HOLY crap!!!

[wheelieterp]

I have an apartment... At least I think I do... The owner/landlord loved me.. Said the credit issues were not a problem... He needs to run the application, but his words were 'As a formality'. Its a fabulous apartment. Its big. It's light. It has a front and back door amd a little yard-like thing. It has new carpeting and newly insulated and sound proofed walls. It has new appliances in the otherwise kinda old and sorta less than ideal kitchen. It has a nice sized bathroom. It has lots of closet space. It has a storage unit near my off street parking place. It's in an awesome neighborhood near hiking trails that I walked this morning with Sir and near the terribly hip neighborhood of Hawthorne that I have started calling Haight Street North. It is near the light rail which runs downtown. It is around the corner from Sir's house. It is near TWO, count 'em TWO, Fred Meyers and a wonderful grocery store with awesome produce and organic foods. It has on site laundry. It has 6 units total in the building and at least one, possibly two queer neighbors.

And the kicker??? It's $550.00 a month and that includes utilities(Water, Heat, Garbage/recycling). All I pay is electricity and internet.

I pick up the keys tomorrow morning, if all goes as planned, and sign the lease and give him my $200.00 move in deposit!! And I'll take pics.

Comments

yay

[babybearboy.livejournal.com]

congrats babes... whats TWO?

Re: yay

[dodgingwndshlds.livejournal.com]

Oh oops.. tag problem.. look again. I fixed it.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

you already have a SIR in Vancouver? you work quickly!

[dodgingwndshlds.livejournal.com]

LOL. It's Portland, and My Sir moved up here three weeks ago to move in with her girlfriend.. That is one of the reason I am here.... I followed her.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

ah - all of this is becoming clear. :)

[bigreddee.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I'm just now realizing that you've actually gone. *sigh* Now who am I going to borrow eye drops from? *pout*

Congratulations on the move...Portland is a beautiful town. I think you're going to love it there.

you're just inspired me to completely rethink my 10-year plan

[frankiejlh.livejournal.com]

Congrats!!

'k pardon me while i pick my jaw up off the floor - is $550 mo for a whole apartment indicative of average non-richy-neighborhood rates in P'land? Because, uh, shit. Even if it's the size of a shoebox, still i say, shit.

i smell a mass exodus in the near future.
in 2 years, i'm totally going to start looking for jobs there. you better fucking stay in that city so i'll have a friend when i move ::shakes fist threateningly:: ;).

Re: you're just inspired me to completely rethink my 10-year plan

[hossinseattle.livejournal.com]

Seriously, dude. That's hot.

That's fantastic. I'm so happy for you.

That's it!

[fuzzyjay.livejournal.com]

See you next spring... good bye east coast, I'm gettin' outta town...

Great score!!! Hope you land it and it's every bit as good as it sounds!

[iamthequarry.livejournal.com]

Welcome to Portland! :o)

I'm glad you like the apartment....didn't you say it was on/around 60th @ Burnside (is that East or West side)? That's a pretty cool location. If you head a few blocks over to Sandy, you'll find some great Thai & Vietnamese restaraunts. There's also a pretty good place for breakfast -- Tosis -- around that area.
And of course on the other side of Burnside, you'll find the awesome Music Millenium (32nd @ E. Bside, I think) and the rawkin' Doug Fir (7th or 8th @ E. Bside) which has pretty good food and is a great place to catch live music.

[atlpapabear.livejournal.com]

Didn't I tel you that you could charm anyone? That sounds like a great deal - we have thought off and on about moving to Portland or Seattle, but both seem so expensive compared to GA - bet y'all even have to wear shoes.

[iamthequarry.livejournal.com]

in my humble Alabama opinion.....Portland is not much more expensive (if at all) than Atlanta.
And it's certainly not as spread out.....and the mass transit system kicks MARTA's ass.........which isn't saying much, I know...

[atlpapabear.livejournal.com]

you sound way too cool to live in Alabama

[iamthequarry.livejournal.com]

that's why I live in Portland now, rather than Mobile. ;o)

[atlpapabear.livejournal.com]

so you get to see Steve anytime? I am so jealous

[libragirly1313.livejournal.com]

Good for you! This is always exciting stuff, & I just love what you're paying for rent. (We should all be so lucky!) I have 2 moves coming up--my mom's apartment will be ready next week, & I'll stay there for a week & a half until my apartment on campus is ready.

[dr-moni.livejournal.com]

$550 a month. I shall think of you every month when I send off my over $1000 rent check. Damn Bay Area

*sigh* I think it's hitting me now that both you and your Sir have left here. I'm happy for both of you and miss both of you.

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you can get an AMAZING apartment in Portland for cheap! My friend has a huge 1BR for about what you pay, and her rent has only gone up about $25 in the past 8 years! One of the reasons that Portland would be the first place I'd move if I ever had to leave Seattle.

[auxugen.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! It sounds like you hit the motherload. :-)

[beg1n.livejournal.com]

WOOHOO! Sounds perfect!

[dacubsf.livejournal.com]

I miss having my own place and paying cheap rent with utilities included. ho hum sigh