On Wednesday, the housing office called Chad with the 2 housing options we had to choose from. We couldn't look inside them until Thursday but we were so anxious to see them that we walked across base to look at them from the outside. We first found the Marek Park neighborhood and from the outside the places looked pretty decent. We didn't find our exact unit since they all looked the same, we figured if we've seen one, we've seen them all! Then we went to find the one in Washington Heights; this time we found the exact unit that they were offering us. We weren't really impressed from the looks of it. We really didn't like how our balcony was facing someone else's balcony. It did have a nice park directly across the street where you could see the ocean in a distance, that was nice. After that, we decided we wanted to find our unit in Marek Park. So we walked and walked and finally found it! We both fell in love with it! It's located in a culdesac, where none of the units have been moved into yet. Our balcony wasn't facing someone else's; it actually faces a hill, which isn't the best view but better than someone staring at us! It had covered parking right out front. It just looked newer. We left it feeling pretty confident that was the unit we wanted!
On Thursday at 8AM, we went to the housing office to pick up the keys to check out the places. The unit in Washington Heights was still getting renovated so they were unable to give us a key. They told us that it had the same floor plan as the one in Marek Park. So, we went to go check out the one in Marek Park. My first impression when I walked in was that it was huge! Chad and I stayed in an apartment back in MI that was tiny, so this was big to us! It had 2 bedrooms, a laundry room, an office, lots of closet space, and a huge wonderful kitchen! We fell even more in love after we saw the inside. It's wonderful! We decided not to even give Washington Heights a consideration since we really liked this place.
We had to attend a housing briefing on Friday. They just went over how to recycle, fire safety, and paperwork. We move in on Thursday! I can't wait!
We're still working on getting a car. I hope to have one next week!
On Thursday at 8AM, we went to the housing office to pick up the keys to check out the places. The unit in Washington Heights was still getting renovated so they were unable to give us a key. They told us that it had the same floor plan as the one in Marek Park. So, we went to go check out the one in Marek Park. My first impression when I walked in was that it was huge! Chad and I stayed in an apartment back in MI that was tiny, so this was big to us! It had 2 bedrooms, a laundry room, an office, lots of closet space, and a huge wonderful kitchen! We fell even more in love after we saw the inside. It's wonderful! We decided not to even give Washington Heights a consideration since we really liked this place.
do you have to pay rent, or is it included since it's on base?
ReplyDeleteWe don't have to pay rent since we're living on base
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