we might sign a lease!

after sort of looking for other places, marvin sent us a lease application.
it was a little goofy, actually.
there was no exposition, no explanation that yes, the owner agreed to let us put the deposit down early and everything is fine and dandy.
just the application, really.

we freaked out a little bit, and then sent him this list of questions:

-Will we be allowed to sublet during the summer?
-How much exactly are the deposit and application fees?
-Could we start the lease on June 15th instead of the 1st?
-What are the exact details of the utilities? That is, which are included in monthly rent and which are not? Also, where does the washing machine/dryer fall utility-wise?
-What's your favorite kind of cookie?


Additionally, we'd like to walk through the apartment one more time if that's okay. We're available ___________ etc.


Marvin is a lovely little man who mostly has his shit together, but responded with answers to exactly half of our questions. It's okay, we'll go see him and the apt again this weekend and ask the rest of the questions. And bring cookies, obviously. No one told me that this is something I should do, but I figured that if he's the one who will be taking care of us and fixing things that need to be fixed etc, it couldn't hurt to get on his good side. Everyone loves cookies!