Pearls of Wisdom

Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Stinkin' no-good real estate people!!

As planned, my friend Leeann and I went to check out the "perfect apartment" today but what was NOT planned was the stupid property manager deciding not to show up. Granted, I was a little late from rushing there after Chem but I had let her know ahead of time about that. We hung around for a bit to see if she'd eventually show up but no she never did but we were fortunate enough to run into a contractor who was doing some work for the building. Apparently, one of the apartments has been vacant for the past term and with the heat off, one of the pipes burst and soaked everything on one side of the building from top to bottom. Pretty sad for the owners...but this is fabulous news for us potential tenants!! If we do end up living there, we'll be getting a completely renovated apartment for the wicked awesome price of just $265/person/month with everything included!! Ahhh....I'm starting to sound like the voice on an informercial but that's only because I'm very excited about this. The layout of the apartment is not bad...kitchen is a little small but the appliances are all pretty much brand new and the bathrooms are giant which is the best part by far and we have 2 of them! With 6 girls living together, two bathroom at least is a definite must. Anyway, I must say a little more to prove just how irresponsible this real estate person is. By the time, I left at 12:00...oh btw my appointment was at 11:30, she STILL hadn't shown up. OMG...she told me over the phone that she couldn't push my appointment any further back because she had another appointment at 12 to show the same apartment but if that was true then why the hell was she still not there when it was 10 minutes past 12??!? That's just retarded...how do they expect me to do business with them if this is the way they treat their clients?

With hours to spare before our next class, my friend and I decided to check out a few more places before heading back. One of them was the apartment that an upper year I know is currently living in. That one was definitely not as nice but as it turns out, I'm listed as third on the priority list. With 3 apartments available for next year, this means that my group is already guaranteed a place to live. Granted it's not the perfect arrangement but at least now we can have the peace of mind that we won't be living out in the cold. It turns out also that the owner of the building owns a house converted into two apartment units at a very prime location. We have made arrangements to view it on Thursday. The rent is apparently very good on that one as well. I hope it works out!
But as of yet, nothing beats the Daphne Dean houses...

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