Around the corner from Easy Street
My apartment hunting was initially a bit depressing: I was intent on finding something within a short walk of the village, and my choice seemed to be either something like $600 for a twin bed in a small room shared with two other people (a couple apartments I looked at were shared 7 ways, 13 ways, …), or $1200-1400+ for a studio apartment, some unfurnished.
Finally, I found a place in Whistler Cay that had my name all over it: massive kitchen with a gas stove, two dishwashers and about 3 fridges, a fireplace, home theatre room with leather couches and a 4′ wide screen, wireless internet, plants, decks, a big trampoline in the back yard…
Two rooms were becoming available: a smaller room with a weird layout for $750, and the master bedroom: a huge room with vaulted ceilings, skylights, and mountain views on three sides. It’s probably big enough to sleep about 8 people. Currently it’s kind of split in half and shared by two guys, and listed as being ideal for a couple, but I said I’d take it myself and the dude showing the place said he’d bump the rent down if a single person took it, so I got it for $1000. Woohoo!
One possible downside is that the place is shared by about 7 people (and whatever guests they happen to have), so it may be a bit chaotic, but I’m OK with the chaos, and I’ll have plenty of space to myself. And I met many of the roommates and they seem pretty cool so far.
It’s only a 15 minute walk to the village, and about 2 minutes from one of the best mountain bike trails in the area, A River Runs Through It. In Ottawa I had to drive 30 mins to get to trails that weren’t nearly as good!
It’s on Balsam Way, between Easy Street and the River of Golden Dreams :)
I had called another place that was actually on Easy Street; I would have loved to have had that as my address, but this’ll have to do.