Ridiculous

Brian and I went to look at an apartment the other day. It is not too far from where we live and we thought it would be interesting to see what the place was like. It was reasonably priced for a new building with new appliances and a washer and dryer. Unfortunately I did not take pictures while we took a tour of the building. I wish I had. Instead I went back later to take pictures of the outside so thatI could tell you about it.

The one bedroom apartment that they had available was two floors. The top floor had a kitchen and living room and was right at street level. You can see the bottom floor in the picture above. One of the windows is already etched with graffiti. Having every passerby see into your kitchen isn't the worst part though. Recall that I said that this was the top floor. The bedroom is in the basement. You walk down a flight of stairs next to the kitchen to go down to the bedroom.

The bedroom was smallish, only big enough to house a queen size bed and maybe one other piece of furniture. The only window in the bedroom is not a window at all. Rather, it was a patio door that led out to a little 3 foot by 6 foot area, the floor of which was rock. Above this area was a grate. This grate was in the sidewalk. Therefore, your bedroom window would be looking out as if you were in the subway, under the sidewalk. Gross. I have seen trash collect down there and standing water when it rains (hence the tile floor in the bedroom I'm sure). Below are the pictures I tried to get through the grate of the patio doors.

I can't imagine who would want to live like this for $2000 a month (utilities not included). Needless to say, we aren't moving here. I can't imagine living like this. I have my limits. Just so you know: the two-bedroom apartments in this building, that were just out of our price range, were awesome. They were up on the second and third floors.