Turn and face the strain! Ch-ch-changes!
Just got home from a weekend trip to Nanaimo where I spent too much money on things I don't need....like new pairs of jeans, a summery dress, and a season of "Six Feet Under", since my roommate and I need to start watching a new tv show and it apparently is quite good. We also ate more junky food than we should have, drank too much coffee, and discovered that mcdonalds makes fruit smoothies which are actually pretty good. And I also discovered that apparently St Patrick's Day means all the best restaurants will be backed up by green-clad drunks, and that we shouldn't try and get a table on a whim at the neighbourhood places. XD
Now, I'm pathetically curled up on the couch under 2 blankets, watching The Big Bang Theory, and writing this. What a sad life.
In other news, we viewed not one, but two townhouses yesterday. The first one was my favourite; two bedroom, 1.5 bath, 5 appliances. Tons of storage space, hardwood floors (everywhere but the bathrooms, kitchen and stairs), gorgeous bedrooms (one of which has my dream, a window ledge for sitting and writing by moonlight), utility closets up the ying yang, bright windows. Very nice. My roommate and I agreed already who gets which bedroom, and we're both more than happy with our choices.
However, shortly after feeling really good about that place, we decided to go view our back up...a 3 bed, 1.5 bath 5 appliance townhouse that was half carpetted, half hardwood floor. Where the bathrooms lacked, the kitchen exceeded. While the bedrooms were nice, the entire place held nothing but bland renovations. The paint throughout was sunny yellow, and with an ecru/cream carpet, there wasn't much room for contrast.
We spent the next few hours discussing the pros and cons of each place.
Place 1:
Pros: Ideal location, hardwood floors, beautiful fixtures, earthy toned paint colors, agreeable bedrooms, lots of storage space, on budget
Cons: no third bedroom (for art/computer desk, future snake etc), no screens on windows, no yard, move-in date april 1st
Place 2:
Pros: third bedroom (see above), huge kitchen, semi-private yard, screens on the windows, patio door, move-in dates april 1st, may 1st, or june 1st, choice of suites
Cons: dingy carpet upstairs, no discernible master bedroom, outdated/grungy looking sinks/bathroom, bad location, expensive, bland paint color
Unfortunately, the location was a very big downside, and we agreed that it was not for us. So we scratched that off the list. But now there's the issue of move-in date. April 1st is now 2 weeks from today. It's pretty impossible for us to pack up and get moved in 2 weeks. We've asked if the date could be moved to May 1st, in order for us to get the money together for the first month, as well as the pet deposit and damage deposit. The rent is $850, making the damage and pet deposits $425 each. Therefore our first month would cost $850 each. However, since the month's already half over, and we didn't expect to move for April 1st, we don't exactly have the funds in place. Lol.
So we're hoping that because we like this place so much, and she doesn't seem to have had any other interest, that she'll let us take it May 1st, so we have the time to get together almost $1000 in cash. We'll see how that goes.
