beginners luck: APT HUNTING
ok we have been looking ALOT online and said we have to go see places in person and that this process can take so long and we'll probably see tons of apartments. When i bought years ago, must've seen at least 20 apartments and theres always something wrong and ppl are just filthy and dont keep up their apartments.
Ok well yesterday we went to see an apartment. FH and i got there early and the real estate agent was late so we were outside for a bit. The block is real nice, across the street are all these mansion type houses that ive seen how much they cost online![]()
, and up the block is forest park which has a golf course, horse back riding and much more. Now we see another couple outside waiting and fh asked if they're seeing it too and i said there were 3 other apartments for sale in the building so theyre probably seeing another one. Well the agent shows up and NO they were seeing the same apartment which PISSED me off bc an agent is not supposed to do this. My phone conversations with her i got a bad impression and when i saw this i gave FH a look and was pissed and told him shes not supposed to do this. She called me that morning to reschedule it at 2pm but i told her i was taking my grandmother to the dentist at 1pm and wont be back in time so now i know why.
Anyways we get inside the apartment and WOW. When you walk in theres a big foyer with parquet floors that were so nice and so clean you could eat off the floor. You walk a little bit and the kitchen is to the left and its wide and very long, new cabinets and has a table at the end for 2, again it was so clean. You walk a bit more and to the left is the bathroom. Love the floors and the walls and it a long bathroom with lots of room and again so clean. You walk further down the hall and to the left is the bedroom, very spacious and it has a walk in closet which is what fh was looking for hahaha. The on the other side of the apartment, right side of the foyer is the living room, very spacious, he had a huge sectional couch with other chairs and even had a desk behind the coach, so there was alot of room. Then theres a big archway into another room and it almost same size as the living room and there was a big dining room table, an armoire, he had a small couch and a lazy boy on one side. So the space is so great for entertaining. The thing was the listing is advertised as 2 bedrooms so the other couple didnt like that and left right away. We asked too about the 2nd bedroom advertised and the agent told us that it was 2 bedrooms but the guy who owns the apartment knocked down a wall and thats why theres a big living room that goes right into another room just as big, so if we wanted we could put up a wall and make it into 2 bedrooms again. Now first of all if this is the case they should advertise it like that bc ive seen it said with possibility of 2 bedrooms. BUT fh and i did say to eachother that its not NECESSARY we have 2 bedrooms now although we want it, but we LOVED the apartment so much that maybe we should think about it. We told the agent we'll think about it over the weekend and let her know.
The apartment is in immaculate condition, very spacious and beautiful. BUT for the price they're asking which was higher than many other apartments in the area, i dont think should be that high for what is currently 1 bedroom. Plus what we liked is the big living room and dining room area so we wouldn't want to change that. I just dont understand what our luck is that the first apartment wee see has to be in such amazing condition and great space lol usually you see alot of crap first.
BUT i told fh when we left that for less money, and not that far from where we were there is an area with a bunch of duplex apartments. And we should see those first since theres about 6-8 currently for sale and then make a decision. Later on that night i told FH we can drive by where these duplex apartments are to check out the area and we did and both fh and i were like OMG we have to check it out. Its a gated community, we went in and from the outside they all look like houses. The little community was so nice and everybody gets their own parking spaces which is HUGE for us lol. We came back home and looked which duplexes they had available, and these are duplex apartments and many have a back yard too and for less than the apartment we saw. Its a good area too, not far from saint johns univeristy. So now we hope that when we see them that the apartments are spacious bc who knows if the Living room's will be spacious and other parts of the apartment. The maintenance is high, a bit over 1k but with the prices of the apartments it would still keep us at the price we said we'd pay a month. So it evens out bc the other place is more money, maintenance is lower but it was about $795 so it would be close to the same amount we'd spend a month.
I just hope these are great in person too. I really dont want us to get the first apartment we see, i do want to see others before making a decision. I hate that the first place we see is in perfect condition and so great. We would also offer less for the apartment we saw, bc sorry it currently is 1 bedroom and it was priced high for that. THe guy probably put it that high bc he knows with the market ppl will offer less so this way if he starts it a bit higher he'll still get a decent amount.
Has anyone ever gone with the first place they saw?
LOL i swore before i started writing i wouldn't make this long![]()
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Ok well yesterday we went to see an apartment. FH and i got there early and the real estate agent was late so we were outside for a bit. The block is real nice, across the street are all these mansion type houses that ive seen how much they cost online
Anyways we get inside the apartment and WOW. When you walk in theres a big foyer with parquet floors that were so nice and so clean you could eat off the floor. You walk a little bit and the kitchen is to the left and its wide and very long, new cabinets and has a table at the end for 2, again it was so clean. You walk a bit more and to the left is the bathroom. Love the floors and the walls and it a long bathroom with lots of room and again so clean. You walk further down the hall and to the left is the bedroom, very spacious and it has a walk in closet which is what fh was looking for hahaha. The on the other side of the apartment, right side of the foyer is the living room, very spacious, he had a huge sectional couch with other chairs and even had a desk behind the coach, so there was alot of room. Then theres a big archway into another room and it almost same size as the living room and there was a big dining room table, an armoire, he had a small couch and a lazy boy on one side. So the space is so great for entertaining. The thing was the listing is advertised as 2 bedrooms so the other couple didnt like that and left right away. We asked too about the 2nd bedroom advertised and the agent told us that it was 2 bedrooms but the guy who owns the apartment knocked down a wall and thats why theres a big living room that goes right into another room just as big, so if we wanted we could put up a wall and make it into 2 bedrooms again. Now first of all if this is the case they should advertise it like that bc ive seen it said with possibility of 2 bedrooms. BUT fh and i did say to eachother that its not NECESSARY we have 2 bedrooms now although we want it, but we LOVED the apartment so much that maybe we should think about it. We told the agent we'll think about it over the weekend and let her know.
The apartment is in immaculate condition, very spacious and beautiful. BUT for the price they're asking which was higher than many other apartments in the area, i dont think should be that high for what is currently 1 bedroom. Plus what we liked is the big living room and dining room area so we wouldn't want to change that. I just dont understand what our luck is that the first apartment wee see has to be in such amazing condition and great space lol usually you see alot of crap first.
BUT i told fh when we left that for less money, and not that far from where we were there is an area with a bunch of duplex apartments. And we should see those first since theres about 6-8 currently for sale and then make a decision. Later on that night i told FH we can drive by where these duplex apartments are to check out the area and we did and both fh and i were like OMG we have to check it out. Its a gated community, we went in and from the outside they all look like houses. The little community was so nice and everybody gets their own parking spaces which is HUGE for us lol. We came back home and looked which duplexes they had available, and these are duplex apartments and many have a back yard too and for less than the apartment we saw. Its a good area too, not far from saint johns univeristy. So now we hope that when we see them that the apartments are spacious bc who knows if the Living room's will be spacious and other parts of the apartment. The maintenance is high, a bit over 1k but with the prices of the apartments it would still keep us at the price we said we'd pay a month. So it evens out bc the other place is more money, maintenance is lower but it was about $795 so it would be close to the same amount we'd spend a month.
I just hope these are great in person too. I really dont want us to get the first apartment we see, i do want to see others before making a decision. I hate that the first place we see is in perfect condition and so great. We would also offer less for the apartment we saw, bc sorry it currently is 1 bedroom and it was priced high for that. THe guy probably put it that high bc he knows with the market ppl will offer less so this way if he starts it a bit higher he'll still get a decent amount.
Has anyone ever gone with the first place they saw?
LOL i swore before i started writing i wouldn't make this long
