September 30, 2009 by kristenquan
I can’t stop thinking about finally having a place to live after technically being homeless for so very long.
For me, the whole housing saga begin with originally having roommates and finding a 2-bedroom flex in Clinton. Yet it fell through because I wasn’t able to get all the paperwork– who knew 9 documents were req’d in order to receive approval to get one’s name on the lease? (I’m learning— things were just very simple in Irvine, Calif.)
-Long Island City. Found another apartment. Yet, after having a friend research the location, he told me the area of LIC which we had selected as our new abode was not yet ready to live in yet– no grocery stores around at all and scarcely few inhabitants. So, I declined after I had already bargained with the apartment folks for free furniture and argued rent down by a couple hundreds.
NYC apartment
Step 2:
I decide to look for housing through going solo. I scoured NYC looking at different Craigslist postings. I found one room in Midtown East that was decently priced because it was a 4th floor walk-up. After telling the landlord I wanted the room, he told me a week later he was not going to convert the 1-bedroom into a 2-bedroom apartment.
Step 3:
My friend Cindy tells me she’s moving to NYC from California. We can be roommates! Her budget is $700 flat inclusive of utilities. I contact a broker and we scout the city through the August thunderstorms and I find myself drenched each day. =(
Step 4:
A girl replies to my ad listing on a listserv in which I posted the type of room I was looking for. She thought I had the room. Yet, since we both are looking for the same things, we decide to be roommates! We toss Cindy in and I begin looking for apartments. Long story short. New roomie does not think it’s fair that Cindy’s budget is fixed.
Step 5:
Midtown East aptmt tells me they’ve decided to convert the apartment into a 2-bedroom. However, this leaves Cindy out of the equation. I go back to searching for 2-bedroom apartments to incorporate Cindy.
Step 6:
We find out it will be difficult to attain an apartment with our financial situation and will not be able to get an apartment with even our combined income of guarantors — combined with the fact that both our guarantors are not from the tri-state area.
Step 7:
Browsing another listserv, I shoot an email to a girl who is looking for one more roommate. I meet up with her and the other roommate at Starbucks. It so happens that he is childhood friends with my Calif. friend– roommate situation figured out with the same type roommate objectives.
Step 8:
The search begins all over again for a 3-bedroom flex.
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