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As of July 1st we are moving out of our apartment and into a house we rented. The new place is just over ten minutes from where we live now so not too far away. We currently rent a two bedroom apartment in a pretty nice building but with our lease renewal they wanted to raise our rent up more than we were willing to pay. We found a three bedroom three and a half bath townhouse that was really in great shape and had a big back deck so we decided the extra amenities that the apartment building offered weren’t enough to keep us. Our rent will actually be cheaper at the new place even though it is much bigger. RIght away we will see a $450 a month savings just in base rent (yes the utilities will probably be a little higher).

The townhouse is three stories high and the bottom floor has its own bath room and walk out patio area in addition to a large amount of space. We have a friend who was looking for a place to rent and it turns out that it is perfect for him. We didn’t ask for too much rent, just enough to save us some money and be a great deal for him.

After the additional rent savings due to our room mate we will actually save about $1000 a month! While we are psyched about this savings, we wouldn’t have done the room mate thing if the house set up wasn’t what is was where he have have his own space downstairs and we can have ours.

Hopefully it will work out for everyone! We will post in the future about how it’s working out.