I have to admit, when we first decided to make the big leap down south, there was a rather…extensive laundry list of things to get done before we leave. This included but is still not limited to:
- Rent a U-haul trailer (and get the hitch installed)
- Put some love and elbow grease into my little Matrix so she can make the 2600-mile trek
- Plan our 2600-mile route
- Sell the majority of our earthly belongings
- Buy stock in sunscreen
- Spend lots of time with everyone we love in Oregon (…in 3 weeks)
But perhaps the most important piece of the puzzle was finding a place to live in SA. There’s apparently a norm in Tejas that when it comes to apartment shopping, we laypeople are not entirely qualified to find living quarters on our own. We found a fabulous Property Locater named Laurette who helped us shop in the neighborhood we wanted. Basically, she knows her way around a neighborhood or two and gets commissions from the apt complexes when she refers us to them. Quasi-impartial, free to us, and very helpful. Sign me up!
So in case you’re wondering, hur’s the SA:
And hur’s our apartment:
We’re going to be living at the Alta Roxbury, which makes KS tickled in all kinds of ways. We get things like a pool, on site gym, an enclosed dog park, and a billiards room (for all the billiards we play) included in rent, which means we better find some floaties and a bowler hat for Rileypants.
PDX to SA 