Apartment Hunting

Well I narrowed down the hundreds of ads I looked at down to ten that I deemed "acceptable". With Felicity's advice about the different areas, and costs, I narrowed those ten down to three. While the one apartment a few blocks from DaAn "forest" park was in a fantastic area, I just couldn't afford the 1000 US a month rent. Then there was management fee (for whatever managers manage), water, power, DSL, and other things. So it was out of my reach, just barely.

Of the three I chose, I visited one on Friday night. One ad had the wrong phone number listed, and the other was an agency that had already rented the apartment. The apartment I saw was fantastic. It had a kitchen, a decent bathroom and the bedroom area was "up stairs". They partitioned the studio into two floors. The upstairs that had the bedroom was inspired by a Japanese style, wooden floors and everything wooden. Tons of cabinets to store clothing in. The only worry was that the stairwell was to narrow to get a proper mattress up there. That and the bathroom was an all in one bathroom, but they got around that with a heated floor that dries the water.

The roof had a fantastic view. You could see 3/4 of Taipei easily. Not only that, they had a spa and little BBQ pits. On the first floor was a workout room, a computer suite if you didn't have a computer and a KTV room. The KTV room wasn't my thing (Karaoke) but everything else seemed cool. Since it was the first place I saw though, I was being practical and said "I'll look at some others and let you know".

Today when I found out that all my other choices had issues, I had Felicity's sister call the landlords of the place I saw last night. Unfortunately they had already rented it. The people who viewed it half an hour after me decided not to wait. That was a shot to gut because I realized over night how great the apartment was. Good area, safe (because of the RFID key to get to your floor) plus everything else. I guess I'm going to have to find new ones now. The rest of today is set for looking for new apartment listings to check out tomorrow!