edurnemk
04-25-2010, 02:43 PM
I'm sick of apartment hunting, I can't take it anymore. At this point I could just move into any shack just to be done with it...
It is so friggin' hard to negotiate something in this town, and it's just a LEASE. We've applied to THREE apartments and for something or the other it falls through:
APT #1, they want to rent it furnished, I ask for some furniture to be removed from the property (twin beds and TV unit in the 2nd bedroom), lady says yes, and 3 days later: nope, changed my mind, everything has to stay in the apt.
APT #2, a little over our budget, but has been unoccupied for months, so we make a lower offer, they say no, BTW it's still unoccuppied, but that's the owner's problem.
APT #3 A little on the small side, but I love the building, the street, etc. We're about to sign the lease yesterday, we ask for the lease to be modified since it has a ton of penalizations against us for any little thing, but nothing about the owner not fulfilling his obligations. I ask that they specify that they're obligated to make mayor repairs in a timely manner, and pay the HOA fees on time, and they back out. The Mrs. is really accessible but her DH is an a$$. He said that us asking to add something to the lease makes it hard to trust us.
You have got to be kidding me. I feel we're being perfectly reasonable. I just want to move already. I've looked at over 40 apartments, I do not want to keep looking.
When we moved to Chicago it took me 4 days to find something, and a week later the lease was signed. Now I've been searching since February!
I DO NOT want to continue to stay at my parent's house, and DH is even less thrilled of course.
It is so friggin' hard to negotiate something in this town, and it's just a LEASE. We've applied to THREE apartments and for something or the other it falls through:
APT #1, they want to rent it furnished, I ask for some furniture to be removed from the property (twin beds and TV unit in the 2nd bedroom), lady says yes, and 3 days later: nope, changed my mind, everything has to stay in the apt.
APT #2, a little over our budget, but has been unoccupied for months, so we make a lower offer, they say no, BTW it's still unoccuppied, but that's the owner's problem.
APT #3 A little on the small side, but I love the building, the street, etc. We're about to sign the lease yesterday, we ask for the lease to be modified since it has a ton of penalizations against us for any little thing, but nothing about the owner not fulfilling his obligations. I ask that they specify that they're obligated to make mayor repairs in a timely manner, and pay the HOA fees on time, and they back out. The Mrs. is really accessible but her DH is an a$$. He said that us asking to add something to the lease makes it hard to trust us.
You have got to be kidding me. I feel we're being perfectly reasonable. I just want to move already. I've looked at over 40 apartments, I do not want to keep looking.
When we moved to Chicago it took me 4 days to find something, and a week later the lease was signed. Now I've been searching since February!
I DO NOT want to continue to stay at my parent's house, and DH is even less thrilled of course.