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May. 13th, 2016 07:42 amAnd we have officially entered the "looking at apartments in earnest and deciding whether I could put up with that weird layout or this lack of doors for thirty years" phase of buying a home. It's a very specific phase.
I've been looking casually for some time, which means I've brought Project Management to bear on it. My real estate agent sent me 15 homes to look at, and I checked my spreadsheet and rejected 10 of them out of hand as belonging to buildings I knew I did not want to live in, then rejected another 4 (and added them to the spreadsheet).
I have one "maybe". The layout is crap but it has a fireplace, a gas stove, a dishwasher, a laundry hookup ensuite, and the building has a gym. The fact that it has NO PARKING might be an issue for my parents, though.
And the goddamn bedroom walls don't go all the way up, which is an architectural quirk endemic to Chicago rehabs. What the fuck, Chicago.
I've been looking casually for some time, which means I've brought Project Management to bear on it. My real estate agent sent me 15 homes to look at, and I checked my spreadsheet and rejected 10 of them out of hand as belonging to buildings I knew I did not want to live in, then rejected another 4 (and added them to the spreadsheet).
I have one "maybe". The layout is crap but it has a fireplace, a gas stove, a dishwasher, a laundry hookup ensuite, and the building has a gym. The fact that it has NO PARKING might be an issue for my parents, though.
And the goddamn bedroom walls don't go all the way up, which is an architectural quirk endemic to Chicago rehabs. What the fuck, Chicago.
