EPTOn December 03 2011 09:35 Kurr wrote:
Those are some ridiculous prices. I pay 550/month and I have a nice apartment, very little noise, clean and about 10 minute walk from the university I go to. Hell, I live for 800-900$ a month, apartment cost included.
The owner actually got rid of 2 apartments that had colleges students in the last month because of noise complaints (they weren't even ridiculously bad, but he takes it seriously). It's been pretty quiet since. Any problem and the guy comes fix it in a week max and is quicker if it's serious.
The only defaults so far are that the heating system does a lot of noise (water heating) but I've gotten used to that. Otherwise, my floor creaks a lot in my bedroom and I wake up the person living under me pretty much every night despite trying not to. That wouldn't really bother me if she wasn't a little insane. I think she assumes I do it on purpose and has started to knock on her ceiling at 8am a few mornings in a row.
One mildly annoying neighbor for 550/month or bugs and a leaking ceiling for 2000$ a month... hmm. Yeah, I am never going to live in a metropolis. I lived in Longueuil (right next to Montreal) and paid the same price as I do now for an apartment that was half as big that had lousy tenants and bug problems (maggot-like things that come because of humidity; never was able to get rid of them). I had to call my landlord dozens of times to get my toilet fixed. Same when I had a wasp nest in my fucking window ( I know, I know, I could've gotten rid of it myself... I'm terrified of wasps though) and I had to keep my window closed for most of the summer in dizzying heat. It took me 1 hour of walking + metro to get to university as well.
I'm happy that I'm not a city guy. Life costs a lot less when you don't want to live in places like NYC. Plus, even if it was cheaper, I really hate noise anyway.
Those are some ridiculous prices. I pay 550/month and I have a nice apartment, very little noise, clean and about 10 minute walk from the university I go to. Hell, I live for 800-900$ a month, apartment cost included.
The owner actually got rid of 2 apartments that had colleges students in the last month because of noise complaints (they weren't even ridiculously bad, but he takes it seriously). It's been pretty quiet since. Any problem and the guy comes fix it in a week max and is quicker if it's serious.
The only defaults so far are that the heating system does a lot of noise (water heating) but I've gotten used to that. Otherwise, my floor creaks a lot in my bedroom and I wake up the person living under me pretty much every night despite trying not to. That wouldn't really bother me if she wasn't a little insane. I think she assumes I do it on purpose and has started to knock on her ceiling at 8am a few mornings in a row.
One mildly annoying neighbor for 550/month or bugs and a leaking ceiling for 2000$ a month... hmm. Yeah, I am never going to live in a metropolis. I lived in Longueuil (right next to Montreal) and paid the same price as I do now for an apartment that was half as big that had lousy tenants and bug problems (maggot-like things that come because of humidity; never was able to get rid of them). I had to call my landlord dozens of times to get my toilet fixed. Same when I had a wasp nest in my fucking window ( I know, I know, I could've gotten rid of it myself... I'm terrified of wasps though) and I had to keep my window closed for most of the summer in dizzying heat. It took me 1 hour of walking + metro to get to university as well.
I'm happy that I'm not a city guy. Life costs a lot less when you don't want to live in places like NYC. Plus, even if it was cheaper, I really hate noise anyway.
Thing is, the jobs are in the cities. Thankfully toronto is not quite as bad as nyc but it's still stupid expensive (finding something nice below ~1400/mo for a 0bdrm is a challenge). Vancouver isn't much better I'm told. I guess there's always the prairies..
