Movin' on Out!

Yay! We are finally moving out! I am soo excited. No more 1.5 hour commutes, no more living out of a bag, and no more smooching off of Darren's parents :) Yes, Darren and i will be moving in together. We figured that it wouldn't be a big deal since I have to see the guy ALL THE TIME anyways. I mean I've lived with him before and I'm sure I can do it again. AND it's not like I'm having to live with only him. I mean if that was the case you might as well consider us married. No, we will be moving in with our good friends Ray and Dan. We have lived with Ray before and Dan was at our house so much, he might as well been called a roommate.

THE JOURNEY TO FINDING A PLACE CALLED HOME

The four of us went on a serious house hunt for about a week. We ended up looking at about 5 different places. The first place we went to was an apartment community right across the street from my work. Darren, Dan and I were on time. We decided not to wait for Ray and just start talking to the leasing lady. Ray came in about 10 minutes after we did and I'm pretty sure the first thing he noticed was how gorgeous she was. At first I wasn't sure if Ray was even going to live with us but after he saw her I think he was convinced. She took us around and showed us everything we wanted to see: The 24 hour gym, pool with cabanas, club house, BBQs, on-off switch community outdoor fireplace, a two bedroom model, and the 24 HOUR INDOOR BASKETBALL COURT. Needless to say we were pretty impressed. The place was pretty pricey and we thought it would be a good idea to check out what else was available.

Ooooo I hate this place: The second place we went to was close but further down the street. I would definitely have to take the lightrail. This place was cheaper which was a plus, so I was excited to see what they had to offer. We walk in and the guy (who only greeted us when I walked into their office and made my presence clear) told me in a queer voice to, "Please wait in the waiting area, I just need to finish this real quick and I will help you." So right off the bat I could tell Ray was not as impressed with this place based on the leasing man/women. We saw the pool (with no cabanas) the gym (that closed at 10pm), and a two bedroom model ( with a walk in closet that was more like two closets and a hall way to the bathroom). Other events happened at this place which I'm not going to go into detail. As you can tell we DID NOT LIKE IT. So right after we concluded that it was not worth the saved money.

Clean FOB house: The next place we went to was a 4 bedroom townhouse really close to Great America. We walk in and the first thing I smell was shitake mushrooms. The house smelled pretty Asian. The owners mother greeted us and went straight into business. She explained that they bought this house new in two-zero-zero-two. The place was really nice with lots of common area space. The kitchen was pretty big and the garage was pretty big. The one thing that worried me was she really kept stressing how they really want clean tenants. She also kept telling us how everything was new because they hardly use it. The rooms were pretty small but livable . She showed use each room and all were REALLY clean except for the ROOMATE!!! He was SUCH A PIG! I mean it looked like he didn't vacuum that week and there was some stuff on the floor. But compared to the rest of the house this guy was a big. We left keeping this place in mind. The master bedroom was GIGANTIC compared to the other rooms and having a garage would be nice. But the place would be hard to keep THAT clean and it smelled totally Chinese.. Like moldy towels or something.. you know that Chinese smell.


Nice House but Dan's car might not make it up the hill: The next place we went to was a 3 bd/3.5 bath house. It was three levels and REALLY nice. HUGE KITCHEN , great appliances . I mean one downside is one of the bedrooms is like on the bottom floor right next to the garage and the rooms weren't that big. But overall the place was really nice! The Biggest thing about it was it was pretty far from where the majority of us worked and in order to get there you have to drive up this pretty big hill. Dan was afraid his car wouldn't be able to make that drive everyday. There were also a lot of people interested and we figured we couldn't beat a couple in getting the home.

I am not longer interested I know where I want to live: So one of the last places we checked out was an apartment community that looked nice from the outside. But we checked it out after we went back to the first place and saw the 3 bdrm apartment and fell in love with it. Needless to say we already decided on where we wanted to live but wanted to keep looking to see what else was out there. Like I said the community looked really nice from the outside but when we went to see the apartment that was not the case. Darren said that the outside community was about 25 times nicer then inside the apartments.

So our verdict is the community across the street from my work. Just a short walk away. We move in August 24th so COME VISIT!! Ohh.. did I mention that you can get pool side massages in the summer? Yes, I'm excited. I have a new home..

"If I died this year, I would die in Luxury"~ Dan