Life update (and free books!)

[thistlechaser]

Everything about my life right now seems all wrapped up in my coming move, which is odd as it's still a month and a half away. I have my lease signed for the new place, so that's locked up. Good apartment location, right on the back corner, so it should be the most quiet option. Unfortunately I think the afternoon sun will pour in, so that will make it hotter in the summer (no AC, so that's an issue). The unit on the opposite side would be cooler and more private, but I think less safe. It faces a fence to another apartment complex, one a little more run down than the one I'm moving into, so it would be easier to break into with no one seeing it.

Endless worrier that I am, I'm worrying nonstop about the parking situation there (no assigned parking, very small lot -- fewer spots than there are apartments). The thinking part of me says it should be minimally annoying -- once I'm home for the day after work I never want to go back out, and I'd rather not go out on weekends as well, and since I get home from work early I can get a parking spot and not worry about losing it later in the day. But the rest of me? Endless what-ifs and all sorts of images of parking nightmares. It's stupid and pointless to worry (the lease is signed, there's no backing out even if I want to), but I live my life like one of those tiny dogs that trembles endlessly, so I just can't quiet the worry.

I got the moving company reserved already, though I have to call them this morning to give more information. (I sure do wish companies would do more business by email than by phone!)

My current apartment offers a pre-move out inspection, so they can tell me anything that will impact getting my deposit back. That's nice. It's on August 23rd, so I intend to try to have all my cleaning done by then. It's nice that there's so much time, I can do one big task a day instead of having to get it all done NOW NOW NOW.

There was so much paperwork. My new lease was 51 pages long! I tried to read it all (since it was all online and so I had time to do it), but man, I feel like the whole thing is a trap that's just waiting for me to fall into. My ending-lease paperwork for the current apartment was another 20-something pages, including information like, if they find a new person to lease to, they could tell me to leave before my lease is officially ended... (I suppose I have to live on the street then?)

Lease for the new place mentioned that we're close to somewhere with "public entertainment" and there could be noise after hours. I have no idea what that's referring to -- I'd think a sports stadium or something, but there's nothing around the area that I can see. (Maybe it's a default thing they put into leases...)

As I had lived in my last apartment for 10 years, when I moved into my new apartment, I put up wall decals. I'm so sad to be taking them down. Not only are they semi-expensive, but there's no saving them -- when they come down, you throw them out, since they're like big stickers. I really liked them so much, I'll miss having them.

Books! hamsterwoman posted a link to the new Tor.com ebook of the month club -- a free ebook once a month. Win!

Comments

[bacchuslives.livejournal.com]

51 page lease... that's insane. And they're all so slimy. I can sort of understand though. We once had a house that we rented I did use a lease, it was a fairly straightforward number that came out of quicken family lawyer. The house got a bit trashed with our first tenants, nothing malicious, just excessive wear and tear. I could have gone after them for damages, but the legal fees to pursue it weren't worth it. Fortunately, the second tenants were model. We'd probably still have the property if they hadn't eventually bought a house of their own...

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Isn't it crazy? And who would read all that! I did try, I read probably 85% of it, but I skimmed some sections.

[ashmedai.livejournal.com]

51 pages of lease paperwork! Holy cow!

I think it's normal to worry about things when a big change like that occurs, especially when there are concerns about everyday things like parking and the sun heating up the rooms during summer. With the latter, maybe some sun-blocking curtains or blinds would help a lot? The parking situation sounds like the one at our house. We do have an indoor garage but use it as an extra storage room and such, so we don't park the car there. There's no assigned parking either, and a small lot beside the house, but it's seldom that it's all parked up. On the rare occasion it is, we park down the street and walk a few blocks, which isn't a big deal. I think there are down-sides to everything, the question is whether or not the down-sides are tolerable.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

If we had street parking, that would be a good way to cope. Unfortunately the area is tight with apartments, none of them having enough parking, so there's basically no street parking. And there's a train station close by, so people look to park outside that and avoid having to pay to park there.

I like the idea of special blinds, I'm going to look into those.

[ashmedai.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah...we live in a pokey little suburb, so parking isn't a huge problem. I hope it works out!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Having the time between places is helpful! And that is really nice they do the pre-inspection. My last apartment did not do that so it was always tense waiting to hear what they didn't like. Blah. Talk about a scam.

Okay, the book they are giving away is a VERY popular book, I'm shocked they can do it for free! I'm going to post it to the library snapchat! Thanks for sharing that link!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yay I'm glad the link will go out to the library folks!

And yeah, the pre-inspection is really nice, for multiple reasons. I'm using it as an early deadline to be done with cleaning, so hopefully I won't have much to do in the final days. Less pressure!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I'm a big fan of lying to myself about deadlines and making them earlier than they need to be LOL. It is really the only way I can survive.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Same. I'd rather be done early, so I can relax at the end instead of being frantic.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

The pre-exit inspection sounds nice. I've lived at places that claimed all sorts of things I knew weren't true. I'd like to see what they were going to say first!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Exactly! It will mean I'll have a chance to address those issues and hopefully get more money back.

[twissie.livejournal.com]

Moving is stressful----! Glad to hear you get plenty of time to get everything set up beforehand! :D

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

It totally is, but the time helps a lot. :)