Back to School for GrownUps

Yesterday, we went to look at some of the residence apartments available for grad students at Trent . We’re not sure we want to go that route - mostly because of the dog - but the dog is going to be an issue no matter where we are, if we rent rather than buy a place…. so thought it was worth a look, at least.

The grad student apartments are all brand spanking new - they just opened in January of this year, and have all new carpets, appliances, etc….  they are far nicer than I expected, actually …. lots of windows, more room than I expected, and very functional layouts. While I much prefer my home - especially given the lake out front - the res apartments would do quite well for home away from home digs. 

Really can’t afford to dither too much though …. there are only 4 1-bedroom apartments available and 2 of them are already spoken for…..  so I don’t know whether to go ahead and apply for one already and have it done…. or take my chances and keep looking to see if I can find a place where the mutt wouldn’t be as big a problem. 

Pretty much every rental ad says no pets - although the reality is that landlords are not allowed to kick tenants out for bringing one in … but as a landlord myself, I really would hate to be underhanded about it like that….  it just wouldn’t feel right. I would much rather do everything above board. It’s not that Scrooge isn’t happy enough at Diane’s - he is always thrilled to go there…. but still….I miss my dog! 

Anyway …. have sent an email off asking if we can have a look at the actual lease agreement - that seems like a reasonable place to start….  and I do have a couple of other places to call. 

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