Entries tagged with "housing"
Looking for housing in Ann Arbor?
posted by srah on February 16, 2007 12:38 PM
Welcome to all the millions of readers streaming in endless hordes from this post on Left Behind at the Fishbowl, many thousands of whom are probably U-M students. Please allow me draw your attention to this fine rental property on the north side of Ann Arbor, which is quite nice and reasonably priced and is in a fine location, with easy access to the North and Medical campuses and actually quite close to central campus as well. At right is a picture of a well-known blogger painting the beautiful bathroom of this fine dwelling (which dried to a slightly darker...
Happiness is...
posted by srah on November 21, 2005 10:12 PM
Tags: housing
... a toilet that disnae leak anymore. Thank the Toilet-Fixing Man! The fiendish ceramic creature's reign of terror is at last at an end!...
La plombería del apartamento al lado del mío
posted by srah on February 13, 2003 3:05 AM
Tags: assistantship, construction, housing, in spanish
God only knows what I've just said in Spanish. I think they've finished the apartment next door, which is rather odd because they'd only been at it two days. It sort of frightens me because I don't see how they could fit the shower in the bathroom without knocking out some walls, so I fear they may have just plonked the it down in the middle of the kitchen. The plumber asked me last night if I could switch apartments today. Yeah, like it's that simple. And yeah, like I didn't have to work. I'm kind of hoping I won't...
Plumbers at the crack of dawn
posted by srah on February 12, 2003 4:25 PM
Tags: assistantship, housing, vichy
So much for my nice Wednesday grasse matinée. Apparently they did not finish the shower yesterday, so they are back this morning. I've said it before and I'll say it again: that room is cursed and the entire building is the epicenter of All Things Weird in Vichy....
Why does my bathroom smell like it's on fire?
posted by srah on February 11, 2003 12:21 PM
Tags: assistantship, housing
The plumber accosted me as I got out of the shower in the hallway this morning. "I need to talk to you... later," he said, realizing I was wearing a towel. Once I was presentable I came out into the hallway to see what was up. He had come to install the shower in the apartment next door, and proposed to put one in mine while he was at it. "Um... I have to go to work," I protested weakly, "and Mme Messana said you were going to do that one, move me into it, then do mine.." "No, that's...
Hooray for socialism!
posted by srah on February 11, 2003 4:38 AM
Tags: assistantship, housing, taxes
Although one might grumble occasionally about receiving 750€ after taxes on one's 950€ monthly salary, one learns to accept it. One might apply for aide au logement on a whim to see if one is eligible for anything worthwhile. It is thus quite exciting when one discovers that not only will one receive monthly payments of an amount sufficient to refund all but 9€ of one's rent, but that one will also be reimbursed for all of the months before one got around to applying. One is rich! One may not have to prostitute oneself to pay for grad school...
Damn you, Immo Vichy (25.9.02)
posted by srah on September 26, 2002 4:57 PM
Tags: apartment, assistantship, frustration, housing, vichy
I finally got to visit an apartment today. This one was through an agency, Immo Vichy. The Immo Vichy woman showed me the apartment, which was a delightful studio (read: kitchen in the bedroom) with construction work going on outside, no closet space, no linens, and no oven, all for the delightful price of 250€, which of course does not include tax or utilities. I told her I'd call her. I got an email from one of the other American assistants in the Vichy agglomeration, telling me her phone number and address and saying she was lonely and had an...
