quick apartment hunt

[unbibium]

I checked out two places in that sweet spot between the two offices.

Both are nicer, and both want to keep me there at least ten months. #1 is newer and nicer, but #2 tries harder.

#1 and #2 will both put me upstairs. #1 has a place on the 3rd floor, near the stairs. #2 has opportunities on the fourth and fifth floors, near the elevators, which will make it way easier to move into and out of.

Regarding bike security, #1 has bike racks that residents trust, though they're not close to where I'd live. At #2, I can put my bike on a 4F balcony where only Spider-Man could steal it.

#1 is similar to other Phoenix apartments I've seen, and some of the buildings look like the same architecture as my current complex. #2 is a five-story three-building courtyard complex that looks like it's from Chicago.

#1 wants me to move in October 15. #2 wants me to move in late October or early November, depending on whether I want to live on the fourth or fifth floor.

#1 has 83 more square feet than my current place and I've seen a model room. #2 has 67 less square feet, and I haven't seen a unit from the inside, but I talked to many random residents, and they're all happy.

Anyway, I'm going to go month-to-month at my current place. That doesn't mean I have to decide where I want to move right away, but it does more or less commit me to moving.

It's almost 10;30; I should start packing.

Comments

[kerri9494.livejournal.com]

While square footage is important, room layout is more important. An additional 83 square feet is quite a bit. Most small apartment bathrooms are smaller than that. So #1 gets my vote on that.

Also, #1 says it has in-unit washer and dryer. If that's the case, well, SLAM DUNK. Not having to deal with quarters, toting laundry, blah blah blah is enough such that you could hire movers, and amortize the cost by not having to pay to do laundry.

Is there no elevator in #1? Or just no elevator near the unit?

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

Washer dryer is $30 extra per month. Unless I buy my own.

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

Also, #2 has apartments in more of the shotgun tradition, where the front door is a straight line from the balcony door. This may be a good thing since it means I'd have to maintain that channel of traffic to get the bike out there. OTOH this may be a bad thing because it means you go through the bathroom to get to the bedroom.