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Bachelor / Studio Apartments

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by rocking23, Oct 27, 2011.

  1. rocking23

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    Hey!
    I'm just on the search for some opinions here:

    Right now I live in residence at my university, but next year I'm 90% going to have to get my own place. I just don't feel into the whole roommate thing. I know we could have our own rooms and all, but I'm more of a person who likes to be by themselves, but I'm not a loner (if that makes sense).

    My parents would pay my rent, but it wouldn't be able to be a whole lot more than the residence rent.

    Because of that, I'm looking at Bachelor Apartments!

    What are your opinions/experiences/rants on Bachelor Apartments??

    Thanks:slight_smile:
     
  2. Revan

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    Probably quite good for having a friend over :wink: No I'm just joking. Personally I think it's your own space, the only downside is you can get lonely pretty easy.
     
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    I've lived alone for 2 years now with my cats... it gets lonely, but so much better then living with a roommate. Good luck finding a place!
     
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    I'm pretty happy with my own setup at the moment. It's pretty tiny (as my mom never fails to point out when she's over), but I have a small living room with a desk and a comfortable chair, a bedroom that is basically just big enough to fit a bed in, and a kitchen with just enough room to prepare anything I have the skill to cook up.

    Main benefit for me is the total privacy. If I want to read a book or watch a movie or hang around on the internet undisturbed, I can. As I need two or three hours of total privacy a day just to get my thoughts in order, I couldn't live without that. (actually, even if I lived with a boyfriend I would probably insist on having a spacious enough place to not be forced to sit on each other's lap)

    Also, it does make it easier to follow your own schedule. No waiting for showers/getting angry about the mess/deciding who cooks.
    Though that's also one of the drawbacks: no shared responsability. Everything falls squarely on your shoulders. It's best to adapt a good schedule, or you end up eating instant noodles most evenings, while a whole week's worth of dishes piles up in your sink behind you and you have to do them at 11PM on friday :wink:

    Another drawback: you do want to make sure you have a decent landlord. If you're rooming together and something is amiss, you can present a unified front. If you live alone and don't have a lot of contact with the guys/girls in other appartments, it's much harder to get anything done if you have a bad landlord.

    Social life does need a bit more proactiveness. No whacky spur-of-the-moment thing is going to happen with a roommate barging in and dragging you along (or you dragging them along). If I didn't actively arrange things with friends, I think I would sit in my room all day, every day (well, excepting work). I actually did do that at first. So there is a balance you want to strike between enjoying your privacy and not drifting away from friends.

    All in all, though, for me the benefits massively outweigh the drawbacks. After a year of it, I got most of the schedule for daily chores right, and it's rare for me not to have any social activities in a week, even if I have to actively make those happen.
     
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    Wow! Thanks so much for the posts guys, definitely gives me some things to think about. But I'm definitely still leaning to having my own private place!
     
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    Hehe sorry...2 cats, crazy cat lady? :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: I'm just teasing of course Blkrsn :slight_smile: I just kinda had to. But yeah I may live alone some day...dunno though. Depends where my relationship goes lol