MU Soapbox

How shitty a shithole? Would it be better or worse for your mental health to pay an increase in rent for a couple of months so that you don't have to try and move in winter, plus have first month's rent and security deposit and all that sorted, as well as transferring utilities?

I don't want you to stay in a place you absolutely hate any longer than you have to, but I also don't want you going into crisis trying to make it all work in six weeks.

hedgehog

@Auspice

How conducive /receptive is your boss to being requested to give a goddamn concrete answer since you now have this housing hunt hanging over your head? Because maybe doesn't work for rental applications.

At least that would be something solid to work with, and know, rather than it just hanging there in the vapor.

Are you in an area where you can do short term corporate-type housing while securing a lease? It's not ideal, but I've stayed in Residence Inns that were nicer than the first apartment I had with my then-boyfriend after we had to leave the glorious three-bedroom flat in a two-flat that we were sharing with other people. At least they take pets, if that is a concern. Likewise the TownePlace brand.

Alternately, do you want to move altogether? Can you talk to your landlord about a month-to-month lease? Or an extension of some sort? Unless you already have, and it's a non-starter.