Signed A Lease

We signed a lease for a new apartment! After looking at 23+ apartments, we finally chose one. Ben would have picked apartment number three or four just to have been finished looking, but I was in search of the perfect one. Our new one may not be perfect, but it’s pretty darn good. And, we got the best New York deal ($) ever.

Our new apartment is 2x the size of our current place. To provide a point of reference, the living room/kitchen/entry way in our current place is roughly 10’3’’ by 12’ with 2 windows that look into our neighbor’s windows. The bedroom is a little smaller with a window that looks into an alley, and the bathroom has a mini (think airplane) sink.

Crunch those numbers and try that on for size.

Our new place is definitely bigger, and I am very, very thankful for that. The building is mostly Columbia graduate students, Julliard students, teachers, and professors - a good mix. I looked in one building that was all established families and realized that we’re not quite ready for that yet. Being loud at get-togethers and playing Wii Rock Band late at night is still a top priority.

Our new place was renovated about 10 years ago, so it’s newish. It’s on the 5^th floor (there is an elevator) and gets lots of sunlight. It will be repainted, the floors refurnished, and the bathroom re-grouted in time for our arrival next Saturday. Exciting!

I am now on the hunt to find decent priced movers because I already put my foot down and declared that I will NOT move boxes and furniture up five flights of stairs. Can you imagine? Ben did it once and survived, so I know that it’s possible. But, I don’t think the two of us moving everything up five flights of stairs would be good for our marriage. And, I would not even dream of asking friends to help do that (everyone is off the hook).

In a nutshell, that’s the update on the apartment situation. We found a place. It’s bigger and better. We will NOT be homeless. We are very excited and ready for the big move!