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Originally posted by NOWorNEVER
I'm moving into my FIRST APARTMENT by myself in a month! I'm so excited and nervous at the same time. It's all so overwhelming. My mother has been bugging me about making sure it's on the 2nd or 3rd floor. Is it that important? I mean, that's an extra $20 a month! Also what are things that you absolutely MUST have before moving in? I bought a hammer and screwdriver already.
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It would be better to be on the second or third floor, for the reasons eveyone stated already, plus basement/ground level apartments have basement/ground level insects.
My tips for apartment hunting is find out the extermination policy and if there is an infestation problem (can't you tell I hate bugs??) I had to find some temp. housing for an internship one summer, (3 month leases are real hard to come by) So, I found this spot, checked the apt out several times before agreeing to move in. On move day, my roomate and I checked to see that everything was in working condition (water running, checking cabinets, etc.) So, we went to sign the lease. I swear, it was like someone pushed the "roach release" button as soon as our signatures were on paper. We returned to the apt not even ten minutes later and my roomate saw a roach. then another, and another...this place was INFESTED and we were livid! We killed at least 30 the first night and went through and entire can of raid in a few days.
Best beleive I went looking for a new place to stay and found one a few days later. No way was I living in the roach hotel all summer
About two weeks after we got the first place, we moved into the second. Fortunately, the dorms hadn't closed yet, so we stayed there until the last day the dorms were open and only had to stay in the first apt for a week.
So my other tip would be find out what the termination policies are. In my case, we lucked out that the complex had a 30-day satisfaction guarantee; we got all of our money back minus the app fee.
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