Monday, February 22, 2010

Finally!!!

We are going to be moving into an apartment at the first of the month.  I am very grateful to my inlaws for opening their home and letting us stay here when we needed, but after 8 months, I am more than ready to have my own place again.  I feel like I have seen everything in town that is for rent!  I called on and looked at pretty much every ad that was within our price range.  I even looked at 2 bedroom places even though I really didn't want anything smaller than 3.  I found an ad on KSL.com the day it was posted and called on it.  It was an occupied townhouse so we had to wait for the current renter to get back to us for when we could look at it, but I put in the application before I even looked at it.  The owners kept emailing and calling me to see if we had been able to see it yet, so I guess they were as eager to have it rented as I was to get a place.  The renter finally called me back and we set up a time when Jeff could be there to look as well.  We drove over and went to the apartment I thought was the right one..  knocked on the door and the guy looked at me like I was a looney!  The address I was given was off by 2..  I needed a 1 instead of a 3, so I called and found out where the one we were supposed to see was and we found it pretty quick, it was just across the street.  The guy had pretty much moved all of his stuff out already so it was pretty empty, he had a bunch of stuff in the kitchen/dining room area because he had had the carpets cleaned the day before.  Jeff didn't like it as well as the condo we were looking at, but said if it was the one I wanted, to go ahead with the deposit and signing a lease or whatever we needed to do to move in.  I really liked the condo too, especially the kitchen area, it was awesome!!  I opted for the townhouse, it is 300 sqare feet bigger, has a two car garage, and the rooms are larger.  The living room area is also set up a little better for our furniture.  Jeff said he would rather spend money on a flat screen tv than on a washer and dryer, that made me laugh..  but, the bigger place won.  The kitchen area was full of stuff so I couldn't really see how much smaller it was than the condo, but I will work with what is there.  Also, the owners of the townhouse told me that since I had told them about breaking the lease early with our previous landlords they had not even bothered to call anyone, and the condo people wanted $40 to run our credit and background stuff....  he said he didn't think there would be a problem because I told him all about it as well, but I figured we were already approved for the townhouse without having to do all that stuff.  Now comes the "fun" part, looking for a washer and dryer.  I am also looking for a couch and possibly loveseat, because Jeff doesnt want to have to move the furniture we have up his parents stairs AGAIN.  The townhouse is also two story, and we are not looking forward to moving stuff up those stairs....  but once we get there, it will be our space so I will do it myself if Jeff doesnt want to..  haha... I will find someone to help me actually because I am not that tough anymore.

3 comments:

Wonderland Girl said...

Wow! that is awesome! congratulations!!

gramma southam said...

Yay for your own space. Hope you have tours and enjoy it!

Camille said...

Do I get to know the top secret locale of the new place so we can visit when we're out for Easter?! That's awesome that you get to have your own space again--don't know how you did it with Gramms and Gramps for so long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!