Except for eating, living is a critical part. Since last year I came to Houghton, I am living in DH. But now I could not extend the lease, I need to move out and find a new place.
At first, one of my friends also need a roommate around May or June. Because his roommate is planning to leave around that time. So I 'easily' find the new place.
But when around May, I find that his roommate need to stay, and have no plan to leave. In this situation , I eagerly need to find a new place. I set some requirements for the new place.
(1) Want to move in around the end of June; (2) It's better to have 1~2 roommates; (3) Rent fee is around 300~400 bucks.
I sent messages to my friends and also search from website (OffCampusHouse, Barkboard, Craiglist), which takes me around 2 weeks. Then I get a table from the collected information. From this list, these seem just ok for me. Just before I plan to contact the landlords one by one. My roommate H tell me a good news. There are two apartments available, and the setting is similar to DH. Two bedrooms, cover water, parking, and collect garbage ( in Michigan, when you throw household garbage, they should be pay for disposing ).
| Location | Price | Cover | From | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Around Jim's food (1201 E) | 400 | Zhenpeng | 8 bedrooms | |
| 1107jasper | 350 | AvailableMay,water,heat, laundry | usg | |
| 400 Pewabic | 350 | heat, water,laundry | usg | cat,basement, 3 bedroom |
| 1002 South Franklin | 450 | All utilities | usg | |
| 502 W South Ave | backyard, 2 porches, laundry,park | usg | 3.5 Bedroom House; Available June 1, 2016- May 31, 2017 |
Then next day, we go to look at that apartment. The two empty apartments. One is at the first floor, and the other one is on the third floor. The first time, I saw the latter one, I said to myself 'Ok, that is it. I am in'. Because the sights are very nice and rooms are larger than DH's. Hence, we soon decide and pay the safety deposit and sign the lease for one year.
Before moving to there, we need to open accounts for internet, and electricity. It's new things for me, because living in DH covers all of it, and you only need pay for the rent fee.
On June 18th, it's the day for moving to the new apartment. Even I have been there less than one year, I bought lots of stuffs. For example, a bunch of cookers, a blender, an electric toothbrush, a shaver, and so on. You could see them from my old bedroom and the tail of the vehicle.
For the new bedroom, I bought a new computer table, a new chair, a queen size airbed from Warlmart, and a dresser from Keweenaw consignment. My bedroom is so large that the airbed is added later to fill the empty. It's very tired to arrange them.
For this thing, at first I was very worried to find the suitable apartment, but then things change, because of my roommate's patient in searching.
Life is always amazing!