Next Week, two of my friends and I are moving into our new $900/month 2 floor 3 bedroom utilities all inclusive apartment.
It's the top two floors of a house. The people downstairs look like possible drunks which means my friends and I will be able to party a lot, my room is the entire top floor(I won it in Rock Paper Scissors lol). It even comes with a bed in my room...though judging by the kind of people who tend to live in the area I feel that I should run a carpet cleaner over it a couple dozen times first. It probably reaks of sex, drugs or s[cyan][/cyan]hit or something.
As much as this belongs in the sandbox(I'd post it there, but most of the people there are little kids or idiots), I was wondering if anyone had any tips for someone moving out on their own for the first time?
Edited, Thu Jun 1 02:13:53 2006 by Driftwood
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I was wondering if anyone had any tips for someone moving out on their own for the first time?
Get all the utilities in the other person's name. That's the big key.
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My biggest tip is to bring your own bed lol. No way am I sleeping in that bed that was left in your room from the drunks downstairs.
I second what Smash says. Include telephone and the lease agreement in that also.
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The only other thing I can think of is keep a spare clean frying pan and set of cutlery in your room, along with dried food products and toilet paper.
Oh, and if you put it in the community fridge, expect to have it eaten.
One last thing, if you haven't yet, set out a dry-erase board or something and sit down and discuss house rules. When payments are expected in advance of due dates,who cleans what, individual or group grocery shopping, etc.
Good luck.
Oh, and if you put it in the community fridge, expect to have it eaten.
One last thing, if you haven't yet, set out a dry-erase board or something and sit down and discuss house rules. When payments are expected in advance of due dates,who cleans what, individual or group grocery shopping, etc.
Good luck.
If it deals with money, get it in writing.
If it deals with food, keep it in your room or it will get eaten.
If it deals with alcohol, why have a party at your place when you could go and trash someone elses?
If it deals with sleeping in a bed that is already there, don't. That's f'ing disgusting.
If it deals with food, keep it in your room or it will get eaten.
If it deals with alcohol, why have a party at your place when you could go and trash someone elses?
If it deals with sleeping in a bed that is already there, don't. That's f'ing disgusting.
Bring a set of screwdrivers and a pair of scissors.
Someday when you need them (and you eventually will), you won't want to be running to the hardware store to pick some up.
Someday when you need them (and you eventually will), you won't want to be running to the hardware store to pick some up.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
If someone asks if they can sleep on your floor/couch for a few days, say NO. They'll never leave.
Jophiel wrote:
Bring a set of screwdrivers and a pair of scissors.
Someday when you need them (and you eventually will), you won't want to be running to the hardware store to pick some up.
Someday when you need them (and you eventually will), you won't want to be running to the hardware store to pick some up.
********** on various objects around the house to claim your territory.
trickybeck wrote:
********** on various objects around the house to claim your territory.
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The Glorious Atomicflea wrote:
trickybeck wrote:
********** on various objects around the house to claim your territory.
Note to other Asylumites: Don't ask tricky to host Allanois '07.
Well fine, you and Joph can host it, but have fun cleaning up after I've left.
Jophiel wrote:
Bring a set of screwdrivers and a pair of scissors.
Someday when you need them (and you eventually will), you won't want to be running to the hardware store to pick some up.
Someday when you need them (and you eventually will), you won't want to be running to the hardware store to pick some up.
And a toilet plunger.
What's bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
Get it in writing! I know you guys are all friends and ****, but when push comes to shove atleast one of you will try to stab the other in the back.
Get a new bed!
Bomb the day before you move in, you never know what the neighbors are sharing with you.
Take pictures of the place before you move in so that when the time comes for you to move out they dont blame you for the yellow stained tile that was there when you moved in.
Get Everything in writing.
Put a lock on your door.
Get a new bed!
Bomb the day before you move in, you never know what the neighbors are sharing with you.
Take pictures of the place before you move in so that when the time comes for you to move out they dont blame you for the yellow stained tile that was there when you moved in.
Get Everything in writing.
Put a lock on your door.
Another alternative is if you hate people like I do, just get a bachelor pad. It's much less stressful.
Eidt: I started out with a bachelor pad, then moved to a 2 bedroom appartment then to a 3 bedroom house before I hit college. It's a decent progression if you can afford it.
Edited, Thu Jun 1 13:11:23 2006 by Elderon
Eidt: I started out with a bachelor pad, then moved to a 2 bedroom appartment then to a 3 bedroom house before I hit college. It's a decent progression if you can afford it.
Edited, Thu Jun 1 13:11:23 2006 by Elderon
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If it deals with alcohol, why have a party at your place when you could go and trash someone elses?
Awesome advice.
To KingDriftwood, I'm very glad to know I'm not the only one with these sorts of questions. I moved recently from the states to Canada with 2 friends. We had the same sort of deal except it was about $700 Canadian a month.
*Edit* ok ok I deleted my stupid advice.
Edited, Thu Jun 1 13:55:39 2006 by Hapernack
Hapernack wrote:
One more piece of advice. Before you get cable internet, make sure to check if any of the neighboring (or upper lower) rooms to yours have a nice router for wireless and whether or not they give two ****s if you use it now and then. Why pay extra when you can get for free?
*Note* you can skip the "asking them if its ok" part too if you want...
*Note* you can skip the "asking them if its ok" part too if you want...
Also, if you get wireless internet, make sure to get a firewall or asshats like this will think it's okay to steal your Wi-Fi.
Very rarely do I leach someone's wireless. It's usually easier to find an internet cafe near by that offers free wireless. I do admit to leaching wirless going down the highway at an almost stand still during a white out in Denver. I have wireless and its unlocked for anyone to use. I have fire walls on all of my computers and so far have had no issue.
Edited, Thu Jun 1 13:25:51 2006 by Katie
Edited, Thu Jun 1 13:25:51 2006 by Katie
In Chicago, even the po' people shall have cheap or free Wi-Fi.
Leach this.
Leach this.
teh Tribunator wrote:
City Hall will seek proposals from private companies to extend high-speed wireless Internet service to all Chicago neighborhoods at little or no cost to consumers, Mayor Richard Daley announced Tuesday.
Exactly how the Wi-Fi system would be installed, how its benefits would be extended even to the city's poorest areas and how the system would provide profits for the company that operates it will be up to the firms that respond, officials said.
[...]
Besides being required to provide a system that reaches every neighborhood and all public schools, bidders also must make a financial commitment to providing access to such things as affordable computers and computer-training programs, officials said.
[...]
The city would offer public infrastructure, most commonly light poles, to a winning bidder that would install hundreds of antennas throughout Chicago. The company could make money by selling its service to users above a specified income level and to City Hall for a variety of governmental uses. It could also sell advertising that would appear on users' computer screens.
Exactly how the Wi-Fi system would be installed, how its benefits would be extended even to the city's poorest areas and how the system would provide profits for the company that operates it will be up to the firms that respond, officials said.
[...]
Besides being required to provide a system that reaches every neighborhood and all public schools, bidders also must make a financial commitment to providing access to such things as affordable computers and computer-training programs, officials said.
[...]
The city would offer public infrastructure, most commonly light poles, to a winning bidder that would install hundreds of antennas throughout Chicago. The company could make money by selling its service to users above a specified income level and to City Hall for a variety of governmental uses. It could also sell advertising that would appear on users' computer screens.
Hapernack wrote:
Quote:
If it deals with alcohol, why have a party at your place when you could go and trash someone elses?
Awesome advice.
To KingDriftwood, I'm very glad to know I'm not the only one with these sorts of questions. I moved recently from the states to Canada with 2 friends. We had the same sort of deal except it was about $700 Canadian a month.
One more piece of advice. Before you get cable internet, make sure to check if any of the neighboring (or upper lower) rooms to yours have a nice router for wireless and whether or not they give two ****s if you use it now and then. Why pay extra when you can get for free?
*Note* you can skip the "asking them if its ok" part too if you want...
Stupid fecking idea. Nothing is better than transmitting your user names, login info, and bank information over a stolen and unprotected network. Especially in a house of drunks and druggies.
The One and Only Katie wrote:
Put a lock on your door.
QFT.
Avoid your roomate at all costs.
Have a long distance and 900 number block on your phone if you have a land line. $500 phone bills can happen.
Elderon wrote:
Another alternative is if you hate people like I do, just get a bachelor pad. It's much less stressful.
Eidt: I started out with a bachelor pad, then moved to a 2 bedroom appartment then to a 3 bedroom house before I hit college. It's a decent progression if you can afford it.
Eidt: I started out with a bachelor pad, then moved to a 2 bedroom appartment then to a 3 bedroom house before I hit college. It's a decent progression if you can afford it.
What Elderon said. People suck and steal. Invite friends over or go to thier place if you are feeling lonely. Besides you can walk around naked if you live alone and not worry about someone else pointing and laughing.
Watch a few episodes of Judge Judy. That'll cure you of wanting to move in with roommates no matter how nice the place might be.
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