Your perfect space Options

[pandora]

I'm planning to move out in a month or two, and I've been dreaming up my perfect apartment space. So I thought this might make a good topic.

What is your dream apartment for when you decide to move out of your parents house? I'm not talking about homes for after you get married to your dream husband. I'm talking about the kind of place you live in as a single working professional or student.

Ideally, I'd like a live/work loft; preferably the ones they've got in Santa Ana, either at the Santiago Street Lofts or The City Place Lofts.

Live/work lofts are "mixed use" spaces... the ones I'm looking at are 3 story lofts where the bottom floor is actually a commercial space for a small business or office.

Here are some pictures. These places have first floor commercial spaces that face some really nice streets/promenades with glass roll-up doors. The places in these pics have been staged for tours etc. so if I did happen to get a place in either of those buildings, it wouldn't look that good haha.

Santiago Street Lofts:

Buildings
http://www.urbandesignstrategies.com/image...ago_full_09.jpg
http://www.urbandesignstrategies.com/image...ago_full_10.jpg
http://www.urbandesignstrategies.com/image...ago_full_11.jpg

Interior (a bunch of different units)
http://www.postlets.com/create/photos/2007...g07_lofts03.jpg
http://www.postlets.com/create/photos/2007...ing_model_2.jpg
http://www.postlets.com/create/photos/2007...ving_plan_2.jpg
http://www.postlets.com/create/photos/2007...rking_space.jpg
http://www.postlets.com/create/photos/2007...tlofts024mr.jpg
http://www.urbandesignstrategies.com/image...ago_full_08.jpg
http://www.urbandesignstrategies.com/image...ago_full_03.jpg
http://www.urbandesignstrategies.com/image...ago_full_06.jpg
http://www.urbandesignstrategies.com/image...ago_full_07.jpg

City Place Lofts:
http://www.livecityplace.com/images/LoftsExterior.jpg
http://www.livecityplace.com/images/LoftsInterior.jpg
http://www.livecityplace.com/images/HannaBean.jpg


Both places units are for sale, actually, but there are some units that people have bought just to rent out for about 1800 a month. But I'm planning to work out a deal with my friend Pam so she can use the commercial space for the web firm shes opening and we can split the rent. Since I'm going to be working there, the commute would be AWESOME. hahahaha.

[lkajsfklajskds]

well, i havent moved out. but my dream apartment is also a loft. a sort of like 2-story loft in manhattan. like the one in what i like about you =] i love tht apartment. mine needs to have at least two bedrooms. a big balcony (like the one in what i like about you). and at least one and a half bathrooms. actually, if i dont have a roommte, one is fine for me.
ooo,i really like the santiago street lofts. especially the red one =]
the interiors are all really nice, too. too big for my liking, but i would be able to live. these are the kind of lofts i look for as well (well, when the time comes)
the city place lofts look really blocky and uninvitingly industrial from the outside. but the inside is great!