Padawanlee and I have been living in this apartment since we got married in '04. When we first moved in it was great (except for a funny smell - which eventually went away). It was the right size for us, it was the right price, and it was a decent area. Plus, we didn't want to be too picky. We were just starting out then, so we figured we would just deal with what comes.
Well, fast forward a year and a half and we're in the present. So far we've dealt with a lot. (1) When we first moved in there was this strange smell (like an animal lived there). Plus in the master bedroom there were spots on the floor (like an animal went there). The building management recleaned our carpets. (2) There was this strange leak in the walls the first winter we were here. It caused our walls to crack and there were spots where it was molding. They came and ended up retiling the bathroom, patching up cracks, and repainting. (3) Our toilet suddenly stopped working. One day, the handle to the toilet broke and it just wouldn't flush anymore. It took a while to get the right part and needless to say the toilet was gross by the time it got fixed. (4) The light switch in our bedroom shorted. I went to turn on the light one day and it sparked a few times, the light blew out, and the switch plate had burn marks all over it. (5) The ceiling fan in the 2nd bedroom just wouldn't turn on anymore. We're not sure what happened, but the switch just broke or something. (6) Last week, padawanlee went to turn on the kitchen light and it did just as our light switch in the bedroom did last year. (7) On Super Bowl Sunday I walked into the guest bathroom and I noticed that it was raining in the bathroom. The ceiling was dripping. Apparently there was a leak from the bathroom above us. I'm afraid that the mold is going to come back. Yuck (I hate fungus).
So needless to say, somedays I feel like that movie, "The Money Pit" that starred Tom Hanks and Shelley Long from the mid 80's.
So perhaps it is time to move. But where to? Any suggestions?
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I hear there's going to be a 2 bedroom available in the Peninsula in October?
Yeah, I heard the tenant is moving up north or something...
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