So the trickiest part about moving to Illinois is that it's really hard to figure out housing. We got a housing list from the school but beyond those basic descriptions we were pretty much lost. We narrowed down our list but came to a stopping point when we realized that without actually seeing these places we could be signing up to live in a "2 bedroom, 1 bath, dishwasher, washer/dryer, hard wood floors, great location" that looks like this:
Enter Brad's amazing parents! They completely came to our rescue and volunteered to drive down to Alton (about 5 hours away) and look at our list of places and even email us pictures. After their pros and cons of each location and the pictures we decided on the "cute yellow house" with "2 bedroom, 1 bath, dishwasher, washer/dryer, hard wood floors, great location":
This picture is a side view of the house. It is split into two apartments (we live on the main floor) and we enter our apartment through the porch area on the right. What clinched it for us is the storage room, the garage, and the location (this picture was taken on the side walk ACROSS from campus), plus it's yellow and cute and not a dump!
Only 30 days until we move and it's finally starting to feel real!
4 comments:
haha! Oh my goodness. I can't believe that first one! Thank goodness they went down to check them out. Miss you already!
cute house! we're excited for you guys although provo won't be the same without you! who are we going to bowl/eat with?
I'm so sad! DONT GO!
Crazy! Cute yellow house, guest room perfect for visitors and, eventually lil punkins. I'm going to miss you!!
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