Just about the only thing I hate more than actually moving is finding a place to move to. For those of you that maybe haven't heard, The Hills decided to jack up my rent by a considerable margin which caused me to look elsewhere for greener pastures. I spent most of this past weekend looking at apartment complexes, trying to find the next place to live that will give me the most bang for my buck. After a fairly frustrating weekend, I took the advice of one complex and contacted an apartment locator.
The one promising place that I found on Saturday couldn't show me a place until today, and my locator, Daniel, had found two places that would fit the bill. In the end, it came down to two places that ended up being roughly equal and I had a hard decision on my hands because I really liked both of them - should I take a place with a ridiculously huge 2-car garage or take a slightly bigger place for slightly less money?
In the end, the cash money savings was the deciding factor and I signed an application for my new home: the Riverton at Davis Springs. I'm going to get myself a nice 2br, 2bath place on the ground floor with an attached garage. The only hitch in the plan is that my lease is up on April 30 and I can't move into the new pad until May 3, so I had to get a small extension at The Hills. Hopefully they won't rake me over the coals too heavily - after all, I have lived here for 6 years now. I hope that counts for somethin'...
I'm totally psyched. The new pad is pretty pimp, and I'm thrilled enough with it that I sort of wish I could just move next week and get to the livin' and explorin' of the new digs. However, I really should let the excitement of getting this new pad propel me towards getting all the interstitial crap done that needs to happen, which I hate to do almost more than going to weddings or funerals.
Going with a locator was definitely a good experience, because this was one of the places he found for me and I wouldn't have checked it out had it not been for him. Kudos to Daniel, and all apologies to my bandmate Travis, who lives in the runner-up and suggested that I look there in the first place. It was a close battle, but Riverton won my heart.
Can't wait for the housewarming party! Can I call it a housewarming since it isn't really a house?
In the end, the cash money savings was the deciding factor and I signed an application for my new home: the Riverton at Davis Springs. I'm going to get myself a nice 2br, 2bath place on the ground floor with an attached garage. The only hitch in the plan is that my lease is up on April 30 and I can't move into the new pad until May 3, so I had to get a small extension at The Hills. Hopefully they won't rake me over the coals too heavily - after all, I have lived here for 6 years now. I hope that counts for somethin'...
I'm totally psyched. The new pad is pretty pimp, and I'm thrilled enough with it that I sort of wish I could just move next week and get to the livin' and explorin' of the new digs. However, I really should let the excitement of getting this new pad propel me towards getting all the interstitial crap done that needs to happen, which I hate to do almost more than going to weddings or funerals.
Going with a locator was definitely a good experience, because this was one of the places he found for me and I wouldn't have checked it out had it not been for him. Kudos to Daniel, and all apologies to my bandmate Travis, who lives in the runner-up and suggested that I look there in the first place. It was a close battle, but Riverton won my heart.
Can't wait for the housewarming party! Can I call it a housewarming since it isn't really a house?
