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[bookwyrm]

I have a tough choice as far as living options go.
Option 1: Studio Apartment, $725/mo including utilities
Pros:
Near a T stop
Fairly large
Clean
Good appliances
Cat-allergic friends can visit me
My own cat allergies won't be triggered

Cons:
Expensive
Will be living alone
Not much useful stuff nearby
Will have to pay extra for internet
Single room

Option 2: 4-bedroom house, $500/mo including utilities
Pros:
Nice area
Lots of convenient stores and services
Bus stop right by house
Clean
Cool roommates (at least the two who are already there)
Nice big 3-story house
Damn cheap
Near an awesome BBQ place as well as a nifty little store where I can get gyros meat

Cons:
Far from a T stop
The other person they're considering also has a cat, which will negate all the benefits of my siberian (I either keep them both out of my room or wake up with hives, few friends can visit).

Basically, the second option is *perfect* except for the other potential roommate. Now, they do have other people interested, but I can't be sure they won't pick this guy anyway. What can I do? I don't really want to be in allergy hell, but the place is so awesome otherwise. I've explained to them that I'd really prefer that my sibe be the only cat, since I am allergic to most cats, but I don't know if or how I could persuade them to pick one of the other people. Especially because most people don't really understand "I'm allergic to cats, but not this one." Now that I have insurance, I can get better allergy meds, but that still doesn't help if I want to have friends over.
If anybody has any advice, I'd be very grateful.

Comments

[friode.livejournal.com]

I think if I were in your shoes, I would probably ask for a written agreement that your cat was going to be the only one, and explain why when asking for this, and if they said no, I'd go live somewhere else, assuming that I expected that being around another cat would likely be intolerable. (From what you've posted, I infer that waking up in hives is probably completely intolerable, but I'm not really sure of that.)

[auror.livejournal.com]

I second this.

[bookwyrm]

I've lived with hives for months on end before. And now that I have insurance I can get better allergy meds to suppress them; I've tried some, I just couldn't afford to take them regularly before. I guess I'm more worried about friends not being able to visit; I'm not sure how much I should allow that to influence my decision though (it seems like a good half the people I know are at least mildly allergic to cats).

[auror.livejournal.com]

You know, if they're allergic to cats and can't visit you can always visit them, or go out to lunch, or a movie or something.

[bookwyrm]

That is true. I am just very fond of hanging out at home with people. But heck, there's an awesome park just down the road that I can take people to.
Yeah, I think my mind's made up. Now to find movers.