I'm gonna be moving into my first apartment in the coming months. I'm not your typical broke college student with no/minimal income, but obviously I'm not just care free $2000/month 3 bedroom apartment either. So with that said I'm not really looking for the usual slew of "buy all your food in bulk from walmart and buy all your clothes from goodwill"... because let's be honest, that's common sense if you're on a very tight budget.
Looking more for what to look for and what to ask when I'm checking out apartments, as well as tips for making the life easier. I do think I would like to get a pet eventually, probably a cat because I expect to work fairly long hours. Other than that I couldn't really care less if it's 300 square feet or whatever as long as it has a basic kitchen and some place to sleep, and isn't in a dangerous neighborhood.
edit: I've been reading around myfirstapartment.com, some nice tips there in case anyone else wanted help or was going to suggest that.
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[–] rwbj ago
My only issue with apartments was noise. In apartments bass travels and can be a huge annoyance. I've been on both sides of this. The time I was the 'offender' I was listening to music at 2am that was barely audible. My bass also was not up to the point that I could notice any vibrations whatsoever, but it was apparently traveling right up the wall to my neighbor and driving him nuts. I'd ask which unit you'd be renting and then drop by a few times during the week late at night and just see how things are before signing the lease. Sucks to find out you just moved in next to Mr. Techno 24/7 after signing on for 12 months.
[–] 5403030? [S] ago
I'd be happy to turn him into Mr. Kicked Out :)