Coffee Table Declarations
Friday, April 01, 2005
And now the conclusion of the apartment story.
After emailing the two girls to see if they still wanted to meet, knowing that the beautiful apartment was gone, one wrote back saying "no thanks". But G, the one who had written to me within an hour of my ad posting was all for it.
G and I met for coffee and talked for three hours. I told her about the other nice apartment I had seen - the one on two levels with all the nooks. We called the realtor and miraculously, that apartment was still available.
What followed was putting down a costly deposit to secure the apartment and a whirlwind of interviewing for the third roommate (we ended up with someone who just mixed well with us - the three of us talked and laughed easily).
I admit I was very nervous about my credit check. I know my credit is, shall we say, less than perfect? I emailed our friendly realtor telling him I was really worried about it but assuring him I had never ever missed a rent payment in all my years of renting. He wrote back saying that he was going to make sure I got that apartment. He ended up telling me later that he and the owner thought I seemed like a nice girl and that I deserved a break. I asked him "so, how bad was my credit?" and he said, "well... there were some... spots..." Yikes! Well, I guess sometimes you can get by with a smile and just a dollop of charm.
So in the end, it all worked out the way it was supposed to. The universe really did direct my path to the realty office and craigslist did the rest. I move in two weeks. And, if you think I'm anywhere near prepared then you are quite mistaken!
After emailing the two girls to see if they still wanted to meet, knowing that the beautiful apartment was gone, one wrote back saying "no thanks". But G, the one who had written to me within an hour of my ad posting was all for it.
G and I met for coffee and talked for three hours. I told her about the other nice apartment I had seen - the one on two levels with all the nooks. We called the realtor and miraculously, that apartment was still available.
What followed was putting down a costly deposit to secure the apartment and a whirlwind of interviewing for the third roommate (we ended up with someone who just mixed well with us - the three of us talked and laughed easily).
I admit I was very nervous about my credit check. I know my credit is, shall we say, less than perfect? I emailed our friendly realtor telling him I was really worried about it but assuring him I had never ever missed a rent payment in all my years of renting. He wrote back saying that he was going to make sure I got that apartment. He ended up telling me later that he and the owner thought I seemed like a nice girl and that I deserved a break. I asked him "so, how bad was my credit?" and he said, "well... there were some... spots..." Yikes! Well, I guess sometimes you can get by with a smile and just a dollop of charm.
So in the end, it all worked out the way it was supposed to. The universe really did direct my path to the realty office and craigslist did the rest. I move in two weeks. And, if you think I'm anywhere near prepared then you are quite mistaken!
