- Hello Tangerinies from Queretaro, Mexico.
Today I'm taking you with me
as I look at two apartments in the city.
The first is here in historic center, right behind me,
so let's go on in.
You come right in from one of the main streets
in the historic center.
And you're coming into this complex,
which is like an apartment building.
It's got three floors, I think total,
so you do have neighbors back here.
And this apartment that I'm going to is on the second floor,
what's called the first floor in Mexico.
So we came in right over there from the street,
and then we're just gonna go up one flight of stairs
here to this apartment.
(shoes tapping up stairs)
All right, let's see what we got here.
So now I'm standing here in this first apartment.
It's a two bed, one and a half bathroom.
Where I'm standing now is the kitchen
sort of living room area.
So it's a fully furnished apartment,
which means anything that I see here is included,
all the furniture, decorations, toaster,
coffee maker, stove, cutest little toaster oven.
Oh my God (indistinct) since you could fit
like one and a half pieces of bread in there.
And yeah, pretty standard in a kitchen,
although it looks fairly well stocked.
And I think, let's see.
(doors creaking open)
All your plates, and cups, and bowls, and coasters.
And I would assume pots, and pans, and everything.
Yep, there's lots in here so that's nice.
You wouldn't really need anything to move in here.
Kitchen table, some seating here.
They do have it decorated pretty sufficiently,
like there's a lot here.
Can't honestly say that this is how I would decorate it,
red is not really my theme color, but it is what it is.
I kinda like that they've got this
cool wooden bar set up here.
You got some chairs,
you can make your cocktails, have a glass of wine.
Here is, again,
I think maybe this is supposed to be the living room setup.
It's kinda great 'cause it's got some,
I know it's not lots of natural light coming in.
And interesting features about this apartment,
I'm finding myself being like, what the heck is this?
So here's a window with a screen even on it,
but it's a window to the bedroom.
(Maddie laughing)
So then come around this way, pass by this very colorful,
unique, not exactly sure what it is, mural,
into the main bedroom.
So this one's got a king size bed, closets,
another window here,
and then of course this like passageway window,
which has the screen on the other side.
So hopefully you don't have any peeping toms
living with you.
(Maddie laughing)
But this one also has a TV, internet, that reminds me,
everything is included in this rental.
So your internet, water, gas, electric, maintenance fee,
all of that is included in the price.
The window out here, actually,
it's kind of interesting the setup.
You've got your natural light,
but you don't really have a view to anything.
And then over here,
this other window that you can see is the other bedroom.
So this one, I think this might be a full bed,
maybe it's a queen, I have trouble telling the difference.
But you also got lots of closet space,
and you do have a good amount of light coming in.
It's kind of little bit off-putting to me.
What you're looking at is either the window
on the other side, walls, and tiny sliver of sky
so you know the world still exists out there.
So not super great,
you don't get to see anything in downtown or anything,
but it is what it is, and you still do get
a lot of natural light.
Gotta take it, gotta take what you can get in some cases.
Out here is the hall, well,
it's like the shared bathroom between these two bedrooms.
And it has a shower.
The great thing about this bathroom though,
is that you can feel like royalty
because you're doing your business, up,
elevated on a nice little toilet pedestal.
If that's what you're into, it's got it.
Okay, and then from the front door I passed by
two things that I wanna mention.
One is the half bathroom,
so this one doesn't have a shower, or tub, or anything,
just a toilet and sink, for guests or whatever.
Another window here.
This is the same type of situation,
you get your ventilation, your nice breeze,
your outside air, but you have nothing at all to look at.
(Maddie laughing)
And the last thing is it has a washer and dryer.
This I think is a pretty rare feature in many apartments,
especially when all the utilities and stuff are included.
And a dryer, in my experience,
I have not seen many of those in rentals across Mexico,
so that's a pretty cool feature to have.
So this fully furnished two bedroom apartment
is going to be 14,000 pesos a month.
Like I said, that includes everything,
your water, internet, gas, maintenance fee.
What it does not include is parking,
so that can be kind of tricky if you have a car like I do.
So parking downtown can be kind of a nightmare,
and also very expensive,
so that's something to weigh the pros and cons.
What you are getting with this apartment
is the amazing location in the heart of downtown.
This is literally right in the middle
of the historic center so you've got your bars,
restaurants, activities, all the historic buildings, shops,
and tons to see and do within walking distance,
or even biking distance.
So that's what you're really getting
is if you wanna live in downtown,
if you want the historic center experience,
this, you can't get much better than this I don't think.
(Latin music)
Before I hop into the second apartment,
I wanted to share a little life update slash story.
In the last vlog that I put out,
I was starting my very first ever crocheted blanket.
Anytime I'm doing this crocheting
I put something on in the background,
like a movie or something on Netflix.
So my mom's been giving me some movie recommendations,
show recommendations, and stuff like that.
And one called "Life as We Know It".
But I looked and on Mexico Netflix, it doesn't exist.
And that is a little bit of a problem with Mexico Netflix,
that sometimes the options are limited.
So I use a little trick that I've got up my sleeve
by turning on a VPN and setting my location to the US,
I all of a sudden have access
to a whole new library of movies and shows.
And of course with a VPN I can put myself in Canada,
or Japan, or Quebec, maybe, I dunno.
There's a whole bunch of different libraries
from locations all around the world.
And so that gets me access to tons of content
that I don't otherwise have here in Mexico.
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Oh, and by the way, I finished my quilt,
I'm very proud of it, it's so cute, and I love it.
So this next apartment that I'm going into
is located in this high rise condo building.
Very sleek and modern looking.
Next to other very similar condo buildings
in the same complex.
Okay, so I'm walking into the second apartment now,
and this is pretty much the polar opposite of the first one.
So as you can probably start to notice
it's completely unfurnished.
So there's no decorations, no furniture,
as of right now, there's not even a refrigerator.
But it's very nice, newly remodeled.
It's still in a great location, it's very close to downtown
so it's about a 15 to 30 minute walk
to various parts of the historic center,
just depends on the location.
It's very close to Parque Alameda.
You've got a nice mall, Puerta La Victoria right here.
It's actually a mall that I really enjoy
'cause there's lots of great restaurants
like Sonora Grill, one of my favorites.
And of course lots of stores and stuff too.
So we've got a nice kitchen
with some decent countertop space.
Here's some space here for a dishwasher,
and then this is where the fridge would go.
Walking in here it's very bright right now,
so I have these closed to halfway
'cause the sun is setting so it's coming in these windows.
But here's where you would set up the living room.
And then one of my favorite features in any apartment.
A balcony.
I'll be honest, it's not the greatest view I've ever seen.
So there might be another complex goin' up here
it looks like, and then you can see over there,
this is what these buildings look like in this complex.
And then over here, there's some storage space.
A really nice feature that I noticed is that it has AC,
so that would be really great
for especially this time of day when the sun is setting,
bright afternoon sun.
Then coming through here, you have a hall bathroom.
And in here is a shower, nice rainfall shower head,
I always like those.
Apparently there's gonna be a little bit more remodeling
going on because there's no door in this door frame,
so they're gonna be adding that.
And then also some closets or something,
I was told somewhere in here.
This one has another floor to ceiling window,
and lots of natural light coming in.
And then here would be the master bedroom.
So closet space, again a floor to ceiling window.
I don't see an AC so I dunno if that's something
that they'll be adding in here or not.
And then over here, right when you come in the door,
this would be your laundry room area.
There's already a sink in here
so you can have a space to do your mopping,
and cleaning, and other things like that.
I was told that this apartment that it could come furnished
if that's what you're looking for,
and you don't have your own furniture,
but then you'd be paying more per month.
The price as it is, unfurnished is 13,000 pesos
and that does include the maintenance fee.
It also includes two parking spaces.
This apartment complex also has a community pool,
which is behind me, and then some common spaces
with like a playground here, and grassy areas,
and benches, and whatnot.
This one is located on the first floor
and there is an elevator that you can use,
which is definitely nice when it comes to moving in
all of your furniture and all of your belongings,
you don't have to walk up a bunch of stairs
so that's really nice feature.
And then of course, there's tons of stuff around here
as well within walking distance,
like grocery stores and various other things,
various other types of stores,
and shopping that you might need to do.
Convenience stores like OXXO and the whole thing.
So this one is slightly less expensive than the other one.
Although it is unfurnished,
it does have way more amenities than that one did.
This one does have a lot going for it.
In addition to the landlord being pretty flexible,
I was told that he would furnish the place if I wanted to,
or the future renter,
if they wanted it to be furnished, he would work with you
and then the price would be a little bit different.
But that's a nice feature though,
so if you wanna bring your own furniture,
if I wanna bring some stuff
that I already have in here, I can.
Or if I'm like, I don't wanna move anything,
please furnish it, he would also do that,
so that's kind of a nice thing.
Not all landlords are that flexible.
One thing that I kind of wanted to mention about prices here
in Queretaro because we get this question all the time,
can I go here on X amount of dollars per month?
Can I find an apartment for $500 a month or something?
The reality is Queretaro is a more expensive city
than others that we've visited in Mexico,
so it's gonna be much more difficult
to find your dream apartment,
or your dream home of like two bedroom, two bath,
in the historic center with a parking space included,
and all the amenities and all these type of things.
So I think it's important to have
a little bit of an open mind,
and a more reasonable idea of what you're going to pay.
The type of options that we've showed in the past
that are like ultra budget friendly,
don't really exist here in Queretaro,
at least you're not gonna check off all your boxes
like the location, the amenities,
having AC, like every single thing you're looking for,
probably not gonna be in those super,
super low budget prices.
So we'll definitely have to give it some thought
whether one of these apartments would be a good choice
for me in the future.
But if you're interested in renting one,
I will leave the contact information
down below in the description.
On the screen here is a video that we've recently made
of two other apartments here in Queretaro.
They're a little bit more upscale
and at a higher price point,
so if you wanna continue looking at real estate in Mexico
and learning more about it, click on one of those videos.
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