Moving out?

I haven’t been this nervous in ages. For a while now I’ve been looking for an apartment, on and off because I wasn’t in a big hurry. Last weekend I checked SVNK again, the organisation that has affordable apartments for rent in the region where I live, Noord-Kennemerland. I was searching in Alkmaar, Heerhugowaard, Langedijk (where I live now), Heiloo and Castricum. Of all these places Castricum would be the best option, since it’s closest to Amsterdam. In 28 minutes I could go from Castricum to Amsterdam CS by train.

There was an apartment in Castricum on the site, it looked just awesome. It’s about a kilometer away from the train station, it’s 64m2 big, covers two floors and it has two bedrooms. I reacted and ended up being no. 1 in the list. So yesterday, when I found out I was officially no. 1, I thought ‘well there will probably be a letter in the mail some day soon’. Instead I got a phone call from someone at the organisation and she referred me to the landlord. We made an appointment and I’m going to check out the apartment on Friday.

This doesn’t mean I’m taking it yet though, because I have a few demands. I want the apartment to be decent and without too many major flaws (I’m taking my dad along, he was a carpenter for years so he knows this stuff), and I want to be able to have cats. I heard that I have the option of taking over some things that were already added to the apartment, like a wooden floor and curtain rails etc. That should be handy, then I’ll be able to move in without much trouble.

I have almost everything I need to move out: I own a washing machine, a microwave, a coffee table, all the kitchen supplies anyone could ever ask for, etc. I figured all I need is: a refrigerator, one or maybe two closets and some chairs (and possibly a table but that can wait since I have a coffee table already). Just for the hell of it I’m considering adding in a dishwasher, I’ll get one from Marktplaats. So if you have one of those items and you want to get rid of it, please contact me.

So I’m quite nervous, since this would be my first attempt at truly living on my own. I think it’ll be awesome, and scary, but still awesome!