-- Posted by Hi Carie at 12:50 pm on July 2, 2009 so I was supposed to move today. I did all the things I was supposed to do. -gas -electric -set up a move in time -set up a move out time for the old one -set up a pickup for the big stuff in my old apt etc etc etc etc I was totally ready. It was my first triumphant transaction as an adult, from start to finish with no help. I found the apartment, did everything. CRASH BOOM BANG. I SUCK. the apartment I was told i was moving into and the apartment I WANTED to move into, were different things. The apartment they put on my move in sheet, is different than the one we verbally agreed on, and it sucks. huge holes in the wall, gross on the carpet, TINY kitchen no dining room etc. Its all wrong. Its all screwed up. I don't have a place to move into, because i am not moving out of one hellhole into another. -- Posted by Cyanotype at 12:52 pm on July 2, 2009 I'm so sorry. I hope things get better, you could always save up for a bit and move into something awesome in a bit. :) -- Posted by osmoticdespair at 12:53 pm on July 2, 2009 ((hugs)) Move to the UK, my house is huge :p If you are quiet my parents wont notice you. -- Posted by farmer5123 at 12:53 pm on July 2, 2009 that sucks -- Posted by Pebbles123 at 12:54 pm on July 2, 2009 Isn't that illegal? If you've paid already or something. -- Posted by WhiteTrashLilDarling at 12:54 pm on July 2, 2009 that sucks -- Posted by Pebbles123 at 12:54 pm on July 2, 2009 Quote: from osmoticdespair at 8:53 pm on July 2, 2009 ((hugs)) Move to the UK, my house is huge :p If you are quiet my parents wont notice you. Can I move in too? I live in a flat   -- Posted by greatescape at 12:56 pm on July 2, 2009 :(  I'm so sorry.  That sucks big time.  There's not anything you can do to change it?  Did you tell them that this is not the right apartment?  I mean this is their mess-up...they should at least do something. -- Posted by Hi Carie at 12:57 pm on July 2, 2009 Quote: from greatescape at 2:56 pm on July 2, 2009 :( I'm so sorry. That sucks big time. There's not anything you can do to change it? Did you tell them that this is not the right apartment? I mean this is their mess-up...they should at least do something. I am trying to fix it all now. which means leaving work early. sigh. oh well. I am off to fix it. -- Posted by WindChill at 12:57 pm on July 2, 2009 Damn. Sorry to hear that. There are lots of hellholes out there and plenty of slumlords to run them. -- Posted by osmoticdespair at 12:57 pm on July 2, 2009 Quote: from Pebbles123 at 8:54 pm on July 2, 2009 Quote: from osmoticdespair at 8:53 pm on July 2, 2009 ((hugs))    Move to the UK, my house is huge :p If you are quiet my parents wont notice you. Can I move in too? I live in a flat I dunno, because if my parents found *you* without me to vouch for you ...well... you may be in danger. My mother is a vengeful person. -- Posted by jamesrea at 12:59 pm on July 2, 2009 Quote: from Midnight Lights at 12:52 pm on July 2, 2009 I'm so sorry. I hope things get better, you could always save up for a bit and move into something awesome in a bit. :) yeah, hope it improves 4 u -- Posted by Spice at 12:59 pm on July 2, 2009 Oh my Carie, I'm so sorry. Stupid bastards. Now you have to start the hunt again :( -- Posted by mandible at 12:59 pm on July 2, 2009 You should have had it signed on paper. Verbal doesn't mean shit. -- Posted by Pebbles123 at 12:59 pm on July 2, 2009 Quote: from osmoticdespair at 8:57 pm on July 2, 2009 Quote: from Pebbles123 at 8:54 pm on July 2, 2009 Quote: from osmoticdespair at 8:53 pm on July 2, 2009 ((hugs))   Move to the UK, my house is huge :p If you are quiet my parents wont notice you.    Can I move in too? I live in a flat   I dunno, because if my parents found *you* without me to vouch for you ...well... you may be in danger. My mother is a vengeful person.   -- Posted by hI jAMES at 1:09 pm on July 2, 2009 Those bastards!  It doesn't make sense that they would deceive you like that.  I would take this experience as a lesson though.  Makedamnsure you have things completely worked out and everything is understood.  Make sure you can trust the people also. -- Posted by The Mixed Tape at 2:46 pm on July 2, 2009 Aw, Carie! I am so sorry. This is terrible. If anything, you don't deserve it at all. Just keep your head held high and I know you will push through and become triumphant. Hell, this apartment might suck completely. Try to look at the positives about it. It there anything you can do to complain? :/ -- Posted by Kaijuu at 3:20 pm on July 2, 2009 awwww -- Posted by Kitty Kiska at 4:39 pm on July 2, 2009 Could you not agrue with them about what was ment to be and what happened. -- Posted by Aria of Silence at 6:43 pm on July 2, 2009 Quote: from barnabas at 3:57 pm on July 2, 2009 Quote: from greatescape at 2:56 pm on July 2, 2009 :(  I'm so sorry.  That sucks big time.  There's not anything you can do to change it?  Did you tell them that this is not the right apartment?  I mean this is their mess-up...they should at least do something. I am trying to fix it all now. which means leaving work early. sigh. oh well. I am off to fix it. good, because that's definitely a mix up on their part. They should give you that other apt. with some kind of deal etc -- Posted by Hi Carie at 8:42 pm on July 2, 2009 So My mad adulthood skills kicked in, and I was sucessful in getting the right apartment, and got written confirmation from the office that they would pay for the added fees from the electric and gas company for the trouble, and that they would pay my power for the next 4 days till it gets turned on in my name (stupid 4th of July). -- Posted by Bud2400 at 1:19 am on July 3, 2009 Landlords do this bullshit all the time. Never take their word unless it's in paper. Any model of the apartment you are shown will always be a hundred times better than the one you will actually move into. Call me cynical, but anything that sounds great is more than likely too good to be true. If I were you, I'd be taking pictures of the entire apartment before you actually move in, specifically where the holes in the wall are, how dirty that carpet is, etc. Because if you don't, you can be sure your landlord will be keeping your damage deposit by saying you left with a dirty rug and a hole in the wall. With those pictures, you could at least dispute it by showing that this was the condition of the apartment before you moved in. Do you ever check out apartment ratings? I've found that place to give a fairly decent account of the apartments in my area, specifically on how the management of the complex is. I'd generally take good reviews there with a grain of salt (as often times apartment managers forge their own reviews to get their ratings up), but you can take bad reviews to be more or less true. Simply size up all the bad reviews and figure out whether or not it's something you can deal with. If there isn't that many bad reviews lately, it's probably more or less okay. You may have screwed up now, but you can learn from it and not have to screw up in the future. You simply just need to know what you're doing and you'll be all right.  Nothing will ever be perfect so try not to come into those places with that attitude and try not to beat yourself up when you did something wrong. -- Posted by SpRiNgS at 3:30 am on July 3, 2009 Quote: from barnabas at 8:42 pm on July 2, 2009 So My mad adulthood skills kicked in, and I was sucessful in getting the right apartment, and got written confirmation from the office that they would pay for the added fees from the electric and gas company for the trouble, and that they would pay my power for the next 4 days till it gets turned on in my name (stupid 4th of July). i'm glad they failed in pulling the okeydoke on you carie that shit happens all the time and i'm glad you busted these fools out for doing it to you