HGTV would have a blast here. Day 1 of our house hunt we looked at 5 places. The first one was in an unfinished neighborhood and we would be the very first to move in. It was a two-story "bungalow" with about 1200 sq/ft and every bedroom had a pink wall. My favorite thing about this place was that it had an American style playground and a running trail. 
The 2nd place we looked at was an apartment complex right next door- also brand new but there were some people already living there. It was 1415 sq/ft, had a small walk in pantry, and a window seat in the master bedroom. I liked this place because it has a safe one-story layout and didn't need any work done. (These two places are far from a market which was a big downside). #3- In the middle of town, close to the biggest vegetable market in town, 10 years old, termite problems, open spaces in the ceiling that went who knows where, a shared balcony,- but a spacious kitchen. (All 3 of these places were $200 a month). 
#4 On the outskirts of town close to a village, and wheat field, a water tower, and a market. Around 1560 sq/ft, $170 a month, two story. It needs a lot of work, the kitchen is a little smaller, but it has a good community feel and a good landlord. #5- We found an add in the newspaper for a place in the part of town I liked, but ended up winding back to the worse part of the neighborhood. The place had 3 bedrooms, 2 eastern toilets, cement floors, and very small living space. We did not spend much time looking at this place.
Day 2- In the morning we drove out to the west side of town to look at a place we had seen from the road. AMAZING. The main office had squash courts, and a kids play room in the lobby. The facilities have a skating rink, movie theater, several kids play places, a few swimming pools, putting place, basketball, running trail, and several other things. They also have centralized AC in some flats. Of course this place was not finished yet and way beyond our budget. Then we went with an agent to view two places closer to the center of town. They were both about 5 years old and and both over $300/mo. The 1st one had a fairly nice kitchen, but it was dirty. It was in a nice apartment complex with a gym. The 2nd one was more like a downtown type of apartment right on a street with a lot going on, but did not have good play area for Silas. This was the only place we looked at with cabinets already in the kitchen and it was a big kitchen too, but it was expensive and not a very good floor plan. The next day was Sunday so we did not get to look at any places (see previous post). 
On Monday we looked at a few places close to #4. The first one only had 2 bedrooms so we didn't really consider it. The second one was seriously out in the middle of nowhere. It had one bathroom outside under the stairs to the roof and one bathroom inside with an eastern toilet. It was very small and each room was painted a different bright color with pinstripes.
The 3rd place we looked at was really nice, but over our square footage allowance and also out in the middle of nowhere.
And that is enough for now. To be continued..
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