Monday, July 11, 2011
friday is the day!
we get our keys this friday and i cannot wait! i'm going to miss my current apartment so much, but a nice fresh start in a new place will be a lot of fun. as soon as i get in there i will take lots of pictures and post them here. ciao for now!
Saturday, July 2, 2011
we got the apartment!
it took a couple days for the management company to approve our application and do the credit check. then it was time to sign the lease! we submitted our deposit and finished the paperwork, so now we are waiting until july 15th when we can move into our new place! our current lease isn't up until july 31st, so we will have some overlapping time to gradually move the small stuff in our apartment and move our large stuff without the stress of doing it at the last minute. while it was annoying having to pay the extra two weeks of rent in the new place, we will certainly appreciate the ease of moving.
when we saw the apartment initially it was in the middle of being renovated. the kitchen had not been installed yet, so it will be a surprise to see what the finishes will be. we did see another unit on a lower floor that had a renovated kitchen, so we are assuming it will have either the same, or very similar finishes. we do know that it will have a full size fridge, oven, dishwasher and built in microwave! we have avoided buying a microwave for the first two years we have lived here so it will be a nice change to have a fast way of making food. most exciting is our ability to make microwave popcorn again! although jiffy pop is quite amazing and old school.
here is a photo of the dining nook and soon-to-be kitchen. we will probably remove the iron railing, but I love the little step up and the bay window. the kitchen will be on the right where the small window is. i'm anxiously awaiting the 15th when we get the keys to the apartment and can see it in a finished state.
we don't have a ton of large furniture pieces so we are already planning the layout of those items and trying to determine what else we need to make it a great space. we are planning on getting a large rug to help define the living room space and we plan on making a bookshelf that will separate the living space from the sleeping space. so exciting!
when we saw the apartment initially it was in the middle of being renovated. the kitchen had not been installed yet, so it will be a surprise to see what the finishes will be. we did see another unit on a lower floor that had a renovated kitchen, so we are assuming it will have either the same, or very similar finishes. we do know that it will have a full size fridge, oven, dishwasher and built in microwave! we have avoided buying a microwave for the first two years we have lived here so it will be a nice change to have a fast way of making food. most exciting is our ability to make microwave popcorn again! although jiffy pop is quite amazing and old school.
we don't have a ton of large furniture pieces so we are already planning the layout of those items and trying to determine what else we need to make it a great space. we are planning on getting a large rug to help define the living room space and we plan on making a bookshelf that will separate the living space from the sleeping space. so exciting!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)