Yay! Hope it all goes smoothly and you can settle in quickly!

It'll feel so good to be finally settled in!

Wow, persistance wins the day!! Enjoy your new place and I hope the move goes smoother than getting the apartment in the first place!!! Congratulations!!

That hot bath will feel good! Wishing you many more, relaxed in body and in spirit!

Finally! That's great news. I hope the rest of your move goes smoothly and you'll be happy in your new home

Finally! It will be nice to be settled into your new home.

How wonderful! So glad it's finally happened!

What good news! Congratulations!

Yea! I so dislike it when it is time to move, but so nice when it is done.

Congratulations! Add me to those wishing you well on the rest of your move. I’m sorry things went badly over he past few months, but perhaps it’s best in the long run.

I'm sorry it's come down to the 'real stuff'....:) Packing and unpacking are not my favorite things to do. But how wonderful it will feel when you are there, and in. Hopefully with good reliable heat and temperature that you can control. If you have a week, don't try to do all in one day, space it out so you are feeling good....and keep us updated.

Good for you, enjoy your new place!

Thanks everyone. BILs are coming Thursday with their vans to move my larger stuff. If we can't get it all done they will be back on Saturday. The place is beautiful even though I am not a fan of stainless steel appliances and fake hardwood floors and quartz countertops. I grew up with linoleum and formica and white appliances.

Best wishes for a smooth move in! It might take a while to settle in to new surroundings but I hope you end up loving it :-)

I am glad you are moving forward.

WOW! A renovated apartment for $788? It's impossible to even rent a single room in a boarding house here for that. What a deal! Good for you! ♥

Congratulations! Sounds like the ideal home! Sure glad you finally waded through all

the paper work, waiting, and on and on. Enjoy!!!!!

This really has been a long, drawn-out thing for you, hasn't it. I'm happy for you that you are finally getting to move into your new apartment. It sounds really nice! I, too, grew up with linoleum floors, formica counters and white appliances. But I've adjusted, and now love my stainless appliances, my Saltillo tile and ceramic tile floors. But my counter tops are still formica. Wish I could afford to change that.

Congratulations!

Rusty

Nicole...no they said that the 788 was for half a months rent. My actual rent is 1075. Someone screwed it up and the 388 was correct amount.

Rusty...yes this has-been quite an ordeal.

Finally!!!!

It will be a relief to just stop *wondering* about this -- sort of like standing on one leg like a flamingo until you can put both feet down in the new place. $1075 sounds pretty darn good in this crazy rental market. Nice to have everything all fresh and new. I hope our crazy up and down weather holds off on rain/snow for your move.

Whew, a long and winding road! It will be a great feeling when you're all unpacked and settled in. Enjoy your new "digs!"

It really sounds beautiful. I hope the rest of the move goes smoothly, and you enjoy your new space.

I've already unpacked stuff I brought over. My rent was supposed to be 1325 but they gave me discount cuz of the problems.

Well I'm glad you got a discount! Congratulations and have fun settling in and setting up!

To be honest the only thing I don't like is they eliminated 1 full cabinet to put in a dish washer..which I will never use.

The people who did bathroom installed broken towel rack. Sent this photo to mgmt. Who does that??? Talk about lazy. Did they think I wouldn't notice?

Oh, no, there's always something, isn't there? I hope they fix that properly so your towel is waiting for you after that hot bath!

You may find you actually use the dishwasher! If not for washing dishes, then as a drying rack! I did that in an apartment, it really freed up counterspace and I could close it/leave it cracked open if I wanted then out of sight. Or, consider it storage.

It might be a good idea to run the dishwasher a time or two to make sure it is working properly. You wouldn't want to get the blame for a damaged appliance if it never worked in the first place.

Ditto what Nickel said...doesn't it have a light wash or quick wash mode? I'd use that every two or three days. It should still save water - and I hand washed dishes too many years to ever want to be without a dishwasher again in my lifetime ;)

Sounds great. There will always be bumps but hopefully the towel rack is the extent of it!

Enjoy your new digs!!

Glad to read that you're really IN! Good ideas about using the D/W if only to make sure it works...and doesn't leak.

DH and I have been hand washing our few dishes for three days, thinking the new Bosch was leaking. (Floor boards are cupping again in the kitchen.) Plumber was here yesterday and was able to confirm no leak there...but a slow drip under the fridge. We're happy to put away the dishpan, but now have to wait until Monday for the GE Monogram tech.

This is great neWS, SAMKAREN.

I also thought I'd never use my dishwasher. Figured I'd give it a try to make sure it works and I've been using it ever since. Love it. Washes dishes so well. Message me your home/work address and I'll mail you some Cascade dishwasher pods (am in Chicago) to try it out.

Good luck in your new place!

Thanks for the offer mdln. But as I said I have no plans to use the dishwasher.

One thing I just discovered (which I will tell mgmt about) is on the baseboard in my kitchen. Instead of replacing the board the person renovating put duck tape across board and painted over it. Talk about lazy.

Glad you are settling in Much better than living in limbo waiting Curious why you won’t use a dishwasher? 4 adults here, so lots of dishes Theres still several things I wash by hand-all knives, pots and pans, cup lids, vintage kitchen items

I used to rarely use the dishwasher but I always liked the way it cleaned greasy or oily stuff way better than I could manually. I now use the dishwasher pretty much for everything. I accumulate several days worth of dishes and pots etc and really do appreciate it.

My daughter used to not use hers either, and then when she started to use it had some problems with it. The repair people said that from non use, some seals or gaskets or something dried out and advised her to use it more often. I don't know if that is valid advice but I believe it.

So, think about that - maybe use it weekly or every other?

salonva, same thing happened to my BIL. They'd bought a ski cabin mountainside, thinking it would be a family thing. Their boys were only lukewarm towards the skiing and that didn't improve, they had other sports and other interests taking up their time. The cabin was put up for sale - no takers and he was stubborn about getting his price. Since he didn't HAVE to sell it sat for a long time. And he had to replace the dishwasher when he did get an attractive offer because anything that could dry and shrivel had done that.

I'll ask mgmt about that. Reason I don't need it is because I don't cook and I only own 2 plates 2 cups and a handful of utensils.

Wow, that baseboard! It reminds me of a former neighbor who painted all the trim in his house before putting it on the market. Looked great, but after the closing, when the house was empty, the buyer discovered the baseboards were only painted up to where the seller's furniture had sat against the wall. Nobody missed that neighbor -- for other reasons.

Lol at least they didn't paint over the electrical outlets like in my last apartment.

But I have to admit when I first moved into my first apartment owners said I could paint the walls. Well I wasn't strong enough to move fridge and stove so I painted up to where I could.