Provo Housing...

I hate Provo Housing. Even more, I hate Provo MARRIED housing. Kyle and I have had the worst luck ever finding newer, close to campus, AFFORDABLE housing. Last April, when we were looking for our first place, we found a perfect little complex, went through the application process, signed a contract, and did all the details before we went home for the summer... The day after we got home from our honeymoon and were finishing packing up to leave, we got a call from the "perfect" complex saying that they had double booked our apartment and they didn't have a place for us. And after looking at our contract, we realized that we had been screwed... Oh, this was three days before school started. In the end, we had to take the first place we could find. That was the start of our basement days...

This spring, we decided to put our charming little basement on Craigslist just to see if anyone would respond. Twelve hours later, we had 15 emails about it and about 4 couples wanting to come look at it. We ended up selling it by the end of the week, and began our search for a new place! Our basement days are almost over!!

So, the next horror begins... Kyle and I found the most amazing apartment that met all of our requirements and had a lot of extras... So we hurried to get our deposit and first month of rent to the owner. Everything was good, until this morning. Kyle got a message on his phone saying that the owners were selling the condo and that we would not be able to live there. Gah! (Why would someone post the place online if they already had a buyer that wanted to buy?!?!) Anywho, we got our money back today and instead signed with our second choice complex. It is a lot smaller than the condo, but is a fairly new complex and is a lot newer than what we are currently living in... Some advantages to this new place...

1. Heat/AC - we currently do not have control of either of those in

our basement.

2. Dishwasher- for the past six months, I have been the dishwasher.

3. Big bathroom- currently, we can't fit in our bathroom at the

same time. Ya, it's that small.

4. Big kitchen with lots of storage. In our basement, most of our

kitchen stuff is in a closet in our living room. Also, our stove

and fridge are tiny. Like the little kind from when our parents

were young.

5. Windows without duct tape over them that don't leak air. Nuff said.

6. New carpet!! The basement has wood and tile, so cold on the

feet! Our room has carpet, but it is really icky.

7. Well maintained... Our house was made in 1938. We GoogleEarthed

it.

8. No longer living with 7 single guys above us. Hallelujah!

9. New ward = new friends

10. Closer to campus. Right across the street from the BYU tennis

courts.

11. His and her closets- we have that here and it is now

a necessity.

12. People can't look through your windows when you walk by. We

will be on the third floor.

Finally, SOMETHING has pulled through for us. And as excited as I am to move, I will miss our little basement. We have put so much thought and effort into making it a home. And it's our first place together. Lots of sentimental value. Oh, the above pictures are of our cute little basement. :)