New Apartment?
Apr. 6th, 2006 08:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morrigirlOkay, here's the sitch: yesterday I was cruising Craigslist and came across a posting for a studio apartment in Yonkers located down the road from Sarah Lawrence. I emailed the poster in the afternoon, he called me in the evening, told me the apartment was in the basement of his mother's house and we set an appointment for me to view it after work today.
After work I walked a mere thirty minutes to the house where I was greeted by a warm and friendly Italian grandmother named Micky. Micky is the landlady. The house is a two family spread that has been converted into apartments, much like where I live now. Micky lives on the top floor, another family lives on the first floor and the studio I viewed is in the basement.
It's not a bad apartment. First off it has a FULL KITCHEN, something my current apartment lacks. Not only that, but said kitchen includes a WASHER and a DRYER. The living/bed/everything else room was slightly smaller than the one I'm in, but still big enough to fit all my shit, and the bathroom was slightly larger than mine. Since it's a basement apartment I'd never have to worry about not having heat since the furnace lives there too. The Cross County shopping center is an easy 20 minute walk from the house and hosts a Super Stop and Shop, a Macy's, a Sam Goody, Gap, Old Navy, and Waldenbooks among other stores. Rent was $750 a month, but Micky liked me so much (and because I don't drive and wouldn't be needing the parking spot that comes with the apartment) she said she'd knock it down to $700. All utilities are included in the rent. The Bee Line Bus that goes to the 2 train stops right outside the house. It's a nice, quiet neighborhood. It seemed like a good fit. Not to mention that Micky loved me. When she finished showing me the apartment she took me back up to her place and fed me cupcakes. "I-a like-a you, Caroline," she said to me. "I-a can-a tell-a you're a good girl!" Yes, that's exactly how she spoke. I told her I wanted to take the night to think about it and I'd get back to her tomorrow.
There are a couple draw backs of course. Not living in the city anymore would suck. It would be slightly harder to get down to my mom's apartment in Manhattan....but not too much. And the family who'd be living above me have school aged children who were really clomping around upstairs while I was there. Listening to that on a regular basis wouldn't be cool. But...I'd be closer to work. I'd save money on transportation. Having a kitchen would save me money on food because I wouldn't have to eat out all the time. I'd have heat in the winter (in theory at least.) So...I have a decision to make tonight.
I'm a little hesitant to say "yes, sign me up for the seemingly awesome apartment" simply because finding it to begin with was so spur of the moment and unexpected. Then again, so was finding the place where I currently live. I'm a little nervous about the hit my checking account would take after shelling out the deposit and moving costs. Fortunately, with the money I'd save on transporation costs, the increase in rent would even out and I'd end up spending the exact same amount of money each month that I spend now.
What do you think? Obviously this would be a step up from where I am now. Should I go for it?
After work I walked a mere thirty minutes to the house where I was greeted by a warm and friendly Italian grandmother named Micky. Micky is the landlady. The house is a two family spread that has been converted into apartments, much like where I live now. Micky lives on the top floor, another family lives on the first floor and the studio I viewed is in the basement.
It's not a bad apartment. First off it has a FULL KITCHEN, something my current apartment lacks. Not only that, but said kitchen includes a WASHER and a DRYER. The living/bed/everything else room was slightly smaller than the one I'm in, but still big enough to fit all my shit, and the bathroom was slightly larger than mine. Since it's a basement apartment I'd never have to worry about not having heat since the furnace lives there too. The Cross County shopping center is an easy 20 minute walk from the house and hosts a Super Stop and Shop, a Macy's, a Sam Goody, Gap, Old Navy, and Waldenbooks among other stores. Rent was $750 a month, but Micky liked me so much (and because I don't drive and wouldn't be needing the parking spot that comes with the apartment) she said she'd knock it down to $700. All utilities are included in the rent. The Bee Line Bus that goes to the 2 train stops right outside the house. It's a nice, quiet neighborhood. It seemed like a good fit. Not to mention that Micky loved me. When she finished showing me the apartment she took me back up to her place and fed me cupcakes. "I-a like-a you, Caroline," she said to me. "I-a can-a tell-a you're a good girl!" Yes, that's exactly how she spoke. I told her I wanted to take the night to think about it and I'd get back to her tomorrow.
There are a couple draw backs of course. Not living in the city anymore would suck. It would be slightly harder to get down to my mom's apartment in Manhattan....but not too much. And the family who'd be living above me have school aged children who were really clomping around upstairs while I was there. Listening to that on a regular basis wouldn't be cool. But...I'd be closer to work. I'd save money on transportation. Having a kitchen would save me money on food because I wouldn't have to eat out all the time. I'd have heat in the winter (in theory at least.) So...I have a decision to make tonight.
I'm a little hesitant to say "yes, sign me up for the seemingly awesome apartment" simply because finding it to begin with was so spur of the moment and unexpected. Then again, so was finding the place where I currently live. I'm a little nervous about the hit my checking account would take after shelling out the deposit and moving costs. Fortunately, with the money I'd save on transporation costs, the increase in rent would even out and I'd end up spending the exact same amount of money each month that I spend now.
What do you think? Obviously this would be a step up from where I am now. Should I go for it?
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Date: 2006-04-07 05:04 am (UTC)being closer to work will be way better specially in crap weather adn basements are wayyyy warmer than attics in winter, and cooler in the summer...