I think I may of found a new home. It's still up in the air. I checked it out yesterday and it seems really nice. It is newer then any of the places I have viewed, doesn't have a weird smell, it's a full 1 bedroom apartment, separate bedroom, kitchen, living room, and my own laundry room. The landlord wasn't creepy, guaranteed parking, and it has a cat door out to the back deck, the perfect size for Belle. It's not in a complex so I don't have a ton of weird neighbors and I won't be annoyed with loud neighbors or their cockroaches creeping into my apt, or their apt flooding mine.
Below is the Craigslist ad I found:
This charming one-bedroom flat has its own kitchen, bath and living room, private front and rear entrances, a nice-sized rear deck and a separate laundry/storage room with washer and dryer included. A personal parking space is dedicated to this unit, with room for guest parking as well. Situated atop the garage attached to the main house, this clean, comfortable flat offers privacy and a sense of personal space an apartment can't match. Non-smoking unit, utilities not included. Main house occupied by landlord.
I think I want it, but I haven't been approved for it, he's going to call my references this week and thus I haven't signed a lease. I'm hoping you can help me decide.
It's not in the most of ideal locations. I had hoped to find something in walking distance to work. Everything I looked at downtown that was close to my price range was very old and didn't provide any parking. This place is 8.8 mi from my work and according to google maps and the landlord who also works downtown it takes approx. 23 min to get to work. Which is 10 miles closer then where I live right now. The down side is it isn't near the freeway. It's also not in the boundaries of the church group I had hoped to be in.
It's also more expensive then I had hoped to pay. On the other hand it is reasonable priced for the area. To find my own place at the price I wanted to pay I would of had to live in the ghetto. On the other hand I could of opted for roommates, but so far I haven't met anyone I really mesh with that is looking for a roommate. I also haven't taken the time to really get to know those that are looking for roommates. It's hard to see if figure out if you mesh well with a person. It's kind of like dating, you need to spend a lot of time together to see if you get along and even if you do, you don't really know how well you'd get along living together. Having roommates could be a good thing for me, especially since I don't have a ton of friends. A point against having roommates is my service dog, I worked so hard to train her that I would hate all my training to go to waste by living with someone else and they train her or she trains them. This way with out roommates I have more control over her and that is important to me, to me she a 100% working dog and not a pet. I depend on her to work for her keep, if she's not working then she's going to be having to look for new home, I'm just not a dog/pet person. The good thing about not being in a complex is there aren't other sounds or dogs to set her off barking. She is quiet when she is out and about with me working, but when she's home, she's picked up on how to be a dog. As much as I work with her while at home she reverts to her inbred dog mode, unless I stand over her. She is the main reason for why I think I'd be better off without roommates. I need to reduce stress in my life not create it.
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