...but I'd already picked out my spot on the street

[listersgirl]

I'm sure you'll all be heartily thrilled to know that you won't have to put up with any more apartment hunting whining from me, as I have a new place to live.

I hope.

I mean, they still have to do the credit check and talk to my current landlord, but there should be no problems, and in the meantime I've filled out all the forms and given them vast quantities of my money*, so all should be well.

I'm excited - it's not one of the neighbourhoods that I'd always wanted to live in, but it's on three lines of transit, there's a library, grocery store, Shoppers, liquor store and health food store nearby, and it's much closer to people who I visit regularly, especially sarcasma and sanity_clause. So yay. I hope it goes through!

emiline, I'm your neighbour now. :)

*Technically, my and starfishchick's money, since they wanted first and last right then in order to process the application, and they wouldn't take a personal cheque. It's the weekend, so I couldn't go to my bank, so starfishchick and I ganged up on a bank machine and each took out as much as our cards would allow us and I promised to bring the rest as soon as I could get to my bank. I felt very fly-by-night having to give them cash.

Comments

[morag-gunn.livejournal.com]

Hooray!

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

*Does the New Apartment Dance*

(The New Apartment Dance is a happy flail followed by an exhausted collapse, with the phone unplugged.)

[caffeinediary.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad the great apartment search is over. It sounds like a good location. :)

[par-avion.livejournal.com]

Congrats! I hope it works out.

[tinkerer.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Yay for the end of headaches!

Out of curiosity — is it normal for you to have to leave your deposit in cash? What would happen if, for instance, they decided to decline your application (and/or if two people apply, etc.)?

[listersgirl]

Oh, I would get the money back, of course. I have a receipt.

But you're right, it's weird. I'm used to the whole deal of eveyrone fills out an application, and they look through them all, call the references, do the credit check, and they decide who they want to rent to. The places I looked at this time were backwards - if I wanted the place it was mine, right then, assuming I gave them first and last and filled out all the pertinent information. Then they would go off and do the credit and reference check.

I don't like that as much because you have to make such instant decisions. It's better for indecisive people like me if I can fill out lots of applications and make the decision later when I hear from the places. This way, in order to declare my interest I had to give them money, and if I changed my mind they would have kept some of the money as a fee. It's wonky.

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

I think this weirdness is due to the high vacancy rate in the city right now. Landlords must be trying to make sure that you feel you need to decide RIGHT NOW, rather than risk you going off and looking at something better. In the past, they used to be able to be all "yeah, well, come back if you want an application or something, because half the world wants to live here, so whatever."

I'm glad to hear you got a receipt, though.

[listersgirl]

That's what I was thinking - it's not a landlord's market anymore, so they can't be so picky about who they rent to.

[tinkerer.livejournal.com]

If you had been all "I don't like this policy; I'm going away," they might have changed their tone. Maybe. (But given that you seem to like the place, perhaps it's not something on which you would have liked to gamble...)

[sensational.livejournal.com]

Yay, new apartment!

[jeejeen.livejournal.com]

Hoorah!! Congratulations on finally getting a place.

May i ask where it is?

[listersgirl]

Bathurst/St. Clair area.

Which means no transferring to get to work! Whee!

[jeejeen.livejournal.com]

yay!!! no transfer is a very good thing.

[tinkerer.livejournal.com]

w00t! Just a quick bus trip away from my place! (Not that we've ever met IRL, but I just thought I'd point it out, to feel special... ;)

[pescana.livejournal.com]

Yay, congratulations! I don't like moving at all, but I love that new apartment feeling where you make everything your own.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

rox0rz!

Wow!

[mystery-diva.livejournal.com]

That didn't take long, eh?? When do you move in?? Karma insists that I be available to help you if you need (since I couldn't possibly have moved without people helping me) :) Where exactly is it? Where?? Hee.

Re: Wow!

[listersgirl]

Karma also sadly means that I have to remember my promise to NEVER EVER MAKE ANYONE MOVE ME AGAIN.

So I'm hiring movers. But I might see if people want to come hang around and be moral support/extra brain power. I'm sure you'll hear from me when I know when I'm moving in (which is somewhere at the end of the month). :)

Re: Wow!

[starfishchick]

I am all about helping you pack and unpack. Just don't ask me to carry heavy things up stairs. :)

Re: Wow!

[listersgirl]

Exactly. I know everyone feels that way, so I'm leaving it for the professionals.

[offscreen.livejournal.com]

w00t!

[globetrotter1.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Way to go!

[girldetective.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[anglaisepaon.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congratulations, and no more having to make phone calls. :)

[starfishchick]

Can I just say again how cool (and slightly dangerous) it felt to take out my entire daily limit in one go? IT ROCKED. :)

[listersgirl]

And I didn't manage to give you a cheque before you left!

Do you want me to mail it to you, hand it over to your mom (I could maybe do that today, so that you could get it tonight) or give it to you on Saturday?

[starfishchick]

I know - I ran off for the streetcar before we could get it organized.

Saturday is fine. I know where you live. Mwah ha ha ha...

[emiline.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I hope you enjoy the neighbourhood. I'm still exploring the little shops and stuff around, taking my time. We'll have to compare notes. :)