That apartment.

[icarus]

You know, we're not sure we want this apartment.

- It's too dark. This is Seattle, it's grey, and we need light.

- It's ground floor so we'd have to keep the curtains shut since WG walks around naked all the time, so it would really be dark.

- WG is concerned about noise. The laundry room is right across the hall, and it's ground level, so he's concerned about street level noise as well.

- We both think our friends won't like how dark the place is and wouldn't want to spend time there, which negates one of the points of getting a new place.

It's a nice place, good location, but most apartments in Seattle have a better light situation, and that's important to us.

I think we've decided to call them and say no, we don't want it.

Comments

[lherelenfeline.livejournal.com]

There you go then. All of the above make perfectly good reasons not to get that place.

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Light -- and feeling comfortable in a home -- matters too much.

[rabidfan.livejournal.com]

Go with your gut.

I live in the sunniest place in America...and I STILL crave more light in the house. No dark rooms in Seattle, please.

[abigail89.livejournal.com]

You've made a good decision. If light is important, then this apartment is absolutely not right for you. And being across from the laundry room is the pits.

Hold out for the right place.

[emeraldsword.livejournal.com]

My new accommodation is ground floor and I expect it's going to be very dark. Which will probably bother me a lot more than I realise yet as I'm used to living in light rooms, but even if my room's dark, maybe the rest of it will be light. The pictures she had of it showed light coming through the windows anyway...

[venivincere]

That's a sound decision. You'll find a light, airy, larger place if you keep looking. You're not in too much of a hurry, are you? You'll find a place. :-)

[bruinsfan.livejournal.com]

I can't stress enough how important having a favorable light situation is. Three apartments ago I lived in a ground floor cave that only had a couple of tiny windows and I was miserable every minute that I didn't spend out by the pool. Last November I took a pass on a place with an extra bedroom, 400 more square feet, and $100/month lower rent in favor of my current apartment mostly because of these windows (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattthebruinsfan/2301337842/in/set-72157602315338900/), and I'd do it again in a heartbeat despite the higher cost and lack of storage space.