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I signed the paperwork today on a new apartment, although it still doesn’t quite feel real.  There are several contributing factors: I was just in the building for the first time yesterday. This turned out to have been the first day the office was even open. And by the office being open they mean that there are people in the office space while contractors are still patching drywall and painting.  Their computers are a couple mini-PCs sharing an EVDO card. The apartment it self was a bit surprising, as it’s basically a one-off in the building. When I went back today, it was already unavailable.  It was, in fact, snapped up maybe two hours after I saw it yesterday. You might note that yesterday was the first day the office was even “open.” Today I decided to stick around and look at a few more units the next floor up with the manager, and by the time we were done, the woman who rented this particular apartment was on the phone to say she had changed her mind (ironically, to the unit I had wanted to look at first).  No backsies! I didn’t actually have any checks in my checkbook, so they’re holding it until I get back there tonight with a check (and probably with Kate so she can have a look around). So none of this is real until they cash the check I haven’t actually taken them yet and we move in next month, but it’s moving in that direction.  Details: Park Place building directly on top of Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro station (we’re moving one stop up the Green line). It was built as a condo building (in fact, the folder for marketing materials the manager handed me yesterday still said “condominium”). One of only two apartments on the first floor, accessible just off the crazy plastic hallway with the multicolored lights (that’s not going to get old AT ALL). The first floor itself is only half a floor; at the end of the hallway you go up a couple ramps and find yourself in the “second” floor, with retail beneath you. Since it was built as a condo, it’s got fancy everything: Grohe fixtures, GE Profile appliances, nice gas stove, deep double-basin sink, washer and dryer in the unit. The apartment has 10’ ceilings, windows and a glass door facing west, and its own private, split-level patio.  It’s located underneath the terraces of the 3rd floor, so there won’t be much in the way of noise from upstairs neighbors. The apartment is just under 796 square feet (well, officially it’s 796 but that includes some dead space so it comes out around 780); the patio is a whopping 488 square feet. For code and safety reasons, gas or charcoal grills are prohibited but electric ones are OK.  There are all-weather outlets at several places in the walls of the patio, plus built-in lights.  I guess the housewarming gift should be an electric grill. I’m psyched.  It’ll be nice to see the sky.

I signed the paperwork today on a new apartment, although it still doesn’t quite feel real.  There are several contributing factors:

  1. I was just in the building for the first time yesterday.
  2. This turned out to have been the first day the office was even open.
  3. And by the office being open they mean that there are people in the office space while contractors are still patching drywall and painting.  Their computers are a couple mini-PCs sharing an EVDO card.
  4. The apartment it self was a bit surprising, as it’s basically a one-off in the building.
  5. When I went back today, it was already unavailable.  It was, in fact, snapped up maybe two hours after I saw it yesterday.
  6. You might note that yesterday was the first day the office was even “open.”
  7. Today I decided to stick around and look at a few more units the next floor up with the manager, and by the time we were done, the woman who rented this particular apartment was on the phone to say she had changed her mind (ironically, to the unit I had wanted to look at first).  No backsies!
  8. I didn’t actually have any checks in my checkbook, so they’re holding it until I get back there tonight with a check (and probably with Kate so she can have a look around).

So none of this is real until they cash the check I haven’t actually taken them yet and we move in next month, but it’s moving in that direction.  Details:

  • Park Place building directly on top of Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro station (we’re moving one stop up the Green line).
  • It was built as a condo building (in fact, the folder for marketing materials the manager handed me yesterday still said “condominium”).
  • One of only two apartments on the first floor, accessible just off the crazy plastic hallway with the multicolored lights (that’s not going to get old AT ALL).
  • The first floor itself is only half a floor; at the end of the hallway you go up a couple ramps and find yourself in the “second” floor, with retail beneath you.
  • Since it was built as a condo, it’s got fancy everything: Grohe fixtures, GE Profile appliances, nice gas stove, deep double-basin sink, washer and dryer in the unit.
  • The apartment has 10’ ceilings, windows and a glass door facing west, and its own private, split-level patio.  It’s located underneath the terraces of the 3rd floor, so there won’t be much in the way of noise from upstairs neighbors.
  • The apartment is just under 796 square feet (well, officially it’s 796 but that includes some dead space so it comes out around 780); the patio is a whopping 488 square feet.
  • For code and safety reasons, gas or charcoal grills are prohibited but electric ones are OK.  There are all-weather outlets at several places in the walls of the patio, plus built-in lights.  I guess the housewarming gift should be an electric grill.

I’m psyched.  It’ll be nice to see the sky.

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