So, how's your apartment costs?

[Barrister]

Since no one else has said it...

I lise in a free-standing house, not an apartment, like any civilized person should. 

but it's only free standing by a 2 feet wide gap between you & your neighbors.

For shame, mister Uppermann lake.

Actually, getting a really big lot was a priority for us - neighbor on one side is 10-12', other side more like 30'.

What else did we compromise on though?  Well we do back onto high power lines, and beyond that a clear view of Edmonton's ring road

[The Brain]

Ringu road?

[Grey Fox]

Since no one else has said it...

I lise in a free-standing house, not an apartment, like any civilized person should. 

but it's only free standing by a 2 feet wide gap between you & your neighbors.

For shame, mister Uppermann lake.

Actually, getting a really big lot was a priority for us - neighbor on one side is 10-12', other side more like 30'.

What else did we compromise on though?  Well we do back onto high power lines, and beyond that a clear view of Edmonton's ring road

but your close to Big bear park too.

[Barrister]

Are you stalking me?

[Grey Fox]

Are you stalking me?

No, well maybe, I just remember from your moving thread.

Plus you know, facebook friends.

[Ed Anger]

Gay fox being a nosy creepy little fuck.   

[Admiral Yi]

Lay off the Frenchican. 

[Ed Anger]

Lay off the Frenchican. 

*shove*

Make me.

[Admiral Yi]

Watch out or I'll sweep the legs.

[Ed Anger]

[Malthus]

We had a great deal when we were renting - the top floor of a duplex, two bedrooms, big kitchen, living room, library, parking space outside - $850 all included, just north of Bloor West Village. Rent never increased, for a decade.

The reason: the elderly landlords/homeowners lived downstairs, and they mostly spoke Ukrainian - very little English. They just loved my wife to bits (she speaks fluent Ukrainian) and were, apparently, terrified of having to rent to someone who they could not communicate with - or worse, someone who was "challenging" in any way from the POV of elderly, religious Ukranians. Particularly if they were (say) a sarcastic, irreligious, Black gay guy or something.  Garbon, their worst nightmare! 

Anyway, their fear of having to rent to someone like Garbon kept them from ever even mentioning a rent increase.

[Habbaku]

Some things are worth more than a few dollars of a rent increase.  Sounds like your elderly landlords got a good deal also, Malthus.

[Malthus]

Some things are worth more than a few dollars of a rent increase.  Sounds like your elderly landlords got a good deal also, Malthus.

Yup, it worked out well for them. My wife, in her typical fashion, liked to help them out with stuff and to gossip with them. What finally forced us to buy our own place was having a kid. Mostly, because the apartment had no laundry facilities - that was a dealbreaker.

[MadImmortalMan]

The last time I lived in a place with shared laundry facilities, my clothes were constantly being stolen by Mexicans. I would literally see my damn shirts on other dudes the next day. I'll never live someplace again with that setup.

[Capetan Mihali]

What about shared sunglasses-washing facilities?