fbf2006

We found them on craigslist.


We were lucky we got our rent deposit back pretty easily. Getting our nursery deposit back was another thing. We just got that back yesterday, though my son's last day was on Oct 28th and we had informed them in August of our departure. Sorry for the rant!

viitav

Ahh see I spoke about Craigslist to OH (USC) and he said it's super dodgy LOL.. He worries that our money will be taken and that we'll get nowhere.

Thats awful about your nursery! Why did it take so long!

Did you do DCF or did you file from the US?

fbf2006

Yea I suppose craigslist can be dodgy. There are legit ads on there though.
The nursery said their policy states deposits are returned in 6 months, so I suppose that's why. A policy that makes no sense.
Neither my husband nor I are citizens, just the kid. My husband's company transferred him to the UK and then back so we got H-1B/H4 at the US embassy in London. Then the company I was working for in London, which is a US company, did an L-1A for me and I changed my status within the US. We're now in the adjustment of status to green cards process.

viitav

They want to hold onto the interest of the money OR they don't have it readily available.
Very odd!

Ahh thats amazing! I'll be transferring with work to our NY office however i'm applying for a CR-1 to get my green card. Hoping it doesn't take forever to process!

LouisB

Hey, we had airbnb for ~18 nights, best and longest we could find at the time in the area and for the dates. Actually there was nothing available then one popped up, so we nabbed it immediately.

Was a risk, but we arrived very late Wednesday, by Friday had searched for some ideas, on sat we did some walk-ins then went back Sunday to see new apartment just available. Liked it so applied, took secured deposit checks following weekend after application was successful. Move in date was the 12th, when it was first available, we'd first looked about 12 days previously. I think it would have gone quickly had we not applied straight away before it was advertised, so was a lucky find. Apartment available 12th, our airbnb last day was to 14th, pretty sweet, but lucky.

Didn't think we'd find somewhere so quickly that we liked so much. Did think it would have taken longer and run right up to the end. It helped that I'd already looked at apartments recently and so kinda knew what to expect and when to grab a good deal vs. sit on it for too long.

Unfurnished is a pain initially but after a couple of weeks you get what you need and it's nice to have your own stuff

For future reference a $20 inflatable matress served well until the real one turned up. We got the bedding we wanted and sufficed on the inflatable just on the floor as a stop gap. Worked out well for a few days to bridge the gap. Was a bit like being a student all over again though 😂 but the new matress is amazing, talk about appreciating what you don't have 😄

LouisB

And doesn't everyone want to rent on airbnb for less than 30 days due to some renters rights that kick in after 30 days?

Even with that law we struggled to find anywhere long stay at all. Nothing over 30 days.

LouisB

I think in the UK they have made deposits illegal.

This NY apartment has nice hardwood floor throughout. After doing the walkthrough we carefully double checked and photographed any marks and scratches ourselves too. Not that there are many but I don't want to lose deposit over stuff not down to us.

Moving new sofa around last night we were super careful. In fact it is now sitting on some cardboard it came in, just under the feet, just in case...

MarylandNed

The counties are state entities. The boroughs are city entities. There are 5 NYC boroughs - and they have the same boundaries as the 5 corresponding state counties. For example, Richmond (which you originally listed as a borough) is a state county (not a borough). Staten Island is the corresponding city borough.

New York City Counties | City of New York

Nutmegger

Yes, but the borough was called Richmond, not Staten Island, until the mid-seventies. Rete is an old-time New Yorker and names stick -- for instance, Citifield will always be Shea Stadium to most New Yorkers! For me, there will always be three Ridings in Yorkshire, screw government reorganization!

MarylandNed

We're not in the mid 70s. No-one from outside NYC is going to think that Richmond is one of the 5 boroughs.

Nutmegger

Just saying old habits die hard -- I'm still from the West Riding!

MarylandNed

My father-in-law still insists that Wigan is in Lancashire - not Greater Manchester.

Nutmegger

Sounds like a sensible guy!

rpjs

The Royal Mail would have agreed up until the point where they abolished counties from UK postal addresses (1997 or thereabouts I think). They didn't recognise "Greater Manchester" for postal usage because of the potential confusion with the post town of Manchester.

NYer

No one has called Staten Island "Richmond" since Aaron Burr died. There is a neighborhood in Queens called Richmond Hill. My husband's grandparents lived there.