it is done - rental chosen

[trochee]

I've rented a place on Capitol Hill. The apartment is a beautiful corner unit on the top floor, hardwood floors, lots of convenient cabinets and built-in bookshelves (including some along the top of two walls in the living room) a decent sized kitchen with a gas range, two blocks from a bus line to the UW. The landlord apartment manager seems really friendly, in a good way -- he's about my age; he's a writer who likes Neal Stephenson and Salman Rushdie, and his partner is a Bastyr-educated midwife. He was so eager to rent the place that he knocked off $400 from the first month's rent just for getting the application in today.

Extra bonus: the previous tenant was moving out but didn't know what to do with the moderately-nice [Ikea-class] sofa she couldn't use in her new place. So I get it -- for free. It folds out into a bed!

Biggest negative (not huge): it's in Cap Hill, not East Cap Hill or the CD. I've been looking in general for a place farther east and not in the middle of hipster alley. ah well. as a feckless carless wonder, it will be nice to be near Broadway. And it's still walking distance to about four grocery stores.

Big uncomfortable moment past: calling current landlord to explain that I'm moving out and he may expect a reference call from my new potential landlords. They didn't answer, so I left a rather awkward message explaining that due to some complicated circumstances, I am moving out and K and A are staying in the apartment. I of course am staying on the lease and told them my cell number so they could get a hold of me if there was ever a problem with the lease. I'm trying so hard to be responsible about it, but I know it's going to make the landlords at the current place nervous.

ah well. I am happy to have chosen a place. Hope there's no big nasty blowup with the old landlord.

Comments

[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

You're in Cap Hill! OMG we could have an LJ meetup! ....if you wanted to (I'm not an axe-murderer, I swear). We're on Summit, between Pine & Pike -- in the "colorful" part of CH, ha ha.

[trochee.livejournal.com]

heh. let's do that some time. I need to move first, though.

[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

Sounds cool.

[beckyb.livejournal.com]

I wish you smooth sailing!! And always nice to know there's an extra foldout couch within public transport of the lab...

[trochee.livejournal.com]

heck, you know that's practically a promise to come visit me there.

I look forward to your visit this summer, B. Hope to see you lots.

[beckyb.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to get everything scheduled. I'll keep you posted!

[cat-whisperer.livejournal.com]

Your new place sounds lovely! Glad you found something you like.

[beegirl.livejournal.com]

Congratulations you! I'm sure all will go smoothly with yon landlord. I like to live in the belief that if you're being honest...people won't usually get mad at you...even if you're moving out on a lease! It'll be just fine. I'm excited to see it...

A

[xaosenkosmos.livejournal.com]

So long as you're staying on the lease, i don't think the landlord is going to be too iffy. Giving them a work number and a new home address should set their mind totally at ease, so it may be a good idea.

Sorry to hear about living in hipster central, but at least you can sit outside the new place, beer in hand, and play hipster bingo. You could even take up hipspotting, collecting the various subspecies with a digital camera.

congrats!!!!!!!

[writeanya.livejournal.com]

my goodness, that sounds really wonderful.

next time i come to town, i'll have to wrangle dinner with y'all at *your* new place, which will be the old place by then, i'm sure.

thank you again, for graciously hosting with A & K.

was a kick-filled, enlightening, hugely fun evening.

yay!