So... I have joined the rent-paying population.

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At the age of 23, I finally have my first own apartment.

Now I've lived away from home before, but the places I lived in prior were free dorms and whatnot. This is the first time I have to pay rent. It's equally exciting and intimidating. But I'll handle it.

Honestly, I have nothing more to say than that. I just wanted to make this thread to celebrate the occasion in a sense.

Celebration indeed. Enjoy.

Congratulations!

Much appreciated. c:

Good for you!

Is it okay to ask what brought the change? Did you have to move to another town because of a job or studies? Or did you just need some space?

Bravo and good for you!

At 43 years of age this is something that I still struggle with as I've been evicted twice due to excessive noise that I've made due to meltdowns, stimming, etc. Perhaps letting your landlady or landlord know about your condition may give them the chance to be a little more forgiving if you happen to have a meltdown that the other tenants can hear?

I have done so with my landlady and she understands completely.

Good luck!

As in, free University/College dorms? Do they have free ones available in Finland? I'm going into student accommodation in September, and we have to pay weekly rent to stay in University halls.

However, on the plus side my student loan covers this, although I may want to possibly get a part-time job so that I can have more money to spend on food, clothes and maybe even the odd night-out.

Congratulations on owning your own apartment.

I actually had to move out to another town in August of last year because of my studies, but my financial situation at the time didn't allow me to get a rental apartment, so I settled for a free dorm room provided by the school. Without going to excessive detail, it was hell living in there. I'd decided that I wanted to move out of there by this summer, which ended up happening slightly earlier than planned.



My AS isn't really so bad as to require such attention on itself. I barely stim, and my worst meltdowns happened when I was a kid - nowadays, they're prolonged bursts of grunting and other such noises at worst. Nothing I consider worth concerning my landlord and neighbors with.



Some Finnish vocational colleges (such as the one I go to) and folk high schools offer free accommodation - universities less so. Most university students here have their own rental apartments, and pretty much the only other option is to live with your parents and go to university by means of public transportation. The latter was how I lived back when I studied in university before changing school.

For some odd reason I've always wanted to try living in a dorm!

Well, realistically speaking I probably wouldn't be able to handle it either... if there were clear rules that everyone followed then sure, I think I could take it, mostly because I would just find a dorm with the kind of rules that I can handle, but unfortunately that's not how reality works... at least not here. Maybe some Asian countries have dorms like that?

Practically, clear rules should exist in every dorm, and everyone is obliged to follow them. Sadly there were only a select few people who followed them at all in the dorm I used to live in - and chances are there will be at least one rebellious idiot in every single one.