To be precise, master bedroom hunting in PJ, Selangor. So the blog title is a bit of a misnomer, but I figured it rolls off the tongue a little easier.
Due to recent developments, I'll have to move to a different town within the next two weeks.
So I've been apartment hunting. Or master bedroom hunting.
I found my current place while I was still in the comfort of my desk at Fieldbase in KK. I found it online at ibilik.com and it was one of two rooms I'd considered. The other room was being rented out by an Iranian. My criteria was only that it be walking distance to work.
Carol, a friend of mine who lives in KL, was my proxy for the viewing. The Iranian went to Genting on the day the room was meant to be viewed and that annoyed both Carol and myself and earned an instant strikeout.
Luckily, room 2 was more than satisfactory. It's a tiny house with three rooms, and I have a room with that fits only a single bed and a wardrobe and a study table. The master bedroom is occupied by the landlady and the other room by a girl and her brother.
At first, at 8ft x 10 ft, RM800 seemed expensive. But that was the price around the area, and mine included all the utilities, including internet and satellite t.v.
On my relocation now, I thought it would be just as easy. People who rent out places would definitely spruce things up to make it attractive to the tenant, right? So wrong.
In my head, I thought I'd be looking at places like these:
It didn't help that most ads for places to rent do NOT have photos to show what the product is. They'll have lots of photos of the building: the north side, what it looks like from this side of the road, then the other side of the road, about five feet away from where you were standing before, etc. Everything but the unit itself or the room for rent. Mega annoying.
As you see, I don't have high expectations, just realistic ones. I wasn't expecting a room that looked like Nate Berkus just swished his magic wand in it. I did think it but after looking online at ads that did have pictures, I knew I wasn't going to get a room like any of these:
I went to two viewings last Sunday and was hopeful that either one would be IT and would be stress free as per usual. Unfortunately, despite the price and the descriptions that matched my "fully furnished master bedroom in a well maintained condominium" criteria, the first place I viewed looked more like
Very disappointing and disheartening but tonight I view two more rooms. They somehow sound a little more promising, but who knows! Wish me luck!
Due to recent developments, I'll have to move to a different town within the next two weeks.
So I've been apartment hunting. Or master bedroom hunting.
I found my current place while I was still in the comfort of my desk at Fieldbase in KK. I found it online at ibilik.com and it was one of two rooms I'd considered. The other room was being rented out by an Iranian. My criteria was only that it be walking distance to work.
Carol, a friend of mine who lives in KL, was my proxy for the viewing. The Iranian went to Genting on the day the room was meant to be viewed and that annoyed both Carol and myself and earned an instant strikeout.
Luckily, room 2 was more than satisfactory. It's a tiny house with three rooms, and I have a room with that fits only a single bed and a wardrobe and a study table. The master bedroom is occupied by the landlady and the other room by a girl and her brother.
At first, at 8ft x 10 ft, RM800 seemed expensive. But that was the price around the area, and mine included all the utilities, including internet and satellite t.v.
On my relocation now, I thought it would be just as easy. People who rent out places would definitely spruce things up to make it attractive to the tenant, right? So wrong.
In my head, I thought I'd be looking at places like these:
Somewhere in Colorado, US
Mentari Condo, Cheras
Vista Damai Condo, near KLCC
It didn't help that most ads for places to rent do NOT have photos to show what the product is. They'll have lots of photos of the building: the north side, what it looks like from this side of the road, then the other side of the road, about five feet away from where you were standing before, etc. Everything but the unit itself or the room for rent. Mega annoying.
As you see, I don't have high expectations, just realistic ones. I wasn't expecting a room that looked like Nate Berkus just swished his magic wand in it. I did think it but after looking online at ads that did have pictures, I knew I wasn't going to get a room like any of these:
I went to two viewings last Sunday and was hopeful that either one would be IT and would be stress free as per usual. Unfortunately, despite the price and the descriptions that matched my "fully furnished master bedroom in a well maintained condominium" criteria, the first place I viewed looked more like
add lots of dead baby cockroaches on the floor.
The second room was a bit more put together because there was already someone staying in the room, but the kitchen was practically like this:
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