though once I get out from under my mortgage (where my ex and son live), affording a *nice* place where I want is going to be tough. So I'm going to suck it up and give up the short commute in favor of a nicer/larger place (unless I get lucky). Maybe get a place for six months or a year and see what I can find then. It occurred to me that what's *really* important is to have my own place and my privacy back.
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RE: Apartment hunting rant
August 26, 2014 at 10:42 am
(August 25, 2014 at 8:52 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Yeah, you're right, Morgan - they're cheap assholes, and adding on W/S/G lets em advertise a slightly lower price. Bastards.
When I was house hunting my biggest peeve was HOA prices. I was pretty much confined to condos rather than single family homes so there would ALWAYS be an HOA fee and the kinds of prices they put out there were appalling.
$400 for one HOA that didn't include w/s/g/e or anything, and there wasn't a pool, gym, a club house or other shared amenities. WTF did they need $400/mo for?!? It does not cost $20k a month to light the entrance sign, water the lawns and pay for someone to come mow.
Quote:So I'm going to suck it up and give up the short commute in favor of a nicer/larger place (unless I get lucky). Maybe get a place for six months or a year and see what I can find then. It occurred to me that what's *really* important is to have my own place and my privacy back.
I'd still recommend trying to find somewhere relatively close to a MAX line since you seem to enjoy going into the city a lot. If you're going to suck it up and deal with a commute, you may as well try and make it as painless as possible to deal with.
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RE: Apartment hunting rant
August 28, 2014 at 6:39 pm
Got myself a place, not exactly where I would have preferred, but it's everything else I wanted and more: 2BR/2BA, dishwasher, central heat/air conditioning, washer/dryer, and a fireplace. I move in on the 6th.
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RE: Apartment hunting rant
August 28, 2014 at 6:41 pm
Congrats, Cthu 
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RE: Apartment hunting rant
August 28, 2014 at 6:56 pm
Glad to hear you found a place
Since you're renting you can always reassess the situation when your lease comes up and see if you can trade up to what you want.
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RE: Apartment hunting rant
August 28, 2014 at 7:09 pm
(August 28, 2014 at 6:56 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: Glad to hear you found a place
Since you're renting you can always reassess the situation when your lease comes up and see if you can trade up to what you want.
That's precisely the plan.
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RE: Apartment hunting rant
August 28, 2014 at 8:21 pm
I just realized that there's a ton of ordinary household stuff I don't have. No vacuum cleaner, broom, mop, microwave oven, dishes, silverware, pans, plates, or freaking anything.
I do have a toaster, a coffee pot, and a kegerator, so I guess that's something
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RE: Apartment hunting rant
August 28, 2014 at 8:23 pm
(August 28, 2014 at 8:21 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I just realized that there's a ton of ordinary household stuff I don't have. No vacuum cleaner, broom, mop, microwave oven, dishes, silverware, pans, plates, or freaking anything.
I do have a toaster, a coffee pot, and a kegerator, so I guess that's something
As long as there's a tasty beverage in the kegerator, I don't see a problem.
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RE: Apartment hunting rant
August 28, 2014 at 8:28 pm
(August 28, 2014 at 8:23 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: (August 28, 2014 at 8:21 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I just realized that there's a ton of ordinary household stuff I don't have. No vacuum cleaner, broom, mop, microwave oven, dishes, silverware, pans, plates, or freaking anything.
I do have a toaster, a coffee pot, and a kegerator, so I guess that's something
As long as there's a tasty beverage in the kegerator, I don't see a problem.
Well, I can say I like your train of thought - but man does not live by beer alone. Blasphemy, you say? Perhaps. I do have my security deposit to consider. 
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RE: Apartment hunting rant
September 4, 2014 at 3:59 pm
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