I think that the apartment hunt in Provo for an engaged couple was best described to me by a girl in my master's program. She told me that in the summer before she got married she would be on KSL "every moment of every day" "bidding" on items such as apartments, furniture, washers and dryers.
The search for married housing in Provo became addictive to her, trying to out smart, out call, out wit the other hundred couples in Provo getting married on practically the same day.
Of course, upon hearing this story, I thought her a little crazy . . . Surely searching for married housing would be a breeze, but somewhere around the end of June, desperation set in.
We needed an apartment. We Needed it NOW. And we needed it CHEAP. Even though we were getting married in August.
The married apartment search in Provo is brutal! I soon found myself camped out on KSL, refreshing the page for housing every 5 minutes (no joke) and getting Braden to call up apartments before any other couple could.
In fact in the place we are currently living, Braden called up the property manager about 5 minutes after she listed the post on KSL. She was a bit startled to say the least . . . But in that moment, I knew that it was meant to be for us to live in this no-named apartment complex right behind a Bar!
Upon being shown the quite spacious, two bedroom apartment with hookups in the bathroom for washer/dryer, and a Lazy Susan in the kitchen (which was the top selling point for the girl showing us the apt.), we knew that this was the place.
Forget the fact that it is about a 40 minute walk from campus for me, and that a lot of bums and other sketchy people live around the place! The inside of the complex is great. In fact, in our excitement to sign the contract, we failed to notice that directly on the other side of the fence is a Bar! We did not come to the realization until Braden had been moved in for about a week. This is when we began to think that it could potentially be a problem.
At any hour of the day, 80s power ballads can be heard blasting from the always open back door of the bar. The lovely sound of clinking glasses can be heard at all hours being thrown into the dumpster. And on Friday nights from 9 to 1am Karaokee featuring 80s ballads can be heard all night long. It is like a free concert! Saturday nights are wet T-shirt contests and mainly older people attend this place . . . I have been hit on by several old people while walking down the street and one of the ladies who works there told me I have a cute butt . . . Kind of creepy in general.
We like our apartment, but we will see how long we can last with the BAR . . .
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