gam29
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#2 THE APT HUNT:
During the weekends, we would go to look for apartments. He had some family come with him to look at some places, which his definitely understandable considering this would be the first time he is truly off on his own. When I asked him whereabouts he wanted to live, he said he wanted to live in, what I would describe as, an extremely touristy, overly crowded part of town. He wanted to live here because "It's the best!" (You'll notice very soon that this quote is a favorite of his. Mr. Know It All is an expert on all matters). I suggested that he at least look in other neighborhoods as we could get much better value for our money elsewhere, not to mention, spare ourselves some major headache of having to deal with obnoxious tourists whenever we try to leave our place. I also suggested he be mindful of the cost. Since we are only renting, not buying (thank God), it does not make sense to pay a ton of money for an apartment. My first apartment after school was a ridiculously nice, over the top 1 bedroom, and I now regret having lived there. Sure, it was great at the time; however, I probably could have saved a lot of money by living elsewhere. He insisted that he wanted to rent something from a luxury building and didn't want to hear what I had to say. He went and looked, and sure enough, at the end of the day, he wanted to live in the exact same neighborhood I had originally wanted to live in primarily because that's the only neighborhood where he could afford a place up to his standards.
Knowing everything I have mentioned in my previous posts, we needed to sign the lease and figure out when we wanted the lease to start. He wanted the lease to start as soon as possible, even though he was living at my place for free. He said the reason for this was because his commute was too long. He would commute into work via the train which was a 5-10 minute walk from my place. The train ride into work for him was roughly 40 minutes to 1 hour each way depending on which train he caught. That's not a short commute by any means, but if I was paying nothing for rent, I would certainly do that for as long as possible. Nope! Apparently, my newly renovated apartment wasn't nice enough or close enough to his work for him, so he kept trying to push me to bump up the start of the new lease. I told him that if he wants to move in early, he can go ahead and do that, but that I had an obligation to take care of my current lease. I presented him with my dilemma. I'd either have to a) pay money to break my lease early so I can move into a new place, or b) I stay until my current lease is up and then move. He insisted he wanted to move early; so, I told him if he covers the costs associated with breaking the lease early, that I would agree to that. He said no problem, that he would cover that. There was a $500 fee for breaking my lease, and the new place was also more expensive than my current apartment. The total difference in cost between staying put and moving early was about $900; so, I sent him all the details for where I got this number from. He turns around and tells me he is only going to give me $700. When I ask him why he is doing this, considering that he agreed to cover all early moving costs, he told me that this is what his mom thinks is fair. He also gave me some bs excuse about how he didn't have a lot of money since he just moved. I knew that this was bs because he just told me that he got a $3.5k relocation bonus, and the only thing that he brought with him when he moved were suitcases. I also already had all the common space furniture, electronics, kitchen items, etc. What was he going to use thath $3.5k for? A mattress, some bedroom furniture? Give me a break! Again, I let this go because I figured it isn't worth losing a good friend over $200.
During the weekends, we would go to look for apartments. He had some family come with him to look at some places, which his definitely understandable considering this would be the first time he is truly off on his own. When I asked him whereabouts he wanted to live, he said he wanted to live in, what I would describe as, an extremely touristy, overly crowded part of town. He wanted to live here because "It's the best!" (You'll notice very soon that this quote is a favorite of his. Mr. Know It All is an expert on all matters). I suggested that he at least look in other neighborhoods as we could get much better value for our money elsewhere, not to mention, spare ourselves some major headache of having to deal with obnoxious tourists whenever we try to leave our place. I also suggested he be mindful of the cost. Since we are only renting, not buying (thank God), it does not make sense to pay a ton of money for an apartment. My first apartment after school was a ridiculously nice, over the top 1 bedroom, and I now regret having lived there. Sure, it was great at the time; however, I probably could have saved a lot of money by living elsewhere. He insisted that he wanted to rent something from a luxury building and didn't want to hear what I had to say. He went and looked, and sure enough, at the end of the day, he wanted to live in the exact same neighborhood I had originally wanted to live in primarily because that's the only neighborhood where he could afford a place up to his standards.
Knowing everything I have mentioned in my previous posts, we needed to sign the lease and figure out when we wanted the lease to start. He wanted the lease to start as soon as possible, even though he was living at my place for free. He said the reason for this was because his commute was too long. He would commute into work via the train which was a 5-10 minute walk from my place. The train ride into work for him was roughly 40 minutes to 1 hour each way depending on which train he caught. That's not a short commute by any means, but if I was paying nothing for rent, I would certainly do that for as long as possible. Nope! Apparently, my newly renovated apartment wasn't nice enough or close enough to his work for him, so he kept trying to push me to bump up the start of the new lease. I told him that if he wants to move in early, he can go ahead and do that, but that I had an obligation to take care of my current lease. I presented him with my dilemma. I'd either have to a) pay money to break my lease early so I can move into a new place, or b) I stay until my current lease is up and then move. He insisted he wanted to move early; so, I told him if he covers the costs associated with breaking the lease early, that I would agree to that. He said no problem, that he would cover that. There was a $500 fee for breaking my lease, and the new place was also more expensive than my current apartment. The total difference in cost between staying put and moving early was about $900; so, I sent him all the details for where I got this number from. He turns around and tells me he is only going to give me $700. When I ask him why he is doing this, considering that he agreed to cover all early moving costs, he told me that this is what his mom thinks is fair. He also gave me some bs excuse about how he didn't have a lot of money since he just moved. I knew that this was bs because he just told me that he got a $3.5k relocation bonus, and the only thing that he brought with him when he moved were suitcases. I also already had all the common space furniture, electronics, kitchen items, etc. What was he going to use thath $3.5k for? A mattress, some bedroom furniture? Give me a break! Again, I let this go because I figured it isn't worth losing a good friend over $200.
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