my apartment problem

The past few weeks over here in Melbourne was a little bumpy for me, mostly just trying to get a place was a major problem I faced. At first, I was supposed to stay with my friends; a guy and another two girls. However, when we include girls in the picture things usually don't go according to plan. They complained about the apartment we found too old- although it looked fine to me and the price was really cheap considering it's size. These fickle minded girls didn't help at all with the renting problem we faced. Probably because they had a place to stay and one of the girls was bunking in with a good friend of hers. They never did consider that I was sharing a room with my sister and sleeping on the mattress on the floor never did give me a good nights sleep.

Finally, after about two weeks of searching we found a place that was really nice on Wills Street. It had a jacuzzi in the master bedroom's toilet and I was taking the master bedroom. No qualms on that part, at least on my behalf. After actually being approved, the girls changed their mind. Apparently one of them had a problem getting out of her current apartment. The landlord didn't want the place to be vacant and asked her to get a replacement before moving out. Understandable from my point of view but why wasn't I informed about her situation in the first place?

I gave up on them right after that incident because I wasn't going to wait until god knows when before she actually gets a replacement. Look around again with my guy friend who was really flustered because the two other girls were actually my friends. I had two other incidents about my house mates to-be before this one but it will take quite awhile to explain the other two as well and I don't think I would want to include that part in this blog post.

Honestly, it wasn't easy to get an apartment and now after ditching those two other girls, I'm out to look for a two room apartment. Which just makes things a little harder because the competition for the two room apartments are really intense. Take for example my experience during an inspection on Russell street. There were so many applicants that the lift couldn't fit and only on the third round I was able to get into the lift. When I finally reached the apartment for the inspection, the application forms were all out and I had to go to Swanston Street, near Melbourne University to get a new one if I were to be interested. The place was really big and it felt really grand and the price was really cheap considering the size of the place and it had two bathrooms for a two room apartment. At the price of $420 per week, the place was somewhat a bargain to me. The other places that I have seen were really small and pricey. I'm pretty sure that if you were to see the place, you'd definitely be mesmerized and fall in love with the place. It was a warehouse concept thus, the ceiling was really high giving you a very spacious feeling. Everything was perfect about the place but it was impossible to actually get the place. I overheard a conversation between the agent and an applicant, she was willing to pay up to six months upfront to secure the apartment. I was determined to get the place and still handed in my application despite the terrible odds. I was supposed to get an answer by the end of last week but I am yet to get an answer till this day. Even an apartment that was super small, with the rooms unable to fit a table after a single sized bed an a wardrobe was added in, still had competition as well. Despite being really small and priced at $400 a week, there are still people willing to pay for the apartment. Having seen countless apartments my patience was running short and my hopes were pretty low.

Following that, I skipped class to get to an inspection last week and it turned out to be fruitful. I was scheduled for a private inspection and I had no time to waste as there was an open inspection the day after. I wasn't about to take the chances of fighting with 20-30 other applicants and took the first step to approach the agent before others could. Looked at the place and it was a pretty nice place. The smaller room was really small but my friend Jason didn't mind the size and was willing to take the smaller room despite the bigger room being twice as big. It was unfurnished and had no car park but the rent was only at $390 a week, prompting me and Jason to take it up for it is as cheap as it gets for a two room apartment in the city. Anyhow, we couldn't take the risk of waiting any longer as beggars cant be choosers. Upon leaving the apartment Jason met a friend who was also a tenant of one of the apartments in the building. Having Jason's friend as a reference we were given the place immediately despite the open inspection scheduled the day after. Our luck has finally changed and after a month of running around and headaches we finally found a nice place to ourselves.

After a couple of days, I went over to the agency to sign the documents and pay the bond beforehand. Upon reading the agreement I noticed that there was a car park space included in the agreement and without any additional cost. Having noticed the difference, I asked the agent about this and she said it was included. I wanted to tell her that I was told that there were no car park space included but decided not to as it wouldn't do me any harm. In fact, I was thinking of renting it out for 40 dollars a week to help on my rent. The apartment will be available by the first of September and I am trying to buy as many furniture from my friends as possible. Lucky for me, I have friend that can help me with both transporting and shifting the furniture into my apartment to-be. I have been waiting anxiously for the first of September to come since I first signed the agreement on Tuesday.