MUST have a private entrance and covered parking. In unit laundry is nice too.

Calhoun, are you considering moving? Just wondering, since I knew you were having problems with that noisy upstairs neighbor.

How many bedrooms MUST you have? I currently only have one, but I would looooove to have two. I could only afford a one bedroom when I moved here, but if I were to ever move again, I DEFINITELY would get two.

Do you prefer a certain floor of the building? I prefer to be on the top floor, so that I don't have noisy neighbors on top of me. But I still have a noisy neighbor living below me, so I guess that point is kinda moot.

Does the # of closets/closet size matter? Yes, the closets must be a good size so that I can fit all my clothes, shoes, other stuff in there. Walk-in closets would be absolutely ideal for me!

Any bathroom rules? (i.e. tub AND shower, with sink or separate sink area) I live alone, but I do like having a tub and a shower. Having a separate sink area would be nice too, especially if you had to share a bathroom with someone.

Neighbors/neighborhood - pro's & cons? Well, you all know what my downstairs neighbor is like. But I prefer quiet neighbors, and to live in an area that's not overly busy with traffic.

Balconies - a must? Yes!! I don't have a balcony or porch now where I live and it sucks! It would be nice to have a balcony to sit out on, especially with the gorgeous weather we've been having here lately.

What about parking? I don't have an attached garage, and wished that I did. I have to walk a short distance from my building to the carport, which can be difficult in rainy, snowy weather.

I would also love to have an in-suite laundry room. It would be soo much easier to get in to wash my clothes. No waiting while someone else ties the machines up for hours.

Another thing I would love to have is my own private entryway to and from my apartment. There are two teenaged boys across the hall from me who run through the halls with their little friends after school. They sound like a herd of damn elephants. I talked to their mother about it, and she was like, "Not MY boys!" Then she asked me if it was her boys that were running through the hall. I told her, "I don't know, but somebody is, and it needs to be stopped."

There are many days that I would LOVE to have a house. Sure, it's more work, money, and worries, but I would get away from this apartment-living shit that drives me nuts.
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INSATIABLE said:

PRAISE THE LORD I have my own parking space!!! I don't know how that happened where I live, but it did.

My dream apartment would have room for a couch and a piano and washer and dryer. I hope to upgrade to a small house with a private yard someday.

Genesia said:

I've only had the pleasure of having a washer/dryer in my unit one time - it was heaven

DevotedPuppy said:

DAMN, I guess that's the price you pay to live in a great city

HereToRockYourWorld said:

The girl wants her bathtub dammit!

JustErin said:

Damn, I can't even think about what 3br's cost out here That's pretty nice Except when people wanna come & you don't want them to, they KNOW you have an extra room

retina said:

What I would give for some high ceilings up in this mutha! They're wonderful, aren't they?

I try to think twice about streets that have buses going down them - I had a place like that once & granted it was a SUPER busy street that I had no business trying to live on, but the buses did wake me in the am

emm said:

INSATIABLE said:

Why do you move so much?

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Okay, y'all are about to laugh @ me - but I have a granny cart. Fuck that And I have an elevator too but when you make a major Target run there's no way all that shit is getting upstairs w/ me! I'll roll that mf in a minute

psychodelicide said:

No, I'm not moving any time soon The only reason this thread popped into my head is b/c I went in my closet yesterday - which is all nice & neat & color coordinated & not full of dirty clothes as usual - & I thought, "damn, this is a nice closet. I don't EVER want a closet smaller than this when I move again!" A thread was born

psychodelicide said:

I'd love an extra bedroom too For all my goofy exercise stuff & my computer. The computer in the living room/dining room shit is wack!

CalhounSq said:

I hear ya, a small closet can be rough.

CalhounSq said:

My computer is in my living room too. It would be nice to have an extra bedroom to put it in.

CalhounSq said:

It's true! That's where I retrieve my sanity when it goes missing. . .

CalhounSq said:

Oh, if I had an elevator, I'd have a granny cart. I just don't want to haul one up three flights of stairs.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

I hear you, I'd never rent a place w/ just a shower & I don't even get to take baths as often as I like b/c I'm always rushing BUT when you want one there's nothing like it

My next apartment will absolutely have (things I don't have now I have learned I NEED!):

at least 1 bedroom
hardwood floors
a bathtub (and a shower of course, combo OK)
laundry on site (if not in my own unit - I have this now, but it's a necessity)

I would also like (which I have now):
easy parking (on street is ok, as long as there's plenty of it)
no more than 4 units in the building (I prefer 4-plexs or smaller, no more big boxy buildings for me)
private entrance
decent sized kitchen

Just about everything else is negotiable.

Anx said:

ooh!

Both of those are good.

Paradisekiss03 said:

why? Some phobia? I'm on the 5th...

a few minutes later...now that I think about it..i wouldn't want to be too far up either...
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CalhounSq said:

CalhounSq said:

Yeah, it sucks. Seriously. Things that most people would shudder at pass as "well, it's not that bad" here. I mean, last time I moved I was looking at studios in Hells Kitchen that were about 250 square feet with 2 burner stoves and mini-fridges. I was like, "You have got to be kidding me. I am too damn old to be paying $1,200/month for a shit hole apartment the size of a frickin dorm room!" It's completely outrageous...luckily I found a better apartment but now I have to go through the whole thing again b/c my stupid building is being torn down.

I mean, the trade off is of course, living in New York...but if you're too broke from paying rent to enjoy NYC, then NYC isn't really that fun; know what I mean?


[Edited 5/8/07 17:28pm]

I guess I'm the only one who absolutely requires architectural charm of some sort. Aesthetics are very important to me.

HUGE kitchen with a convection oven.....orgasmic

CarrieMpls said:

If it's newly remodeled BE CAREFUL - I wanted hardwoods for the longest, finally got them along w/ a rule in my lease that 75% of each room had to be covered w/ rugs I spent so much money on rugs (on top of the expense of moving, etc), they didn't even tell me that until I signed the lease

DevotedPuppy said:

I hear you I know I could never make it in NY

heartbeatocean said:

I like a good looking building but it's not an absolute. I would avoid any place that looked like a jail or too 50's-70's. I either want it very old or very new... & none of that courtyard/pool in the middle shit, too fucking noisy