Our DC Apartment

The apartment hunt is over! We'll technically be living in Maryland, just 2 miles North of DC Proper and less than 10 miles away from the White House. It has 1250 sq ft, which includes 2 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, and a den.

The place we found is on the same block as the Wheaton Metro Station. We just walk outside the complex and the Metro Station is right there! DC is going to be very accessible to us now, so we're excited! Walter Reed is only 3 Metro stops from our location, so Jimmy's commute will be very easy.

We like the location because everything is within walking distance. There's a mall, Target, grocery store, and gym (and a whole bunch of other stuff) within a block of our building. There are also tons of restaurants nearby as well. In addition, we can pretty much go anywhere in the city using the Metro.

We'll be downsizing to one car and will get a storage unit for some of our furniture. Since we are moving to an apartment, there are lots of things we currently have that we won't need anymore (i.e. washer, dryer, fridge, grill, leaf blower, etc.).

The apartment won't be available until December 8th, so I'll be here at Fort Lee until then. Jimmy has to report to the hospital by November 23rd, so he'll be staying in a hotel and with friends in DC from that time until December 8th. This is a terrible time of year to move and we're not sure what we're doing for Thanksgiving and I'm not even sure we'll put up the Christmas decorations this year.

The Army gives us an extra $2400 monthly for housing costs and we found this apartment for $1750, so we're pretty excited. The left over money will be put to good use for the extra monthly pet and parking fees, utilities, and a storage unit. We will have some extra money left over, but we're sure that because the cost of living is so high up there, the extra money will be appreciated.

Here's the floor plan... it's so small! Living in an apartment will be an adjustment ;0)



Here's the website if you want more info:

http://www.archstoneapartments.com/Apartments/Maryland/Montgomery_County/Archstone_Wheaton_Station/default.htm