Here is the lowdown and comparison of our new residence vs. our old residence:


Why I like 65 Ashford, #3 better than 158 Kelton, #4...

--More secure (three locks to get into our unit from the front, two from the back, security lights in the parking lot in back)
--Much quieter but just as convenient, actually closer to downtown Boston, Cambridge, and the Massachusetts turnpike
--Newly finished floors (although I wish they had a darker stain)
--More than enough electrical breakers, actually located within our unit
--Bigger bathroom
--Dual closets in the bedroom
--Larger Office
--Slightly larger living room w/ a rounded alcove
--Non crumbly plaster walls
--Smooth ceilings with up-to-date lighting fixtures
--The whole place seems to collect dust a lot less

What I miss about 158 Kelton, #4...

--Kitchen cabinet space (completely non-existent here)
--The built in china cabinet (sigh)
--Having a coat closet *sniffle*
--Our neighbors (not that our new ones don’t seem nice…)
--The wainscoting in the living room
--Secure storage space (a little paranoid having extras unsecured in the egress in the back)
--A open air porch (our grill and porch set no longer has a home!)

What I don’t miss from 158 Kelton, #4...

--Not being able to run a vacuum, dishwasher, microwave, or hairdryer (and sometimes even our clothing iron) without considerable thought to the lighting, a TV being on, or computers being plugged in
--Having to run down into the scary basement to flip the breaker switches when they go out anyway despite our well conceived plans to not lose electricity
--The lack of natural light in the living room
--The daylight that hits you head on from the bedroom, regardless of whether or not the blinds are pulled
--The bathroom with the layout that makes no sense
--The radiators that made furniture placement a much bigger thought process than desired
--The lack of any control over the heating (one thermostat in the entire building controlled by the residents of apartment 5)
--The inability to buzz in visitors

What I could live without here...

--The severe lack of kitchen cabinets, only appropriate for a college students with a few pieces of Tupperware and a token pot or pan
--The tiling job in the bathroom that looks like it was done by the criminally insane
--The distance from the kitchen to the living room where we entertain
--The distance from the kitchen to the office when I need Keith for something (hmm, a great Christmas gift idea—walkie talkies...)
--The 90 degree turn on our exceedingly narrow and low ceilinged stairs (which necessitated the cutting apart of our couch and the procuring of a split box spring)
--The slanting walls that run parallel to the roof that make furniture placement exceedingly hard
--Paying for heat and hot water (everything is metered separately, but its not that bad...but just wait until its freezing in the winter)

We'll be posting pictures of the new apartment very soon!