perfect apartment hunting

apartment hunting can be described as tedious at best and tiring at worst...maybe it's a bit cynical but let's face it, after 3 years of moving in and out of a number of apartments, someone will be jaded...with a limited budget at hand, i felt like a housewife shopping for the best bargains out there...

• the perfect location - near uni, got great access to transportation, not too noisy (yes i've lived on a main street before n to be perfectly honest the noisy sound of cars zapping by is not bothersome, it's the police, ambulance, fire trucks sirens and drunk/noisy party poopers at 3 o'clock in the morning singing 'yeah yeah yeah' that did it), near convenience stores n restaurants n foodtown/asian supermarket...
• the perfect rent - less that what's on our budget is awesome but reality is it's is usually the other way round....
• the perfect apartment - medium size so that it is manageble, about new furnitures, double beds, study desks, biiiiggg wardrobe (this is an absolute must for girls with biiiigggg amount of clothes that simply cannot be discarded), clean carpeting n furniture, clean bathroom n showers, big fridge to store tremendous amount of food, tv, washing machine n dryer, good security, extra amenities such as pool or gym or both, balcony for view, upper level apartment for less noise, access to phone/tv/fast broadband, clean whiteware and reasonably big rooms with windows (believe me i once got this apartment with one of the rooms sans window n my flatmate is getting permanent claustrophobia n lack of oxygen syndrome)...
• the perfect agent - this is also a must, an apartment can sometimes be not perfect so a great and understanding agent to communicate with is a must (based on recent personal experience)....

getting an apartment without letting fee + gst will be super-awesome but sadly it's extremely difficult...truthfully, hunting for the ideal apartment is not so exciting anymore for me...i'd rather have an apartment that fits the above criteria and stay for long long time but my time here is ending...moving in n out is not a nice experience...it's tiring and headachy...i don't even have proper transportation to move my stuff to n from the storage so i must avail to other people's help which less than ideal...i'd rather not bother people...i don't even have a license thus no driving...sadly, the truth is moving out n putting my stuff in the storage for summer is a must to save money...can't say i'd relish to repeat the experience over n over n over...n magically i just learned that bargaining for rent is possible (if the term of stay is long enough!)....why didn't i know this earlier???

now i'm moving to an old apartment at an old historic building which is still reconstructing...the beauty of the apartment is the reasonably big size of the rooms and the cheap rent...i'm reserving judgement of the apartment as the ongoing construction may put things into a new prespective...n the hilly area to climb (this is not a metaphor but the truth) to get to school is quite off-putting but let's see how things go...i may probably lose weight because of all the exersize!for now, we'll see...