She seemed nice enough, despite her loud leopard print faux fur coat *cringe*. I thought there were 4 available apartments, two 2 bedroom and 2 one bedrooms, but apparently one woman was so desperate for a place that she took the one that I was hoping to look at - one of the two bedrooms on the highest floor, damnit! :(
Oh well! First off she showed us the available ground floor apartments, which happened to be one of the single bedrooms, and the last two bedroom. The single bedroom apartment was ok.
"Just ok?" I hear you ask? Yeah.. it wasn't exactly thrilling, but then again, I already knew what the layout was going to be like since Marie has one of the single bedroom apartments just above it, and i've been there a few times.
The single bedrooms are like so: As you go in, it's blue carpet throughout. You go into the 'hallway' or 'lobby' whatever you want to call it. Spacious enough. The living room was rectangular, with 4 double wall plug-sockets (can't have enough of those little delights!). The bedroom was, well, a little bit disappointing really, I thought it would have been bigger, there was still wallpaper/carpet roughly 'rolled' up in the corner and just a view of an iron fence looking through into the carpark around the back of some shops. The bathroom was fine, however it didn't have a shower, just a bath. Not really anything to whine about but i'm more of a shower gal, but, meh.
Overall, i'd probably rate it a 5/10, purely because of the lack of shower and the size of the bedroom. Although the kitchens are lovely, a nice pine wood effect and space for a washing machine and a fridge, but then again, only a under-the-counter fridge and we didn't know where we would put the dryer without it being in the way within the kitchen :P
The second apartment we viewed was the last of the 2 bedroom apartments, right next door to the one bedroom we'd just seen. First impressions was the cover on the doorbell was off, but to be honest, I didn't even notice that, my dad did ^^.
So we wen't in, and instead of walking straight onto a carpet floor, we we're pleasantly greeted by a section of wood-effect lino, which was definitely a plus, since noones wants a shitted-up carpet as soon as you enter the place - a lino is much easier to clean :)
Also, directly to our right was a nice sized double-doored storage 'room' for coats, shoes, a mop - generally anything you want to store in there that you don't particularly want on show :) And just up from that was another same sized storage room with the boiler in, and some shelving. So far, so good!
As we entered the 'lobby' if you will, which was a pretty nice size by the way (probably the size of the bedroom in the previous apartment -.-), the floor was a lovely textured cream, as apposed to a random blue, and around it was the allocated rooms; kitchen, living room, two bedrooms and the bathroom.
We walked into the "master bedroom" and it was nice - spacious (alot bigger than the other bedroom), the carpet was a slightly off-cream colour, which without sounding snobby-professional, complimented the magnolia walls! ^-^
The other bedroom however, was rather shocking. I'd seen a glimpse of it just as we'd walked in, but I just thought my eyes were tired or something, but nope.. Bright baby pink walls greeted us as the faux-furred woman opened the door! Argh!
If there's anything I dislike in the world, one thing would be baby pink walls. The woman tried to justify this by saying the guy who previously lived here painted it for his daughter.. then I feel greatly sorry for her.
Anywho, dispite the colour, which she had told me could be repainted (which i'm hoping they will do rather than me!), the room was a pleasant size. Good enough for what we had planned it for; the dryer and a guest room for anyone who wants to stay over, or even just a room to store our lovely shit :D
Next room, the bathroom! She opened the door to reveal a quite modern bathroom with a shiny bath tub and shower, and a lovely wooden mirrored cabinet on the wall :) Although it was kinda awkward when she couldn't get the bathroom extractor fan to work :P oh well, just another thing they'll have to fix!
Onward to the kitchen! I must admit, the kitchens in these apartments are really nice, a lovely clean bright wood, all neatly fitted and tiled walls. Due to this apartment being on the side of the big block of apartments, the layout is different to the first one, and Marie's. As apposed to the kitchen units going up and along two walls, this one goes all around the three walls, and the sink unit looks out through the window onto a neat patch of grass that's fenced off both sides with sturdy dark brown stained wood, that also has the view of the trains that occasionally go by... I wouldn't say it's the view of all views, but it's a better view than what the first apartment had to offer :)
As she showed us the living room, I was quite happy actually. The living room was alot bigger than the one bedroom apartments, the carpet was a nice clean cream, and it generally looked nice and tidy (yea, I know, even without anything in it!).
The view out of this window was the continued patch of grass that lead around the side from the kitchens view with the dark brown fence behind it. Again, it's not the best, but what we had was neat enough that I didn't care, and also, alot better than a view of an iron fence and some cars ^-^
Overall, quite impressed! Much so that I didn't care if I saw the last apartment or not, which was on the top floor, mainly because I knew what the layout was going to be like. Even so, not to assume anything, we continued onto the last apartment. It was pretty much the same as Marie's. Same kitchen layout; full fridge freezer could fit in and room for a washing machine. The bathroom had a shower aswell, which was what the first apartment was lacking. Same size bedroom, same living room layout, and not forgetting, the same random blue coloured carpet :) However, it also had no available room for a dryer, no real space for someone if they wanted to stay over, and it didn't have the spark that the 2 bedroom apartment gave :(
As I mentioned yesterday, I love my lists ^-^ so I made a list of the pro's and con's of the two apartments (Yes, only two, since I was that disappointed in the first one bedroom ground floor apartment, i'm not even going to consider it :P
Single Bedroom Apartment (No. 20)
Pro's: Cons:
- It's on the top floor, which makes - Only had one room, and that
it quite exciting :P room was pretty small
- It had available attic storage - Despite attic storage, it can be
- There was noone above us quite annoying to keep
- Views we're slightly better venturing into
- There was only one place to
put the dryer and it's an
awkward place in the kitchen
Double Bedroom Apartment (No. 15)
Pro's: Cons:
- Alot more overall space - It's on the ground floor
- More easier accessible (and handy) (although this can be a pro :))
storage - There is a pink room!
- There was a more convenient (however can be repainted)
place for the dryer (with available - Broken bathroom fan
window) (also can be fixed)
- If someone wants to stay over
they have their own room, and not
the sofa
- More modern and nicer bathroom
- Lino by the front door for muddy
shoes
- A bigger hallway which makes
the whole apartment feel larger
(and is!)
Can you see a clear winner? :D
I've already been emailed, completed and sent off the form for my tenancy, and i'm now just awaiting a yay or a nay! Woop!
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