Evelyn has spent the better part of two weeks seaching for apartments. Looking at different areas. Checking on crime. Seeing what’s available. And on an on.

On Thursday night we went driving around a bit to check out places. A bunch of them were in large complexes. While they looked decent, there were just too many people in too small of an area. A lot of them were close to some of the colleges, and the last thing I wanted was to be around a bunch of college kids.

She was really getting burned out from looking at all the listings, but was still going forward. Today she called one place and found that they no longer manage the facility–but they do manage another one. It was in a decent area (accessible to highway, north Austin, close to corporate jobs) so she asked more about it (it wasn’t one that she had researched).

Lo-and-behold, she learned that the complex (about 100 units) is 85% senior citizens. Perfect! I had always half-joked that I wanted to live in a senior living community–peace and quiet! Plus, they had four one bedroom top-floor apartments available. Horray!

So we went out there (planning to check on three complexes in the area) to check it out. It was our first stop, and I’m glad that it was. The people in the office were very friendly (one of them lives there) and helpful. We took a look at the the four apartments and settled on one that we liked. (They were pretty similar, but the one we got was furthest away from the road and had more recent upgrades.)

We had such a positive feeling about the place that we put down a deposit and filled out the credit check forms. If all goes well we should hear back early next week. It will be nice to have our own place again.