decidedlyodd

I’ve been thinking about moving a lot over the past couple months. I even toyed with the idea of moving to the Eastside to be closer to work, but ultimately dismissed it. Robert and I talked a bit about looking for a place, but in the end it didn’t work out. For a while, I looked on craigslist for potential roommates too, but all seemed too bohemian, too strange or too expensive. Saving money and being more social by living with a roommate is appealing to me again after living on my own for about a year and a half.

Recently, my friend Ben has been looking for a place and a roommate too, so the two of us decided to pair up and combine resources. We looked at a few two bedroom places, but the number of listings for what we want seem to be few and far between. It feels like there’s less rental housing stock available on Capitol Hill than when I was looking 1.5 years ago. Maybe it’s also the type of housing though too as it seems like there’s a lot more 1 bedroom places than 2 bedroom places.

Anyhow, after searching for not too long, we found a place we liked last week and put in an application. This morning the manager called, we accepted and tonight we went to sign the lease and pay the deposit. It’s on Bellevue Ave near Denny Way which is about 2 small blocks from my current place. Because it’s a hair closer to the bus stop, it’ll actually shorten my commute by about 10 minutes each day total (at least it’s not an increase). It’s a 2 bedroom/2 bath (I’m getting the master bedroom with attached bath) and about 1000 sq. ft. with big bedrooms and smaller bathrooms/kitchen. A reserved off street parking space is included for less than I’m paying now for parking. I’ll be saving about $500/mo after rent and parking, which will also be nice.

Move in is August 1st, so there’s still quite a bit of time between now and then to pack and plan. Technically I still have until early next month to give official notice for leaving my current place, but I’ve already given the manager a heads up. Hopefully, I’ll be able to work something out without having to pay two rents simultaneously for the entire month of August.