About a month ago, my housemates/roommates were informed by the girl who owns the house that we need to find a new place to live come August 31st.

This is what all three of us had to say: *grumbles*

My roommates and I got very, very, very lucky with this place. It is a house; we each have our own rooms, and we can use the entire first floor. There’s so much room that we have no idea what to do with it. We do share one bathroom (the 4th girl–the owner–gets her own bathroom) but luckily, we’ve not really had any problems with trying to jump in the shower to get to work.

And it’s literally a 1/2 mile away from the Rockville Metro station. Granted, the walk is kinda through a ghetto looking place– all auto shops, etc. Not the best place you want to be walking through at 10 PM. But otherwise, it’s an awesome place to live. I would know; I’ve lived there for nearly two years.

The interesting thing is: none of us knew each other before we moved into this place. I found it on Craigslist and moved in about 2 weeks later. Na found it on craigslist too and she referred to her friend from Ohio to move in as well. Na ended up moving out last summer and in came a new girl. Lo and behold, the three of us now have an awesome friendship.

So now that we have to move out–we do want to try to live together in a new place. But who knew it would be so hard to find a new place? (I did! The other girls didn’t!) I told them that the three of us would have to be willing to compromise, but it’s still proving difficult because we want it to be close to the Metro, have decent parking and not have to pay for it, each of us to have our own space, a not-so-tiny kitchen cuz all three of us cook. I don’t think that’s that difficult, but it’s hard finding places that aren’t so pricey. Here’s an important detail: we would rather stay in MD (it’s part of a compromise we made)

I don’t like looking for new places to live.

(Side note: I’d love to buy, but I’d buy either in Baltimore or in Florida *if I could afford it.* But I wouldn’t buy in the DC metro area. It’s just not what I want.)

We’ve looked at rent.com, Craigslist, apartmentshowcase.com, apartments.com, washingtonpost.com, everything… and still haven’t found that it place yet.

What ordeal have you gone through to find a new place to live? How do you deal with leasing offices? Do you end up subletting from someone? What are your priorities when finding a new place to live?

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