Today we went apartment-hunting. Actually had a link to a real estate agent that we chanced across while in Singapore, so we duly looked him up to start things off. He didn't have photos on his site, so we totally had NO idea what to expect. Of course we were hopeful, but still none the wiser. Initial discussions in his office seemed perfunctory... such as agent rights, terms of the lease and other details. But when the time came to finally sink the teeth into the pie, absolutely NOTHING prepared us for what we saw. I can't upload pictures for you to see (actually we were too stunned to react then...) but it was a disaster - a fire-safety, health, emotional and psychological hazard to say the least. No wonder he seemed so keen to push the unit across - I almost wanted to ask him if he would pay that kind of money to say there... such an indecent proposal @#$%^&*
Anyway, we left without a word, totally shattered. My orientation commences next week and we just had to secure a unit fast. What to do? But thank God, for as we were walking in the area, we chanced across another rental agency that had photos put up for its units. They looked decent and we went to visit. After initial difficulties in the discussion, this agent finally agreed to help try to secure a unit for us. We'll know by Monday morning if it goes through, we we are praying hard that it does. Wanna see the surroundings?
Looks good right? The area is known as Fenway West. Everywhere around here are all apartment blocks but are rented or owned by young professionals, researchers and medical students from the nearby Harvard Medical School (and so the agent tells us...). Very importantly for me, it is near to the Fenway T Line - a train station, which will be the subject of another post - as well as a super large shopping mall known as The Landmark Centre (see below).
This is most certainly the tallest building in this area where the HMC is located. But co-located with the plaza are also Staplez, Best Buy as well as Bed, Bath and Beyond (much like Popular, Best Denki or Courts and Ikea in Singapore). We had a chance to shop around and it's almost a one-stop locality for me... so please pray hard that we secure this area OK? Unless of course God has other plans for us, then may He lead us accordingly. But this far we are having quite a good feel about this place... will updated on this blog really soon... :)
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