I alluded to some of the struggles with apartment hunting for my move to Reno on Facebook. When I initially accepted the job, I had a particular apartment in mind. I had already looked around on a few housing apps. It seemed to be a growing part of town near a lot of shopping options. It was a generous sized two bed/one bath for less than what I pay now in LA to rent a room. They were impossible to get on the phone. Did not even have an option to leave a voicemail. Was a week to even hear back from the email that I sent. And then they wanted me to print the application on legal length paper & mail it back to them. (Who has time for all that?) Needless to say, I moved on. If they are this difficult to get my business, then how bad would they be once I was a resident? No thank you!
The next place I was interested in was in the same southeast side of town. It was going to cost more than place number one but it was a nice one bedroom. They had some very nice amenities - including a tanning bed on site. For those of you aware that I have psoriasis, tanning beds clear up my skin! Signing up for a tanning bed was already on my To-Do list. Well, I put in my application, I was accepted. There was only one one-bedroom still available. When I got word I was accepted, I rushed to the post office to get the money order needed for my deposit. I had called my (new) sup at work to request personal time to rush out and secure my living situation. For those of you that know where I work, this is a big deal to leave abruptly in the middle of a workday. Waited in line for about 30 minutes. When I was the next person in line to finally make it to the window, I got a call from the leasing agent to tell me that the apartment was just taken. Got this disappointing news as I being told to step forward.
I rushed home to quickly get in my application to my very close next choice. The only reason it was not the first choice was that it was farther from a few stores I knew I would be at often and it did not have a tanning bed on site. But what it had over the other (now gone) option was a better view and more square footage. Well, I was able to get in my application, income verification, etc within a few minutes. I was even able to pay application & holding fee by card over the phone. They only require the deposit & first month's rent to be by money order. Well, I got back to work and got a phone call at the end of my workday telling me I was accepted and the apartment was mine. Then we went over the next steps about deposits, etc. I finally had secured housing. Huge weight off my shoulders. I needed to have an apartment secured before I could get movers lined up. Or all the other countless tasks that come with moving.
I will be northeast of downtown Reno closer to Sparks. I am right off one of the big highways so getting around won't be a problem. And once I had a chance to think about it, I think being a little farther from shopping centers will be a good thing. Not so much because I think I will spend less but because the traffic & petty crimes should be lower. Since you've hung on this far, time for some photos. Most of these are screenshots from apartments.com and a couple from google maps street view.
Here are a few around the grounds:
Here is the floor plan:
Here are some from around the apartment. I plan on using the "dining room" area off the kitchen for a desk/home office and using the bar for eating:
And for those kind souls of you still reading/viewing, here are a couple of street view images of the view I will see coming/going every day:
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