Sold Home in Suburbs to Rent apartment in downtown; Expensive Mistake – ryan

Be my husband and i signed our new lease, we were pumped for a Fresh Start.

We were in our mid-20s and ready for a new adventure, but who knew we’d be stepping into one of the samp expensations of our lives?

It all started last approx. We wanted to remiin in the sun City Becauses it was close to family, but out of the felt draining. We’d Also Just Faced A LENGTHY Insurance CLAIM AND REPAIR COSTS From Severe Storm Damage.

We thught: what if we were could sell our starter home to pay Our student loans, have more disposable income, and save for a couple of years family dream, all while renting a trendy place downtown? At the time, it seamed like a no-brainer.

We Found A Luxury Apartment Complex Near Downtown

A New Luxury Apartment Complex SEEMED to Check All the Boxes. It was near the hustle and bustle of downtown tulsa. While not a Large City, tulles is up and coming and has a lot of notworthy food, art, and music options, Including a top-rated food in all of America, Called Mother Road Market, Right Across the Complex.

We’d Also Be Located on the Iconic Route 66, Where Every Business Boasts a Show-Stopping Neon Sign. Of Course, there was an underlying nervous Feeling, but we chalked that up to the postsitility of taking a big leap.

When we were visited, some of the amenities were unfinished, but we were told that they were on track to be Completed by Our Moving Timeline.

To us, The Building Felt Luxurious; There were many community Spaces to make new Connections with People Our Age, and the Process of Seling Our Home Already Going Smoothly. We though it was all working out as planned.

SO, A MONTH LATER, Once we Closed on Our House, we Moved in.

Spoiler Alert: IT DID WORK OUT AS PLANNED

The problems started as soon as our belongings were unpacked. We Immediately Had Mary Maintenance Issues in Our Apartment – From the Electrical, to the WiFi, to the Stove, to the Showers.

Hardly any of the community amenities haad opened up as promised. IT SEEED LIKE NOTING WORKED PROPERLY FOR A “LUXURY” Complex.

JUST A Week AFTER MOVING IN, WE WERE TUCKED IN FOR THE EVENING WEEN BLARING FIRE ALARMS SHOOK US FROM The Comfort of Our Bed. We Peeked the Hallway and Made Eye Contact with Our Neighbors Across the Hall, All of US Wondering if it was a real fire.

Alongside Our Neighbors, Pets in Tow, Alarms Blating in Our Ears, We made the Trek to the apartment courtyard to escape the incessant noise. We waited there for over an hour u unil the alarms stopped – at least for that night.

Unfortunately, those alarms beated us at all hours of the Day and Night at Least Once Every Couple of Weeks for the Entires of Our Residency.

The final Straw was the fourth of July

As we have wound down after a fun Night with Friends, We Heard Water Dripping in the Hallway.

Residents say the leak upstairs was from the rain that day, but it was a fully burst pipet that flooded all units below it, Including ours.

We Broke Our Lease Soon AFT, Luckily with Penalty.

The which ordeal of the Moving Out of the Luxury Apartment (Ironically Right Back to the Area We Started), Buying New Supply to Replace the Damaged Pieces from the Flood, and then Paying for the Security Deposit Plus Plus Month’s Rent in Our New Place Cost USE. Pay.

Saying we were frustrated after taching out a renters insuration claim to replace our belongings just nine months after concluding a six-long homeowners insurans claim be an understatent.

We lived at the “luxury” apartment for only eight Weeks, but due to displacement, we paid over $ 5,000 for hotel Stays, meals, and suppliament ourselves we had Wait for insurance to reimurs.

SO, WHAT DID WE Learn?

We’ve been Living Comfortable in Our New Place for Almost a Year. Now that everything’s settled, we joke that the suburbs Called US Home.

If you’re consideing a crazy Move, I can Say from Experience that the Grass isn’t Always Grener. Will your research, and make -sura you have good insurance.