https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 14:07:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/update-found-an-apartment#post-200502 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:34:44 +0000 autumnlove 200502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats!!! Laundry in unit is awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/update-found-an-apartment#post-200470 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 12:12:13 +0000 hummusgirl 200470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Yes, we ended up in Park Slope, really close to Prospect Park. Very excited to move in a week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/update-found-an-apartment#post-200353 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:05:40 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 200353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats on finding an apartment. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/update-found-an-apartment#post-200286 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:40:05 +0000 BSB 200286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! Glad you were able to find your apartment.</p> <p>We currently live in apartment with everything we wanted. We just had to make my commute longer to find it. The 60 min commute isn't so bad since I'm used to commuting that long at my old job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/update-found-an-apartment#post-200285 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:24:07 +0000 hilsy85 200285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! Did you end up in Brooklyn?</p> <p>Dh and I also spent more on our current apartment than we had planned...but it was worth it! We're super happy here, and other units in our building are renting for eve more, so we actually got a good deal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/update-found-an-apartment#post-200259 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:15:13 +0000 sslm 200259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's great! Congrats! It sounds really nice :)</p> <p>Our house was slightly more than we wanted to spend. We bought new construction, and when looked at another builder that was $20k cheaper, but it felt that much cheaper, so we went with the more expensive option and it was definitely worth it!!! As long as you're still living within your means, it's worth it to be totally comfortable in your home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/update-found-an-apartment#post-200257 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:08:38 +0000 hummusgirl 200257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd posted a few weeks ago about our apartment search that seemed to be yielding *almost* perfect apartments but with some big drawbacks, especially no laundry in the building and lots of stairs in a walk-up. </p> <p>Well, in theory I knew that to stay within our budget we'd need to make tradeoffs, but in reality, after seeing what was in our budget, I wasn't actually willing to make very many tradeoffs at all! (Bathroom that's the size of an airplane bathroom? No thanks.) So we did what they always do on House Hunters and found a place that was slightly more than we wanted to spend. Whoops. Luckily we can afford it, just weren't able to be as frugal as I'd like. But it's on a beautiful street with laundry in-unit, on the second floor of a walk-up and we can leave a stroller in the foyer. </p> <p>Thanks for all of the input and advice. It was super helpful. Did any of you spend more than you'd hoped to on a house or apartment? Was it worth it? </p>