Okay...
So, today we visited three places...
The first one was a fairly large 2 1/2 which included a large room that served as kitchenette/living room/laundry room, a rather small bedroom and the largest kitchen I'd have ever had in an apartment... the clincher was that it would take me 1 hour and thirty minutes, one way, to get to work... Ew... But I could've afforded the place just fine. It was $350/month, heated.
The second place was a tiny 2 1/2, which included a closet-sized bathroom with shower but no bath, an okay-sized kitchen but a TINY bedroom/living room... it was $360/month, heated/hot water/electricity included... It was about 50 minutes away from my work.
The third one was a fairly large 3 1/2, with a nice sized kitchen, nice sized bedroom, nice sized living room, and a teeny tiny kitchen with a bathtub old enough to have yellowed, but it's age, rather than dirt, that's giving it its colour. It was being painted when we visited. It's $375/month, nothing included. We left a deposit (I have a receipt) and my coordinates and we're awaiting a response on my references' status. *taps fingers on desk nervously*crosses said fingers again* I investigated with the electricity company to see how much it would cost me, and it had been averaged at $83/month, but I can handle it.
So, here's the budget I will soon have, given that I get the place:
Rent: $375/month
Hydro: $83/month
Old Hydro debt: $37/month
Phone: $30/month (approximately)
Internet: $23/month (subject to change as I may change providers)
Bus/Subway/Train Pass: $59/month
Food: $200/month (What? better to overestimate than be sorry)
Student Loan payment: $100/month
That's a budget of: $907/month
Total average income: $1040/month
I can make it, right? Right?
The first one was a fairly large 2 1/2 which included a large room that served as kitchenette/living room/laundry room, a rather small bedroom and the largest kitchen I'd have ever had in an apartment... the clincher was that it would take me 1 hour and thirty minutes, one way, to get to work... Ew... But I could've afforded the place just fine. It was $350/month, heated.
The second place was a tiny 2 1/2, which included a closet-sized bathroom with shower but no bath, an okay-sized kitchen but a TINY bedroom/living room... it was $360/month, heated/hot water/electricity included... It was about 50 minutes away from my work.
The third one was a fairly large 3 1/2, with a nice sized kitchen, nice sized bedroom, nice sized living room, and a teeny tiny kitchen with a bathtub old enough to have yellowed, but it's age, rather than dirt, that's giving it its colour. It was being painted when we visited. It's $375/month, nothing included. We left a deposit (I have a receipt) and my coordinates and we're awaiting a response on my references' status. *taps fingers on desk nervously*crosses said fingers again* I investigated with the electricity company to see how much it would cost me, and it had been averaged at $83/month, but I can handle it.
So, here's the budget I will soon have, given that I get the place:
Rent: $375/month
Hydro: $83/month
Old Hydro debt: $37/month
Phone: $30/month (approximately)
Internet: $23/month (subject to change as I may change providers)
Bus/Subway/Train Pass: $59/month
Food: $200/month (What? better to overestimate than be sorry)
Student Loan payment: $100/month
That's a budget of: $907/month
Total average income: $1040/month
I can make it, right? Right?