^^What attracted me to the bachelor apartment I posted above, is that they do offer flexible leases...8 months, or even as little as 2 months I believe I could have asked for.
And as for basement apartments, personally, I'd never live in one, or on the 2nd floor of someone's house with a family/landlord living beneath me. There are lots of quote unquote 'horror stories' about privacy issues.
Sure, there are probably nice landlords who won't do anything sketchy, but I'd rather pay the extra one or two hundred each month for the peace of mind and know
for sure.
My mother is also a cleaner, so I've heard horror stories about 'furnished apartments.' xD
Maybe that's just ideal for me, I dunno.
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Originally Posted by Vanessa-88
I looked into those apartments, run by the city.
My only issue with them is i'd have to buy furniture, which isn't somthing I can't afford, being a student of course. I could bring my bedroom from home, but after looking at the measurments of that apartment, my bedroom set wouldn't fit at all. Even only the bed itself would be a tight squeeze. Not to mention my desk, computer, and TV.
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How big is your bed? o_O I thought it had ample space when I was planning out my room, back in the day...
Anyway, this may
not be the room for you, but in any case I don't believe that it's too small...and allow me this last attempt to convince you. (:
Here's the plan I made a couple months back when I was considering living there...I forget the specific measurements, but I measured my desk, bed, TV, etc. and tried to draw it to scale at the time, and it turned out like this (see attachment). But I recommend you re-measure your furniture, because 3.66m by 3.67m seems like quite a large amount of space for your various furniture.
Sure, it's not the roomiest of all places, but it is intended as a bachelor apartment...you're not supposed to have a couch or big fancy dinner table for guests, since you'll be living alone. (And if you do want such furniture, then naturally, you do need a bigger place, for more than one person...which comes complete with its own additional problems).
Colour code:
Grey (on balcony) - Barbecue
Dark blue - Bed
Light blue - Coffee Table
Green - Recliner
Purple - TV (shelf) + TV
Red - L-shaped desk
Yellow -
NOT a carpet...(even though it kinda looks like one in the pic) I need adequate space for my daily workout, or to practice breakdancing (potentially with a few friends), so what I planned to do was leave the hardwood flooring intact, and move my recliner/coffee table on occasion.
The
only complaint I had was that my bed is right next to the window...so the sun may potentially shine right on my face in the morning. But if that did turn out to be the case, I'd have to draw some curtains or something.
Hope that helps!
EDIT: I neglected to mention, that the empty space in the top left corner of the plan is supposed to represent boxes full of textbooks / laundry baskets full of clothes. lol...wouldn't be a single guy living in a bachelor apartment without the clutter :p
I hadn't quite decided on a dresser / drawers to store my clothes, and/or a bookshelf, but that's the area they'd go.