Confessions of a future summer subletter

The summer apartment search can be daunting, especially if you are moving to a new city.

Once you find the perfect place to sublet, you still constantly wonder if the place seems too good to be true.

You can’t see the apartment in person until you move in, so all you can do is hope the place looks the same in person as it does online.

When you fall asleep at night, you think about your dream apartment and how your “Craigslist Suite” could be far from what you imagined.

You get to your new city, and you are so excited to see your new place.

As you get a taxi and as you ride away from the airport, you notice the scenery start to change.

The buildings look rundown, and no one is walking around, despite the beautiful weather outside.

It’s not exactly the “vibrant and young city center” your subletter described.

When you arrive at your new home, there are three locks and gates between you and the door.

Once you get in, you make your way up the creaky staircase, noticing all the roaches around you.

When you walk into the apartment, you are met with a wall of cigarette smoke.

Walking through the smoke clouds, holding a hand to your nose to block the smell, you take a look around. The first detail you notice about the place is its size.

The “lavish one bedroom” is actually a one-room shoebox, and the “first-rate appliances” actually consist of a mini fridge and a microwave.

A buzzing in your ear catches your attention, and you turn to see a mosquito flying around.

That’s when you notice all the other critters in the apartment — a spider on the counter, a cockroach in the corner and a huge mass of ants crawling up your bedside table.

A layer of grime covers the entire room, and you panic. You HAVE to get out of there.

That’s when you snap out of your horrible dream and realize you are being unrealistic.

Don’t let these fears get to you.

Skype with your subletter, and do your research to make sure the apartment is legitimate.

Once you take those first steps, you should try to stop worrying about the apartment and start getting excited about your new adventure!

Your thrilling new journey will go as planned and not like the horror you are imagining.

Keep a good attitude about your new place, and try to be open to new possibilities.