Apartment hunting

How we found our apartment . . . actually how I found our apartment lol certainly wasn't easy. Living in Albany at the time and spending the weekends in Charleston with Chris didn't leave us much time to really inspect places. I spent months online while I was sitting at work in Albany looking for apartments. I looked on craigslist and tons of other websites. I would even use google maps to to see what the area looked like because I didn't always trust the photos people put up of places. When in Charleston Chris and I would ride around looking at the area of some places. Sometimes we would get there and I would say, "keep going, keep going, DO NOT STOP". Yea there were a few that were pretty scary looking hahaha. We wanted a place that was in a good safe area since he travels a lot and I would be by myself. He wanted to make sure I would be safe. After months of searching online, driving by places, picking up pamphlets and application paperwork, making phone calls about prices, we finally settled on this one. I found it on craigslist. I used google maps to see what it looked like since they didn't post any pictures. I liked it. It seemed alright and it may sound silly but when I looked at google maps I check out what cars are in the parking lot. It kinda of gives you an idea of the people that live there. Is that a little judgemental? Sure, but it's also true. The cars in this parking lot didn't look junky. They looked like they were kept up well and there was even a porshe. So we rode by to see things in person. We really liked it. It is a small 4 building place with 8 apartments in each building. It is on a small street next to Savannah Hwy so it was close to everything. Across the street is an older neighborhood which I really liked. I don't like how apartment complexes are out in the middle of everything. I like the cozy feel of a neighborhood. Luckily these apartments were built before there were zoning laws for apartment complexes that keep them from being built near neighborhoods. Chris later called about the apartment to find out the prices. We found out the man who owns it inherited them from his father who built them. He a very nice and involved man. He really takes care of the place and when something needs fixing he hopes to it quick.

Another reason we chose this place was the laundry situation. Of course we would love to have our own washer and dryer (we even have them) but right now we just can't afford an apartment that would have them or washer/dryer connections. I also wasn't fond of the idea of walking/driving around to an apartment laundry facility where I'd be sharing machines with EVERYONE that lives there. And I told Chris right off the bat I was not going to a laundry mat. lol. He understood and agreed. This place has a washer and dryer for each building. So we only share them with the other 7 apartments in our building, which I am completely happy with. Which by the way we really like the people in our building. It's crazy but two of them are actually from the same hometown as Chris! One of them went to the same high school just 10yrs before Chris hahaha. So we get along with everyone and never have any problems with anyone. We even live across the hall from the apartments manager. That comes in handy when we pay rent. We just walk across the hall and give it to him. So that's pretty handy.

We also like it because all the apartments are one bedroom so there aren't any kids. Not that we have any problems with kids, we're just not ready for them and it's nice not having kids yelling or banging around next door or outside. There also aren't any pets. Now I love dogs. I want one really bad, however Chris is allergic to them and it affects his asthma. Seriously in the past month since he's been out of his moms house away from Daisy (his moms dog) he has been feeling soo much better. By the way we miss Daisy so much. lol. I want to go kidnap her and bring her home. Oh well. So even though I would like to have a dog Chris's health is much more important and I want him to feel well more than I want a dog.

We had a fresh coat of paint on the walls and nice clean carpet when we moved in. We have ceiling fans and double pane glass windows that help with heating & air costs also being on the 2nd floor we stay pretty warm from the hot air rising from downstairs. We have one of those efficient toilets that help reduce the amount of water used. We are really happy that we chose this place for our 1st apartment together. We're very happy where we are.