There were a few years after school when my budget was especially tight. My task paid really little, as well as I was paying off student loans. My car payment, car insurance as well as multiple expenses were difficult to cover. I found an apartment with especially low rent as well as went without any luxuries. The accommodations were cramped as well as old. There were stains from water harm on the ceilings as well as walls. The electric was a bit scary. If I wanted to run the microwave, I needed to unplug everything else. The outlets often sparked as well as the lights dimmed when the refrigerator cycled on. There was minimal hot water as well as really little water pressure. My largest complaints were with the heating as well as cooling systems. The cooling system gave tepid air with a musty smell as well as cost so much to operate, I never used it. I tried setting up a window cooling system in the kitchen but kept blowing fuses. I had no choice but to manage with a box fan. In the winter, with outdoor temperatures well below freezing, heating was a necessity, and no matter how high I turned up the control unit, the furnace couldn’t keep up with demand. It made a tremendous amount of noise whenever it started up as well as spewed dust into the breathing air. It didn’t help that the windows were single pane as well as leaked a tremendous amount of air. Despite installing plastic over them, there were constant drafts inside the apartment. I eventually figured out that the cost of my utilities was defeating my purpose of living in a low-rent apartment. I moved into nicer accommodations where the cost of utilities was included in the rent.
