I spent the better part of the past few days in our room, hosting a special friend that came to visit again: food-poisoning. It wasn't really that bad but making no progress on anything for three days felt weird.
Today we finally went out to start apartment hunting. About 2 weeks ago I wrote to one of the recommended real estate agents, saying we're looking for something in the 500$ range. He answered and said that would be a stretch. So when I called today I upped to 600$, but that too was apparently a stretch. He explained that anything even semi-decent will cost at least 1,000, and offered to take us to see such a decent place today at 1pm, just to get a feel of the market. I said ok, but later realized it doesn't make sense: I don't want to see an expensive place. I want to see straight away the right place. I texted to say we won't be coming, and that worked like a charm: he immediately called back and invited us to see a place within our price range, one hour from now.
Looks like we found an apartment!!!
It's so nice! It's right in the middle of downtown and currently serves as a travel agency. It has one big space, high ceilings (with neons and spots), 2 bathrooms and a tiny bedroom. And a beautiful balcony looking out at 34th street..! Painted, airconditioned, hot-water, and if we want it furnished we can pay extra (but it's probably cheaper to just buy).
How very exciting!! We still need to seal the deal (agree, sign, pay deposit) - but it looks easy. If all goes as planned, we'll move in on the second week of January, after we finish our agreed sublet of a room in a shared apartment uptown.
So the apartment market is definitely quite easy. Looks like it could take as little as 1 day from first contact to signing.. Pictures will come as soon as I can take some..
Today we finally went out to start apartment hunting. About 2 weeks ago I wrote to one of the recommended real estate agents, saying we're looking for something in the 500$ range. He answered and said that would be a stretch. So when I called today I upped to 600$, but that too was apparently a stretch. He explained that anything even semi-decent will cost at least 1,000, and offered to take us to see such a decent place today at 1pm, just to get a feel of the market. I said ok, but later realized it doesn't make sense: I don't want to see an expensive place. I want to see straight away the right place. I texted to say we won't be coming, and that worked like a charm: he immediately called back and invited us to see a place within our price range, one hour from now.
Looks like we found an apartment!!!
It's so nice! It's right in the middle of downtown and currently serves as a travel agency. It has one big space, high ceilings (with neons and spots), 2 bathrooms and a tiny bedroom. And a beautiful balcony looking out at 34th street..! Painted, airconditioned, hot-water, and if we want it furnished we can pay extra (but it's probably cheaper to just buy).
How very exciting!! We still need to seal the deal (agree, sign, pay deposit) - but it looks easy. If all goes as planned, we'll move in on the second week of January, after we finish our agreed sublet of a room in a shared apartment uptown.
So the apartment market is definitely quite easy. Looks like it could take as little as 1 day from first contact to signing.. Pictures will come as soon as I can take some..
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