At the moment, I live in a very small efficiency. Shik has seen it. It's crammed with desks, bookshelves, and assorted other goodies like a sofa, love seat, and futon. This is the floorplan of my current place. Not very big, is it?
Well, I've been here a year and a half now (two years in May), and it's time for a nice place I can actually call home. By summer, I should hopefully have had enough of my debts paid off I can afford a $200 increase in rent so that I can move to this beautiful apartment! It's nice ... and OH so big!
Woohoo!
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
347 ft for $500 a month????? Oy, vey!
Lacey and I were in a 1127 sq ft apt and we only paid $615 a month......
That's insane..... but good luck with the new place! I'm looking for a new place myself.... only I'm trying to buy a house instead of renting Posted by StarFire (Member # 748) on :
Wishing you luck on that, Snay.
Here is what I'm looking at for later this year near Chi-town. link I'm looking into any of the 2 bedroom apartments. But I think I like the idea of the seperate kitchen and dining room in the 810ft one the best.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Yeah, his place is ass CRAMPED. It's Mayflower material.
This is mine. I'm in the larger bedroom. Most of the place is filled with crap. George needs to clean his ish. Soon.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Good luck on getting that apartment, Jeff.
My roommate and I are beginning the apartment search again. Our lease expires in early May, and, while I love we are, we have to leave. We currently pay $745 for a two bedroom 800 square foot apartment with paid utilities. However, we've found out from management that rent is going up to $775, and we have to start paying for electricity, water, and trash removal.
On the positive side of things, we may rent a house since we know a couple other people who'll be without shelter at the same time we're set to be. Or we'll find a three or four bedroom apartment. Or we'll live in a cardboard box under the freeway.
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
quote:It's Mayflower material.
Unless we're talking about the Pilgrims, I don't understand the reference.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
You guys should all move up to SJ where $745/mo US could get you a nice house in Millidgeville or out in Quispam or something. Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Of course, being in a cutting-edge technology industry up there means finally getting machines to help you milk the cows. Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
I'm planning on putting my computer and my Legos in the Den. I'll probably put a nice reading chair in there too, and maybe a TV with some game consoles.
Since I have a HUGE kitchen, I'm thinking of filling the Dining Room with a sofa or two and a nice oriental rug, and making it just a comfortable room.
Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :
I'd like to have your present apartment, Snay. I need my own kitchen, I'm sick of sharing with my landlord. I don't have that much stuff, so that's good for me as well. Maybe buy a small table and a few chairs or so....
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
It's $540 a month, Tahna. Move on down.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Unless we're talking about the Pilgrims, I don't understand the reference."
Well, I don't think the Mayflower was exactly the most spacious ship to ever sail the seas...
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
the Defiant has bigger staterooms! and the Mayflower had no fucking quantorps eith0r!
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
b0h!
Posted by E. Cartman (Member # 256) on :
"Well, I don't think the Mayflower was exactly the most spacious ship to ever sail the seas..."
First-class accomodations weren't part of the deal, but them pilgrims sure did have lots of religious space to move around in! Get it? Hah-hah-hah.
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Snay: Surely the back of your Jeep is larger than that.
Incidentally, I'm in the process of rennovating my new space . You don't want to know how much I'm spending on rent.
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
Dude, I'd LOVE a place like that! Where do you live? Converted warehouse?
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
More or less. Converted cold-storage. I'm pretty excited about it, actually, but there's no windows save for a solitary skylight, so I've taken a lot of time plotting out the lighting. The place is actually a bit further along than this. I've got the place wired and most of the sheetrock hung. Painting is going to be a bear, and I have, like, Zero experience points when it comes to flooring, but I think it'll turn out nice.
Posted by Ultra Magnus (Member # 239) on :
What's the total squarefootage? Also, do you pay rent, or did you buy the lot? Also, what did you / do you pay either way?
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Interesting. Let us know when you update. Let's see some "work in progess" shots.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Rumpus room"?
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
It's like a rec room. Only rumpus.
I've always liked the idea of living in a converted warehouse/loft type deal.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
If my roommate and I decide to con a couple more friends into the arrangement, we'll be renting out a house. One of the things we want in the house is a rumpus room. That way, we can set up a Dance Dance Revolution station and spin the nights away getting down and with it.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
That's a great way for you to lose weight, Sieg. Seriously. My friend Jess lost like 30 pounds this past summer playing DDR constantly at home. She now = teh hawt svelte.
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
So that would make her, what, seventy pounds now?
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Uhhh...no. Probably, like...120?
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
Balaam,
You're going to tell us when you post updated photos of the loft, right?
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Yes, I am. I'm a bit further than this but haven't yet taken photos with the paint and the 'living room' on the main floor. Maybe after this weekend.
Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
That Corner sink is cool. I like the older stuff.
[ February 14, 2003, 07:45 AM: Message edited by: Kosh ]
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
More pics, Balaam!
Update: with the steep deposit & pet fees of Padonia Village, I decided to do an "end of lease" transfer with my current management company, which owns (literally) about 90% of the apartments in Cockeysville.
Apparently I picked the right time to inquire about an apartment! One bedroom apartments (in a nice complex) were starting at LESS then what I pay now for a studio. Two bedrooms were starting about $100 more. So, for a grand total of an extra $120 a month, I'm getting a two-bedroom apartment! They usually start at about $680 for a basement level two-bedroom, but I'm getting a mid- or top-level for $640, plus the additional pet rent of $20.
You can click here to see the floorplan of the apartment, even though this site belongs to another complex (same management company, same design buildings).
Anyway, I'm excited about this. Since I already have a lease with the company, I don't need to a new security deposit (I just have to add $400 to my already standing deposit), or pay a new pet deposit. And since the complex is only about half a mile away (at most), and I've already lined up two people to help me move, all I need to do is rent a cargo van and I'm confident I can be moved in a matter of hours.
Also (and I'm really excited about this) I get a DISHWASHER! WOOHOO!
I mean, I'm dissapointed about not going to Padonia Village (those are some DAMN beautiful apartments), but on the other hand, I'm getting a carpeted and large apartment. Frankly, it'll be nice not to be quite so squished (I have two desks, eight bookshelves, four-wall mounted shelving units, a futon/bed, a sofa, a loveseat, an entertainment center, dresser, and half a dozen lamps in about 300 square feet).
Yay for room!!!!
I'm planning on putting my bed and dresser in the smaller of the two bedrooms. The larger room I'm going to stick my computer and legos and other geeky stuff in. My friend Steve and I are planning on getting our "ebay" thing on for extra cash (his roomate has been doing ebay for a few months now, and in Feb. made a $1500 profit on a $700 investment) and we'll use that room also as our sorting/mailing/etc. area (hitting "Goodwill" for books and such*).
I'm also getting an oriental rug from my parents and a VERY nice dining room table that they got from my mom's parents. It's a beautiful table, and since it and the sofa they gave me are the only two pieces of furniture I've really *wanted* from what they have, I'm really happy
* Steve's roomie Mike bought a Capt. Morgan beer mirror for $5 ... sold it last week for $150. Bastard. Especially since Steve has a bar in his basement -- woulda looked nice there.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Got the lease transfer approved. I move June 10th.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Congrats Jeff.
I am getting ready to get out of my place, which in size is probably the smallest, 266 square feet, including counter/cabinet space and the bath, includes all utilities though. This job I liked so well before has gotten on my nerves. The boss has gotten worse on his customer service skills, pissing off more people that stay elsewhere. Soon we won't be renting rooms at either hotel. And they want to buy the Ramada Inn here in Port Huron, so that they can drive that in to the ground too.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
I too am moving tomorrow, out of London. Which is rather ironic given I posted this thread 4 years ago.
(I considered posting to that one, but know Charles doesn't like really old threads being resuscitated)
I'm off back to the south of England. London really sucks these days. It's no place to bring up children and we want to start a family.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
While I realize what you meant, wouldn't it be safe to say that London already is in "the south of England"?
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
Only in a geographical sense.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Woohoo! They messed up my transfer stuff -- they got it all straight and gave me a call: since my parents co-signed my current place two years ago, that carries over & all I owe is $100 to move in plus the $200 pet deposit ... but WAIT! Since I paid the exact same for THIS apartment, I can just carry that over!
WOOHOO!!!!!!!!
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
*wants to move* I'm thinking about Cheney... or maybe the other side of Spokane.....
But if things happen the way it looks like they might, I'll leave this city faster than you can say "bye" and move to Memphis.
If I can get the ban lifted.
Otherwise, I'll go to Seattle.
Wait and see how things happen though, I guess................. Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
quote:Originally posted by LOA: I'm thinking about Cheney...
i never wanted to hear that from any female
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
If I can get the ban lifted.
You've been banned from Memphis? Wha? I mean, it's MEMPHIS. They can't afford to be picky.
Posted by StarFire (Member # 748) on :
Well, my plans have changed. I'm not going to Chicago for another couple of years....so I'm getting a townhouse apt. in a nearby burb w/ a friend this fall! Whoo. Its $600, 2br, 1 ba, fully carpeted, pets ok & free, fireplace, washer & dryer, some utilities, and a pool. Tho a friend who used to live there avised against using the pool... >_< So, it seems to be a pretty good deal. Depends on what kind of money I'm making...seeing as how my car is trying to die...
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Cheney. Not that their website can be bothered to load.
Don't complement LOA or anything.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
I think he meant his residency application was rejected is all, and was complaining....
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
I'd like to inform my Nixpicking friend that "the South of England" is a term generally applied to the area of England south of London.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Okay. It just seemed that London was pretty far south to begin with. Seemed a bit like saying the "southern US" was everything south of Dallas.
Posted by Ultra Magnus (Member # 239) on :
OH YEAH? WHO IS MOVING BACK TO REGINA? ME!
Well, not "back," because I never lived there before!
But, it sounds like naughty!
Regina!
Also: The Single Worst Place to live in North America.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
London is the South East. Some claim it is in the South East, but they are wrong.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"But, [Regina] sounds like naughty!"
Surely you don't pronounce it like that...
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
How else could one pronounce it? As far as I know, from watching news broadcasts from Alberta, it is pronounced that way.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
It's also pronounced "front bottom." 8)
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Last I heard, the name "Regina" was pronounced "reh-jee-nuh". But I don't know how you Canadians do things. You take your spelling from the Brits, so maybe you do similar things w/ your city names. "Glosster", indeed...
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
...says the boy from St. "Lewis"
Though the latin word for queen is indeed pronounced Rejeena, the name of the capital city of Saskatchewan rhymes with vagina. Such a three-dimensional name for such a two-dimensional place.
Posted by Cartmaniac (Member # 256) on :
I hear it has a lot of depth... for a Canadian city.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Bit hairy on the outskirts, though.
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
And awful outbound traffic on the first weekend of every month.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
That's still less hairy than Tim, who is very hairy indeed. Mainly because he has more body parts to be hairy on, but that's no excuse.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I daresay the joke went a bit over Liam's frosted-tipped head...
And "Louis" is pronounced "loo-iss" everywhere but France, I suspect. And it certainly isn't as bad as the nearby town of Cairo (kay-roh), Illinois. And New Madrid (MA-drid), for that matter.
Posted by Ultra Magnus (Member # 239) on :
If you travel outbound of Regina, you'd end up in Moose Jaw, which, I guess, is the city equivalent of a suppository.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Louis has always equalled Looie up here in the Great White North, or at least all the Louises (how the hell can you pluralize a word ending in a silent 's' anyway?) I've known have pronounced it that way.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
No Lee, you mustn't resist, it is futile....
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
People in non-French Canada called "Louis" prnounce their name "Louie"? You're sure they aren't just calling themselves "Louie" as a nickname?
Then again, I should expect as much from the people who brought us "Re-jye-na"...
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
I know a Louis. He pronounces it Looie. Then again, his last name is Gigou, so he's a bit french. Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Well don't turn your back on him, whatever you do. He'll stab you in the neck with a Bic ballpoint.
Posted by Tora Regina (Member # 53) on :
Tim: Actually, the British say "Re-jye-na", too. At least in reference to queens, i.e. "Victoria Regina."
Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
And Regina actually smells like it sounds!
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Tim: Actually, the British say 'Re-jye-na', too. At least in reference to queens, i.e. 'Victoria Regina.'"
Have the entire population of the world gone mad?
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
If you're coming from the "I, Timothy Sopwith Nix, am totally sane" perspective, then yes.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Well, good. At least it's not just me, then.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Very droll.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Well, getting it back on topic.
I move on Tuesday. I've packed most of my stuff up -- toys, VHS, laserdiscs, too many books to count, packed into over a dozen boxes, and still many more things needing packing. I get my keys Monday late afternoon, and I'm going to start taking stuff over then. My boss is lending me his pickup, and I'm going to move everything else on Tuesday.
I put in my change of address late -- as in, today. I hope the interuption isn't too prolonged (anyone had any experience with how quickly the USPS gets this stuff through?). I'm also losing my internet connection on Monday night, and it isn't being hooked BACK up until Thursday AM. Oh well, it'll give me a chance to get up on my reading, and get my stuff unpacked, furniture reassembled, and the new place liveable.
Tomorrow I hopefully finish packing the stuff in the apartment proper, and perhaps even venture into the closet. Monday I need to finish packing, disassemble some pieces of furniture, and get ready for the big day! I'm so excited.
Posted by Fleet-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Show pictures... and what do you use to get online? DSL or cable?
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Not a very good quality camera ... shaddup. What'cher lookin' at is the pile of boxes, furniture, etc., which must be moved. I also STILL have to get into the closet.
I was SUPPOSED to pick up the keys at 4 today. But NO, they're not in from maintenance, so I can't get in until 10am tomorrow. ARGH.
Posted by Cartmaniac (Member # 256) on :
I, too, desperately want a place of my own. But with the housing market being in the state that it is (ENORMOUS demand, CRITICALLY low supply), and my financial condition being that of Skinny College Boy, the EARLIEST date I can get a shot at one is sometime around 20-fucking-10... big fucking HOORAY for student housing corporations and municipal relief programs.
Snay, congrats. Throw a housewarming party for me. 8)
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
WOOHOO!
The keys will be in by FIVE, which means I'll have 'em before SIX tonight!
Cart: this is my third apartment in four years (so far I've averaged two years a place), and my second apartment with NO roomate! Posted by Cartmaniac (Member # 256) on :
I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed up here in "my" oh-so spacious attic. Apartments... don't talk to me about apartments.
[ June 09, 2003, 02:56 PM: Message edited by: Cartmaniac ]
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
My "old" place (where I'm sitting now) is a Studio apartment. My "new" place (where I've already taken two Jeep loads of stuff over to) is a TWO BEDROOM ...
... all for Snay.
Anyway, I'm going to take a few more loads of stuff over before I call it quits for the day. Everything else comes over tomorrow (including the hairballs). Tonight, I'm going to do a grocery run, pick up some Chinese on the way home, and spend my evening in the new abode watching Jack Burton run about Little China. Yay me.
(PS - I'm afraid I'll be out of touch for a few days ... Comcast isn't coming out to hook up my broadband until Thursday).
Posted by Futurama Guy (Member # 968) on :
[roll credits]
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
more like. Posted by Ultra Magnus (Member # 239) on :
"pick up some Chinese on the way home"
I suppose you do have the room to be able to pick up more than one. Two Bedrooms style.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
I'm baaaaack.
The General Tso's was good, "Big Trouble in Little China" was better than I remember it, and I've got new carpeting, new kitchen appliances and counter-tops, and a whole lot of boxes to unpack! Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
*wants to move* Someday......
Got room for me there with you Snay?
Kidding....
~LOA
Posted by Ultra Magnus (Member # 239) on :
He would have to disassemble his Lego girl to make room.
Oddly bumpled: For noone's pleasure.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Liz, I got plenty of room. Waaaay plenty of room, actually! Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
I g07 r00m 2, ! ^__^ ....... ^�┬�^ But my sofa is where my bed should �.
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