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I won’t delay the good news: I have a place to live! Story follows.

This morning I went in search of postcards. I figured there would be plenty down at Pike Place Market, so I walked down there from my hotel. Lo and behold, there were plenty to be had for low prices (5 for $1). After that I headed back to my hotel and looked through the apartment ads craigslist on a whim to see if there was anything interesting. Originally, I hadn’t planned to look, figuring I would just way to hear back on the two places I had applied to.

Up popped a nice sounding 1 bedroom for $1200/mo on E Thomas between Bellevue and Summit:

We just remodeled this apartment and it is now ready for the special person lucky enough to join our family at Weisenbach Properties.
This unit has brand new wood floors, brand new kitchen cabinets and drain boards, new cabinets in the bath as well. We have completely gone through this unit to make it a special home and living space of this third floor home that has an overlooking view of Thomas Park.
You must see this apartment before you make any decisions about your quest of finding a new home. We pay the water sewer and garbage. This 1914 building has been completely updated with new copper pipes and new up to code wiring throughout. Seldom does an opening ever happen in this building. Our average tenant in this building has been here for more than seven years and we think this speaks for the quality of the living experience here. There is a large shared yard with patio and built in barbeque. This is truly the hub of activity here in the spring and summer. We truly are a micro community where everyone knows one another and shares and cares about one another. There are four bus lines close by with the number 14 only an eighth of a block away ready to whisk you to downtown and home again. On the other hand, you might just decide to make the twelve-minute walk to the center of the business district in downtown Seattle. We are just four blocks from Broadway where you will find everything you will need in the way of grocery, merchant, plus a plethora restaurants to fit the most discriminating of tastes. Please visit us at our website for further information about us and this building at http://www.weisprop.comCall us today to arrange to look at your new home today at (206) 322-8030
Weisenbach Properties is four privately owned apartment buildings nestled on the west side of Capitol Hill.
Every endeavor is made to insure each of our tenants has an enriched living experience while living at our properties. With an average tenant stay of more than four years, we feel we have reached this goal.

Here is the info from their website on this specific building.

The guy who I talked to wasn’t able to show the place until 3pm, because he had to go buy “some parts”. It turns out that he was working on the unit and needed some additional materials for the new shower being put in. Anyhow, he took me up to the unit which is on the top floor of a 3 story building. I liked it quite a lot and was able to submit an application on the spot. The manager took me over to her apartment and ran the credit check right in front me! As I expected, the check came back fine and she offered me the place then and there. I told her I would need to think about it for a bit still and that I’d call back tomorrow morning. I went and grabbed dinner and meandered around Broadway for an hour or so before deciding that this was my prefered place out of the 3 in the running. I called the manager up and told her I wanted to pay the deposit right now. I went over there, cut the check and sealed the deal.

Almost everything in the unit is new or remodeled, yet it still has that feel found in older buildings (high ceilings, vintage door handles, vintage windows, etc.). It is not as large as the place over on Bellevue E and Roy, but it’s still decent sized with a separate living room and dining room. The location is good too. It’s 5 minutes to Broadway and 5 minutes to the express bus stop (I timed it). Another nice thing is that it has a gas stove (man, do I HATE cooking on electric) and gas heat (still cheaper than electric despite recent spikes in natural gas prices). One downside is that there is no parking available on-site. That means I’ll have to hunt for street parking, although I’m not planning on driving daily so hopefully that won’t be too painful. A spot should be coming available in an adjacent building owned by the same people within a month or so that I could pay for if I want.

The place is still being worked on, but they assured me it would all be done by the weekend in time for me to move in on Sunday. Hence, I can fly back home tomorrow night, then worry about driving all my stuff back up here.

Wow, I’m so happy to have a place and be done with this draining processing of looking at apartments!