San Francisco is one of the most expensive cities to live in America so come apartment
hunting with me and let me show you some of the places I didn't end up picking and why [Music]
I have lived red free for almost 28 years and I am not prepared to see how much Apartments cost
here in San Francisco in 2023. so we are taking a look at one and two bedroom apartments some folks
Scott and I work from home we're really looking for a space that we love and has good natural
lighting something with a dishwasher an in-unit laundry and potentially parking parking is such
a tricky thing here in San Francisco so it's really important that it has a comedian parking
or at least a parking spot that we could pay for thank you so the very first house
that we're looking at I've dug the chicken house starting off strong this is a two bed upper unit
apartment with lots of natural light and it has a lot of original charm to it with beautiful wooden
trim I've decided to nickname this apartment the chicken house because it smells so strongly of
the oil from the restaurant down below even though parts of the apartment is renovated I don't want
my hair to smell like delicious Fried Chicken every single day the smell truly distracted me
from this entire tour and I just wanted to leave but for the sake of this video let's continue on
with the tour so here's the hallway that goes into the kitchen that's recently renovated it
does have a dishwasher in-unit laundry and dryer maybe this apartment just needs a deep cleaning
but for four thousand dollars per month I think we can do better A lot of the houses are built in
the 40s or 50s or 60s and they're not very well maintained based on all the photos I thought I
would like this place but I could not get over the smell I don't think it was worth the price
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next up we are driving over to hey Ashbury which is best known for its vintage shopping
and Victorian houses having an apartment that's super walkable is definitely on the top of our
list as someone who has lived rent-free for over 28 years it was really important for me
to go apartment hunting in real life to get a sense of space and to see the minimum sizing I
would feel comfortable with so this one bed one bath unit had a surprising view of the
Golden Gate Bridge but it didn't have a lot of privacy in the bedroom and the living room was
quite small and as a good practice we tried to visualize where we would put all the furniture
in the apartment like our couch sofa TV desk and at this point I was starting to feel a little bit
suffocated and I felt like we would be living on top of each other but if you were a single
person I think this would be totally okay this kitchen also had so many red flags it does not
have a lot of counter space it has an electric stove which is quite challenging challenging
for me because I cook two to three times a day and I like my food to have Good Wok hay and if
you're Chinese you would totally understand what I just said I wonder if they ever replace those
pull out chopping boards and take a look at this large farmhouse sink so now that we have a sense
of the layout let's go and check out the bathroom which is really when things started to go downhill
as a girl who takes a significant amount of time getting ready in the morning it's really important
that the bathroom is good I am so glad I turned on that light because it has a fan that's permanently
on and it hums so loud that it's nearly impossible to film in this room let me know in the comments
if you're a fan of a bright colored bathroom or if you're more of a neutral girly and I seriously
cannot believe what happened next oh whoa this tub is absolutely small okay that bathroom is just way
too small for us this is the moment when I looked at the closet and I realized oh no I have way too
much clothes and way too many pairs of shoes for any single person to ever own it is never going
to fit in this apartment and since I'm in San Francisco and not another city I'm just going
to keep an open mind just in case this is the best apartment we're going to see in the day what
did surprise me is the rooftop that is shared with the other tenants but it has such a nice City View
especially on a clear day this apartment taught me so many valuable lessons like things that I don't
want and things that I actually need so Scott and I quickly ran out of there and we decided
to drive around the neighborhood just to see if there were any other listings whatever [Music]
all right this next apartment had so much potential remember when we went apartment
hunting a few years ago well none of them looked as good as these I'm not sure if it's just lucky
girl syndrome or the recession kicking in but this place looked very livable the floors look
brand new there's so many windows with natural light we're on the second floor
so we're not sure if our neighbors would be Stompers but walking down the hallway
there's tons of storage look at the size of these bedrooms it's really like a maze
and there's plenty of outlets in this room the mirror sliding door closets are huge Scott's
just pointing out that the bathroom faces this bedroom and then I turned around and
I saw that there was another bathroom but this is really nice yeah [Music]
the overall Vibe of this place is that it's very large and spacious
but it just feels like we're underground whoa this is like my Davis UC Davis closet
if you had a closet this big would you turn
it into an office recording studio let me know in the comments [Music]
however it only has one washer and one dryer for everyone in the apartment building which is like
10 or 12 different units another benefit is for another 200 you can get a parking spot idea of
sharing a laundry machine with 12 other units seems pretty stressful for me especially if
I work in the fashion space and have a lot of clothes and laundry to do all the time let me
know in the comments what you thought about this listing if you would ever consider living here
I've never pictured myself living out in the sunset it just feels so far away from the rest of
the city we really wanted to see this two-bedroom apartment this is definitely on the smaller end it
does have a gas stove yay but something about this carpet smelled so bad the apartment itself looks
pretty well maintained like the bathroom look pretty clean and I had this vintage shower [Music]
and oddly enough it has a similar layout to my parents house with a left and right bedroom and
it overlooks a school with the Golden Gate Bridge View [Music] these views were pretty
good and you can even see downtown all right let's take a look at the closets together and
you let me know if you think I can fit all of my clothes and shoes in here yeah [Music]
again this apartment is just a bit too small for us so we decided to pass
this last two bedroom apartment looks so beautiful but it's really really far out in the Outer Sunset
we just felt like we would be super isolated and away from our friends and no one would ever
really come out to visit us okay spoiler alert this was our favorite house that we saw of the
entire Bunch this place just had so much character it has fresh paint it's newly renovated look at
this marble countertop the minute we walked in we already knew we weren't going to get this place
all of the appliances were brand new the previous tenant left behind this beautiful armoire there's
even a walk-in closet I look Scott in the eyes and said I think I want to live here and when
you walk into the bedroom take a look at these windows and the view it's just so private and
cozy this is very spacious it's almost as big as mine like back home or and the tall ceilings too
I think this walk-in closet is larger than most bedrooms in New York city so at this
point I've mentally already moved into this place I've signed the lease I'm fantasizing
where I would put all of my furniture and my shoes and for good measure I even do a sound
test to see if it'd be too loud for me to film my YouTube videos we somehow forgot to even look at
the bathroom but saw the basement and our future parking spot within unit laundry even though it
seems very beautiful and picturesque and has tons of parking I think I want to prioritize
being able to hang out with my friends so I think the apartment that we ended up picking is the
best of both worlds we're able to have her own space with two bedrooms and then a huge backyard
we have a parking spot so I'm really excited to continue decorating and you know renovating this
spot stay tuned for part two which is coming out next week on our apartment hunt because
we found place with a pink bathroom and I think there's one that was definitely haunted foreign