12 posts tagged “nyc” (page 2)

Actually - I learned two important lessons today 1 - just because you are responsible, considerate person, doesn't mean that others will treat you that way.  2 - Go with your gut instinct, don't wait until you find people to agree with your decision, when you are the one that has to live with it.... If you haven't guessed it by now, this has to do with my apartment search...

So, the apartment that I was waiting to hear back about never contacted me - SO RUDE!  Luckily, I was back at it last night responding to more ads on craigslist. 

I spoke to one girl this morning who said i sounded like such a good fit i should come up right away instead of waiting until after work, so that I wouldn't miss out.  So, I went and visited this apartment on 110th & Madison - Spanish Harlem.  I liked the girls, the lease terms & cost worked, felt a good vibe in the apartment (it actually had two decent sized-BRs and a family/living room, but I was concerned about safety.  It's not a great neighborhood and there were lots of people loitering around on the 4 blocks I had to walk from the subway to the apartment.  The girls tried to reassure me that they hadn't felt unsafe, and you just had to be aware of your surroundings (which you need to do anywhere!) -- So, they asked that I get back to them soon, because they wanted me to have it and they would stop showing the place.  I said I wanted some time to mull it over.  During the afternoon, I wrangled up all the opinions I could find about Spanish Harlem and the area where the apartment was.  They called my at work at 4pm to check in and I said that I was seeing another place at 7:30-7:45 and i would have a decision for them by 8pm, could they please hold off until then before offering it to anyone else.

So, I go see this other apartment, and while the girl was nice and the room was OK, I knew I wanted the first place.  I decide to walk from the one to the other 9they were within 10 blocks of each other).  And at 7:55pm I call them to say I would like the room and I am only a few blocks away prepared to write them a check.  They tell me that they wish I had called them earlier, because they JUST decided to rent the room to someone else - WHAT!!!

So, if this guy falls through, they will give it to me, which they really want to happen - but they feel like they have to honor their offer to him.  Back to the drawing board for me.  It would be nice for this to come together, but I can't hold my breath.  At least it isn't due or die... and tonight was a nice quiet evening at Bridget's, which was a change of pace.

All weekend I have felt like a kid waiting to hear if I got into the college of my choice.  I spent last week looking for apartments to sublet and the one that I liked best said that they would be making a decision over the weekend... the waiting is killing me!!!  I visited 5 places, and the one we are waiting on is my top choice. It is on the Upper West Side - nice safe neighborhood, easy commute -- subway I need is 1 1/2 blocks from the apartment. 

The runner-up is an apartment on the East River just over FDR Drive - the perk to this one is that the woman who owns it lives in Miami with her husband and is only in the city one or two weeks a month.  The downside is that its kind of not close to anything (not exactly a lot of restaurants and bars on the FDR), although that doesn't matter too much, since I will only be there during the week.  She was a little funny about me having Adam come visit, which we hadn't really planned on doing much anyway, but I would like it to be an option.  She is kind of freaked about what the bldg mgmt will think.  She also made some weird comment about her family having alcoholics in it and I need to respect that this is shared living space and blah, blah, blah.. one woman who lived with her would drink a glass of wine each night.  So, that's a little weird and I don't want to feel looked down on for having the occasional glass of wine -- then again, its not like she is going to be there much... just gave me a weird vibe.  But, hey, she said I could move in, she's flexible on move-out date, and it would be nice to have a more permanent living situation figured out.  There is one other apartment that I am seeing on Monday, so all is not lost.