Positives:
-Reasonably priced
-In a very good/convenient area:
- Across the street from the Marriott and a Starbucks
- Walking distance from a Boston Market, Subway Sandwiches, Panera
- Walking distance (which means I bought a cart) from an awesome grocery store which happens to have a bank, dry cleaners, deli, bakery, and cheese selection
- School shuttle stops right outside of the apartment
Negatives:
-Old - which means the tiles are old although the carpet looks like it's new
-Bathroom sucks - the bathroom is weird and doesn't even have a towel rack. The toilet flush is also weird. It looks like a public bathroom flush w/ the lever.
-The stove is dirty. I still have to clean it.
-No parking... which means that my visitors are in trouble if they cannot find parking. There is a hospital lot next door and hopefully they let random people park there.
-And, of course, it snows. And when it snows rodents from the outside world like to come in. I live on the second floor, which is actually still very close to the ground (like I can jump out of the window provided it didn't have bars and be unscathed). Raimy recommends using those ultra sonic devices to keep them at bay. I will probably buy two because the place is fairly large and I like protection.
Overall, I think it is a good place, but it definitely needs some getting used to. It's weird how I never worried about stuff like this when I was in Berkeley... even though my apt was much much dirtier and yuckier. I guess it is different when you don't have roommates... at least if I had roommates, then we can all share the responsibility of handling the place. But, I wanted to live alone because I don't really know anyone here yet and I don't want to get stuck w/ a roommate that I don't like.
Well, I gotta go now. An Ikea trip awaits so I can (1) get lunch, (2) buy a desk and shelves and whatever else.
Ciao for now.
P.S. Will post pics when I get the chance.
2 comments:
My apartment is roomy too, but my bathroom and kitchen are kinda off old and sucky. But I hold on to the fact that when we're done we will able to afford really nice places!!
You're so lucky that starbucks is right across the street!
Also, Wendy's is a couple of blocks down as well as another random pizzeria. The supermarket called the Giant Eagle is even more gourmety than Andronico's. It's like Andronico's times 5. :)
--Janel
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