I need to buy a couch, and for it to be comfy, decent-looking, relatively inexpensive, and bedbug free. I have an idea of the dimensions that my place can accomodate, but almost nothing else. Right now, I don't even know, what I don't know. How do?!
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posted by raspberry jam and clothes iron
on Jun 19, 2013 -
18 answers
My son will be spending a semester at Dublin City University starting in September (coming from the US). He's been trying to find a place to stay for himself and another student since January. Nothing available on campus and the popular off campus places are all full.
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posted by cosmac
on Jun 18, 2013 -
5 answers
I recently accepted a job at the University of Chicago, and my husband and I are looking to move to Hyde Park in early August. What are some resources that can help us with our apartment search?
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posted by rebel_rebel
on Jun 14, 2013 -
19 answers
At the end of the summer I'll be selecting and moving into my first apartment after living in a house with roommates for several years, and I'm looking to discover what things I don't know that I don't know.
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posted by randomnity
on Jun 14, 2013 -
78 answers
What recourse do I have regarding a tenant refusing to pay the last month's rent and possibly damaging the apartment?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 7, 2013 -
16 answers
I rent a bedroom in a shared house, and my bed belongs to the room. It sucks and I need a new one. It's a double, but I have room to go bigger if it's not a big price upgrade. The new mattress should be fairly firm, but thick enough and squishy enough that I can lie on my side comfortably. The bedframe can be very minimal, but it should also be high, a meter or more elevated for storage purposes. It must not wobble.
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posted by 4th number
on Jun 5, 2013 -
21 answers
Contemplating an Italian vacation (in the range of two weeks or so) in the next year or two, for a family group of about 5-6 people. Google turns up several websites dedicated to renting apartments/houses, but I'd love to hear some personal recommendations. Is Air BNB the best? Vrbo.com? Perhaps there's no real difference between them.
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posted by PussKillian
on Jun 2, 2013 -
6 answers
I'm buying a portable air conditioner for our second-floor apartment. All our windows have openings at the bottom that are of the
2 panel slider variety, and no window unit will fit. Since I've never bought such a thing and I'm not very handy, I could use a few tips, especially concerning the feasibility of moving it from room to room every day.
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posted by Beardman
on Jun 2, 2013 -
18 answers
You're an employed person in Philadelphia. You don't have a proclivity towards ripping copper pipes out of the wall. You dislike college dorm room replacements apartment complexes like
this and you are looking for an apartment. Where did you look?
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posted by Suffocating Kitty
on May 29, 2013 -
17 answers
I'm moving to Denver... soon! Aside from one awesome week in San Francisco, I've never even been west of the Mississippi. Help this Georgia girl find a place to love.
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posted by stormygrey
on May 15, 2013 -
11 answers
I'm planning to move from one NYC neighborhood to another at the end of the summer. Though I'm 99% sure I'll be able to cover all potential expenses (movers, security deposit, first/last month's rent, broker's fee), I was wondering if there's a
reputable company that advances small loans to help cover these costs.
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posted by incomple
on May 14, 2013 -
11 answers
I lost my keys, and then I lost my landlord's keys. I'm baffled, embarassed, and trapped inside my apartment.
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posted by windykites
on May 14, 2013 -
64 answers
I'm traveling over the summer (for a month) and found a short-term sublet on Craigslist that seems perfect. The current tenant (who is renting her 1br in a 2br apt) has agreed to let me stay and has asked me to transfer a deposit to her bank account. It is an actual bank (rather than Western Union or something of that sort), but I don't know enough - nor have I been able to find enough by searching online - to find out if this is "safe."
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posted by lxs
on May 12, 2013 -
17 answers
I would like to do a massive clean/organization of my apartment over the next few weeks. Help me figure out a game plan.
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posted by lunasol
on May 10, 2013 -
22 answers
Basically I paid $400 (really cheap rent) for a small room sublet in Bensonhurst and one of my friends with benefits (who I knew for about a month), heard about my situation incidentally and kept on asking me to split rent with him in the Bronx. It's not a particularly bad area and it was financially feasible (he lives alone and his dad pays half his rent just as a nice gesture, so we'd split the remaining amount - $250 a month on me and the rest on him - about the same).
So primarily for financial reasons, as I could save money on rent, I started moving my things and called my landlord to tell him I'm leaving this month within a couple weeks.
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posted by antgly
on May 9, 2013 -
16 answers
I have some sort of bug infestation in my house and am getting many little bites. What could it be? Here are some things, with a kitty picture.
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posted by liketitanic
on May 7, 2013 -
14 answers
I may be on the lookout for a new residence soon, and I'm open to alternatives to the usual apartment/house rental. In particular, living in an RV or camper trailer parked on the street outside of a friend's house (or in their driveway if long-term parking on the street is illegal) seems doable. And fun. And possible (I asked). What's it like?
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posted by jsturgill
on May 6, 2013 -
19 answers
I'm moving to New York and don't know a lot about neighborhoods. Where should I live?
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posted by naoko
on May 1, 2013 -
15 answers
I'm trying to decide whether to stay in my current apt or go to another one. Details including snowflakery below.
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posted by Prairie
on May 1, 2013 -
2 answers
Background:
I own a house in an area that is gentrifying - but not gentrified. I was awarded the house in my divorce, but it's far more room than I and my 9-year old son need. I hate maintaining it - dealing with plumbing, broken ovens, lawn care. Additionally, it was burgled about a month ago, and that was kind of a 'final straw' moment for me.
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posted by dotgirl
on May 1, 2013 -
36 answers
My partner and I are moving to Boston! We would like to live in an up-and-coming area (as opposed to "established," getting the most space for our limited budget) close to public transportation, but are having some difficulty determining which areas are safe and fit our lifestyle.
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posted by rapidadverbssuck
on Apr 30, 2013 -
12 answers
I'm looking to outfit an apartment window garden with some kick-ass pots of various sizes and shapes. Where's the best online retailer of not-plastic, not-boring brown, pots and gardening containers? Bonus if they sell supplies like potting soil and live plants and seeds.
posted by The Whelk
on Apr 26, 2013 -
6 answers
My lovely daughter and her friend are graduating from college in May and looking for an apartment in Brooklyn.
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posted by SLC Mom
on Apr 20, 2013 -
31 answers
Where to live, what am I overlooking, huge step and pivotal moment in my life. I need to know where to look for apartments for rent in Chicago in a safe, student friendly neighborhood that won't cost a fortune.
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posted by lunastellasol
on Apr 19, 2013 -
25 answers
Looking for a good DC apartment building that is relatively quiet and allows cats, 1BR for under $2250/month.
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posted by troika
on Apr 15, 2013 -
6 answers
I've been reading through all the New York apartment hunting threads, but I'm my own special snowflake...and I know how quickly things here can change.
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posted by unannihilated
on Apr 14, 2013 -
9 answers
I am moving to DC this fall to work in biglaw. The pay is high, but so are my student loans, which I would like to pay off ahead of schedule. Where should I live? Snowflakes within.
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 11, 2013 -
22 answers
I live in an apartment on an upper level unit. I wish I could buy a treadmill to use at home, but I think the noise will bother my neighbors too much. I'm looking for a good alternative. Do you know of any?
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posted by dede
on Apr 10, 2013 -
20 answers
I am worried about my dogs adjusting to an apartment, is it a good idea to send a "hey, sorry if they're noisy, we're working on it! Please let me know if you have a complaint!" letter around to my immediate neighbors upon arrival? If it IS a good idea, any suggestions for wording?
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posted by HermitDog
on Apr 7, 2013 -
20 answers
I’ve gotten a job in NYC and am moving back to the city with my girlfriend on June 1. Yes! It’s too early to look at places, but right now we’re neighborhood shopping. Our challenge: finding a safe, comfortable neighborhood that’s a half hour or less commute to the Grand Central area where we can get a one bedroom apartment costing $1700/month or less.
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posted by reren
on Apr 6, 2013 -
25 answers
I'd like to hook up a small raspberry pi project to my apartment's doorbell. I've taken the case off to take a look at the wiring and it looks pretty simple, but I have some questions about it; apart from some breadboard experiments I'm an complete newbie to electronics.
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posted by whir
on Apr 4, 2013 -
5 answers
Just moved into a new apartment. YAY! The apartment is in terrible shape. Boo. Our move-in condition form has the following clause, "I understand that the management company has also
performed an inspection of the property, including digital photographs of all areas, and
said report will prevail in any instances of conflicts." They will not show me their inspection report. How do I ensure that theirs doesn't say that everything is fine, and we get dinged for a whole ton of stuff that's already bad. Jurisdiction: Chicago.
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posted by hwyengr
on Apr 2, 2013 -
14 answers
Dear adventurous loungers of Metafilter, please tell me about the cleverest space-conserving bed or couch replacements you've ever seen.
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posted by WidgetAlley
on Mar 20, 2013 -
32 answers
The other night there was a fire in my friend's building in New York City; the fire was on the 10th floor, he lives on the 21st. He wasn't present while the fire happened, but there was smoke damage to his apartment, particularly to his clothes. My friend doesn't have renter's insurance.
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posted by gerryblog
on Mar 12, 2013 -
9 answers
Heat and AC barely reach the 2nd floor of our old apartment. Ductless AC seems like the way to do. Tips for getting a landlord on-side (at least) and footing the bill (at best)?
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posted by onshi
on Mar 12, 2013 -
9 answers
I'm going to Paris in July and August this summer to take a
language course at the Sorbonne. Yay! However, my original plan to stay at a friend's flat has fallen through, and I'm going to have to search for my own accommodation. I don't know where to start... and my French isn't great. Help!
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posted by pikeandshield
on Mar 11, 2013 -
10 answers
How do I change the way my apartment smells? I'm in a long-term sublet. The place has a kind of dankness to it that I find less than ideal. It's not a bad smell, it's just kind of stifling.
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posted by kensington314
on Mar 10, 2013 -
19 answers
I need to get a new vacuum cleaner, as the one I have has given up the ghost. Also I'm poor.
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posted by robot-hugs
on Mar 8, 2013 -
13 answers
I just got this notice from the leasing office:
http://imgur.com/6GUeUeg
There is no A/C, no screen door, and no magic they'll provide us to keep mosquitos/flies/bugs from entering through the patio door when it is open. Besides reasoning with them (it's just their policy), what recourse do I have so that I can keep the screen installed on my door? I'm in San Diego, CA.
Also FWIW, the screen is far from unsightly. Search for "bug off instant screen" on Amazon.
posted by wuMeFi
on Mar 8, 2013 -
19 answers
I've paid my back taxes for New York State as of last year, but the judgment is still on my credit reports, although marked "paid". This is my only ding. Will landlords refuse to rent to me anyway?
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posted by droplet
on Feb 28, 2013 -
4 answers
Is there anything to be done about (probably unintentionally) loud neighbors?
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posted by sucre
on Feb 25, 2013 -
10 answers
I have a list of neighborhoods I'd consider living, a list of amenities that I consider necessary and/or negotiable, and a $ amount in mind per month. How can I make the selection process move along more quickly than the Craigslist Method?
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posted by DuckGirl
on Feb 24, 2013 -
6 answers
I'm asking this for a senior citizen friend. Does he have a right to ask for a reduction in rent for a situation wherein he warned management of criminal activity......but was ignored?
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posted by naplesyellow
on Feb 23, 2013 -
16 answers
Have you lived in an apartment in which some rooms are vented only to an air/ventilation shaft? What was your experience?
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posted by analog
on Feb 15, 2013 -
7 answers
Should we bring our cat to our new and currently empty apartment while we paint and assemble furniture, to let her get used to it - even though we are not actually moving for another week.
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posted by rawrberry
on Feb 15, 2013 -
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