House hunting... or should I say apartment hunting started a couple months ago. Jake and I would go on craigslist and look for places that looked good and then send them to one another. Finally about a month ago we decided to drive all over Hermosa and Manhattan and see what we could find by just driving. We had a list of about 25+ places for rent by this time but it seemed that there was always one thing that didn't fit... no parking, not good location, no garage, no laundry facility. We had some aspects that we felt pretty strongly about and if we didn't think the place fit then we were not going to settle.
The last weekend in September we decided to make some appointments to see places. The first place we saw was so cute. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, big deck, very clean and kept up and decent rent... only problem, only a 1 car garage. Unfortunately this wouldn't work for us because parking in Hermosa is AWFUL. The next two places we saw were right off pier ave/Monterey but were really cute, they were in a pretty big complex, had a great shared outdoor huge deck on top of the building that everyone shared but once again parking... there was a two car garage but my car would have never fit.
Lastly we rode by this place on Monterey... 1 block from Pier ave (2 blocks from the beach). Didn't look to great from the outside but the outside of places in Hermosa's can be very deceiving. We took a tour with the landlord EJ... The place was perfect for us- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, big kitchen, decent size living room, wood paneled ceilings, lots of windows, in a complex of 4-6 other apartments and the best thing - 2 CAR SPACIOUS GARAGE & 2 PARKING SPOTS!!! We were sold, although we were reluctant to make a decision after only viewing 3 other places we figured that this was a offer we couldn't pass up. So we applied for the house and waited....
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