Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:48 PM
On the Prowl: Apartment Hunting
Ever find yourself in the middle of a
project and think to yourself, “How am I ever going to actually get this done?”
Well, I’ve hit that wall this past week in my New York City
apartment search.
The beginning of the search can be
described simply as naïve optimism. You know the feeling, I focused on the
vintage black and white photos I’d be hanging on my freshly painted walls, cute coffee table books, and having an excuse to buy new kitchen gear (a personal obsession of mine). What I didn’t think
about was the cold, hard reality of the search.
So far I’ve seen four actual
apartments, met with five brokers, and sifted through hundreds of listings
online. I’ve come to learn that “cozy” or “cute” means small and that
“charming” means old. I’ve learned that two bedrooms may mean one bedroom and
what can only be described as a large closet.
There’s a reason it’s called
apartment hunting. It takes great patience and organization to muddle
through all those listings, sometimes sketchy realtors and brokers, not to
mention simply finding time in your already busy schedule to go look at the
spaces.
I know there’s an apartment out there
with a kitchen just waiting for my purple kitchen aid stand mixer to grace its counter; I just hope I find it sooner, rather
than later.
Are any of you currently
home-hunting? What kind of obstacles are you coming across and how are you
dealing with them?
Posted by
Nest Caitlin
Filed under: Real Estate