I have an apartment!

[eyesroll]

Woo-hoo! After two delays, I have signed a 9-month lease (renewable yearly thereafter, because the landlord didn't want another lease expiring during the winter) on a very nice flat on Milwaukee's Fashionable East Side. I will get keys either today or Monday, locksmith-schedule-permitting, with an official move-in date of 11/1 (but I'll have access for painting, etc., before then).

And...get this...I have a non-asshat landlord! He's reimbursing me for the paint and supplies (including a ladder, which I will then retain in the basement so I can change the lightbulbs in the ceiling fixtures), plus paying me $10 an hour to paint (the kitchen needs massive painting; everything else just needs touch-ups) -- just save the receipts and watch the clock and deduct it from the rent. He's also paying for mini-blinds, a light fixture for the dining room (and I can pick it, so long as it's a simple, non-expensive one)...pretty much whatever I want, within reason.

OK, so the circumstances that have sent me hunting for apartments are less than ideal, but at least I found something I like.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. Congratulations !

[Lavender Brown]

2. You have a dining room?!

You're lucky... I barely have a kitchen.

[eyesroll]

6. I got very lucky with this one.

My kitchen is...shall we say...ancient. There's a pretty big pantry, at least, but there is no counter space or cabinetry to speak of. I suspect one of those $100 block islands from Target, and maybe some under-sink storage bins, will probably remedy that problem.

[RubyDuby in GA]

3. Many congrats!

On finding a good apartment and an even better landlord. :toast:

[tjdee]

4. He's PAYING you to paint?

That pretty much rocks.

Glad things are working out.

[Richardo]

5. I second THAT!

:toast: to you, eyesroll.

And kudos to non-asshat landlords, wherever you may be. :thumbsup:

[eyesroll]

7. Thanks -- the landlord was so excited to see an actual adult

apply for his property that he pretty much told me if I could plunge my own toilet and check the fuse box BEFORE calling the electrician and that sort of thing, he'd cut me a deal on the rent.

There are a lot of students in that area, as well as seniors who make great tenants but can't do a lot of the maintenance themselves.

[chiburb]

8. So who impersonated you?

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[eyesroll]

9. Har dee har.

:P

[tigereye]

12. Good luck to you, eyesroll

in your new place!

[tcfrogs]

10. Congrats!!!

I like that part of Milwaukee, very nice.

[eyesroll]

11. Thanks!

I felt I needed to be trendy or something...the landlord pointed out that I had a lot of space for one person, and I told him that was the point. If I'm gonna be on my own, I'd rather have a place I can enjoy than some place depressing.

[Fenris]

13. Hooray for Stacie!

WOOO HOOO!

:party:

[redqueen]

14. Congrats!

Glad things worked out so well!

:toast:

[eyesroll]

15. Thanks, Redqueen, Fenris, Tigereye, and everyone upthread who I didn't

thank...

I'm just glad, with all of the uncertainty in my life right now, I do have one thing taken care of.

[No2W2004]

16. Very Nice !

That's really cool that you found a landlord like that, and a place you like as well.

Good luck with the new place!

[eyesroll]

17. He was also one of the few landlords who didn't get overly

interested in my personal circumstances -- he just asked if my ex was the "nice guy who will feed my pets and water the plants while I'm out of town ex" or the "throw a brick through my window, in which case I'll need a larger security deposit ex." (Thankfully, he's the former.)