TIFU by wanting windows

This happened yesterday afternoon. Since I graduated college 2 years ago, I have been living in a basement apartment that I rent for $1025. It includes everything heat, electric, cable, etc..Pretty sweet deal. Lately, the basement has become EXTREMELY depressing. It's always dark, and there's only one window which is right next to the door. I call this place "the cave" because that's literally what it is, and whenever someone calls me and asks me about the weather I always have to say. "I have no idea, I live in a cave." So I started scoping out Craigslist for a new place, and even asking around to people who may know of something. Wouldn't you know, one of my friends and her family are good friends with another family down the street who coincidentally is renting out their ground level apartment. This place is LOADED with windows, it's $75 a month less than what I'm paying right now, there's off-street parking and tons of other great stuff that make this place the Taj Mahal for me. I go to see the place with my friend, and immediately take it. Didn't hesitate one bit. I gave the landlord a check for my security deposit, and all I had to do was move my stuff in (which is less than 3 miles away) on March 28th. I'm SO stoked that I got this place, I gave my month notice to my current landlord and she started showing the cave to potential tenants. Fast forward to yesterday. I'm enjoying my lazy Sunday afternoon watching TV and dozing in & out of sleep. The phone rings and it's the new landlord. I'm hoping he's calling to tell me that the carpets are cleaned, and he's so excited to have me as a tenant. He calls to tell me that his son (who owns the house where the apartment is) promised the apartment to his friend to move in on June 1st. He told his son that I had already paid, and I'm ready to move in, to which his son replied "Dad, it's my house!" I kind of nervously laughed and told him that my current landlord had already found someone to move in on April 1st. He told me that I could move in until June, but I'd have to move out. My options were clear: find something within 2 weeks, or move in for 2 months.

Luckily within a couple of hours I found someplace else to live, but it's ANOTHER basement apartment, and this place is A LOT smaller than the cave, and I'd be paying more monthly.

Dammit.

TL;DR: Wanted a better apartment, got screwed over and now have a new and smaller apartment.

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