Lityeli lam lesithathu ndihamba eLos Angeles, kwaye khange ndihlale apha iminyaka emine. Oko kuthetha ukuba ndichithe ixesha elininzi kwiCraigslist, Zillow, Trulia, Rent.com, kunye neRental Girl kunokuba ndifuna ukwazi. Ndinezilumkiso zokurenta zokuba bandibhaqe xa sele befumene umdlalo ohlangabezana nazo zonke iikhrayitheriya zam zamaphupha ekhaya (Khange ndiyikhubaze kuba ukuzingela izindlu yenye yezinto endizithandayo #noshame). Umkhwa omnye endiwuqapheleyo kulo lonke uphando lwam kunye nokukhangela (ngaphandle kwamaxabiso erenti akwenza ube nesicaphucaphu)? Iipropathi ezininzi zokurenta azibandakanyi iifriji.
Ngaba oku kuyothusa? Ndibuze abahlobo abambalwa-abanye abahlala eLos Angeles, kwaye abanye bahlala kuNxweme oluseMpuma- ukuba bakuqaphele na oku. Abahlobo abahlala eCalifornia bandixelele ukuba bacinga ukuba oku kuqhelekile — nangona bona beqinisekisa ukuba ipropathi abajongileyo ibandakanya ifriji. Abahlobo abahlala eNew York, nangona kunjalo, baphendule ngelithi oku bekungaziwa. Ngelixa uninzi lwamazwe aludingi ukuba abanini bepropathi babonelele ngabaqeshi ngezixhobo ezinjengeefriji, ii-microwaves, okanye izitovu, iseyinto eqhelekileyo ukwenza oko ngenxa yentengiso yokhuphiswano. ICalifornia, ngokukodwa iLos Angeles, ibonakala yahlukile. Ngokwe-Q & A yeCurbed ye-2013 kunye neeNtombazana eziQeshisayo ( I-arhente ephezulu yokuqeshisa LA ), Iipesenti ezingama-50 zeepropathi kwi-LA azizi nefriji.
UKUYA Iposti ye-2014 Yelp ikwaqinisekisile ukuba i-LA Fridgegate iyinto. Kwiposi elinesihloko, Ngaba kuqhelekile e-LA ukubona izindlu eziqeshisayo ngaphandle kweefriji? Umsebenzisi uphendule wathi, Ukuziqhelanisa okusekwe kwiindawo zokuhlala zaseLos Angeles akuzange kuza nezikhenkcezisi. Umkhwa ngoku benza. Nangona kunjalo, kusekho inani labanini kunye neenkampani zolawulo ezenza ubuncinci kuphela.
Gcina Ncamathisela Bona eminye imifanekiso (Ityala lemifanekiso: U-Lauren Kolyn)
Kukho izizathu ezithathu zobuchwephesha zokuba kutheni ungaboni ezinye iifriji eziza nokuqasha i-LA. Eyokuqala kukuba umninindlu akafuneki ukuba akunike. Ngokutsho kweLos Angeles Times , Umnini wepropathi yakho akagunyaziswanga ukubonelela ngefriji esebenzayo ngokomthetho waseCalifornia kuba ithathwa njengesixhobo, ngokungafaniyo nombane kunye nemibhobho esisiseko, eziyimfuneko. Kodwa njengoko besesitshilo ngaphambili, uninzi lwamazwe aludingi ukuba abanini-mhlaba babonelele ngezixhobo-ngokubanzi benza, nangona kunjalo. ICalifornia ngokuqinisekileyo iyi-oddball.
Okwesibini, kukuba umnini wepropathi angajonga ifriji njengenkcitho abanokuyenza ngaphandle kwayo. Umnini-mhlaba orenta iipropati kulo lonke elaseLos Angeles undixelele, Abanye abanini-mhlaba abafuni iindleko ezongezelelekileyo zokulungisa nokulungisa eziza nokubonelela ngefriji.
Gcina Ncamathisela Bona eminye imifanekiso (Ityala lemifanekiso: UMarie-Lyne Quirion)
Isizathu sesithathu kukuba abanye abanini bepropathi banokuziva ngathi ayisebenzi ukubonelela ngayo, kuba uninzi lwabaqeshi beza nefriji yabo. Ukusukela ILos Angeles inepesenti ephezulu yabaqeshi elizweni , kwaye iipesenti ezingama-50 zokurenta azizi nefriji, iyavakala into yokuba uninzi lwabo baqeshayo sele benayo ifriji (nokuba kungenxa yokuba benyanzelwe ukuba bayithenge, okanye ngenxa yokuba bekhethe). Umnini wepropathi we-LA uxelele Unyango lweZindlu, Kuba [iipropathi ezininzi aziboneleli ngesifriji, sinyanzela abaqeshi ukuba beze nesisombululo sabo], ngamanye amaxesha abaqeshi abatsha bangena nefriji yabo kwaye umnini-ndawo akanandawo yokugcina ifriji esele ikho . Kwaye ifriji ayigcini kakuhle kwindawo yokugcina izinto ukuba ayifakwanga!
Ukuthenga ifriji entsha kuxabisile. Ifriji esisiseko iya kukuqhuba ujikeleze i-500 yeedola, kwaye enye yazo zonke iintsimbi kunye neempempe (amanzi acociweyo, umenzi weqhwa, njl.njl.) Angakubiza ngaphezulu kwe- $ 1,000. Ungathenga nefriji esetyenzisiweyo malunga ne-200 yeedola kwi-Craigslist okanye usetyenziso lwefenitshala kunye nezixhobo ezisetyenziswayo (okt Indawo yentengiso ye-Facebook, iLetgo, iMercari, ihambile, njl. Njl. ikholeji xa ndandihlala e-Orange County kwaye ndingenayo ne- $ 200 yokuzigcina: ndaqesha ifriji. Iyahluka ngokweedolophu, kodwa kulula ukufumana ishishini eliqeshisayo elinokuthenjwa kwindawo yakho ngokhangelo olukhawulezayo lukaGoogle. Endaweni yokuthenga ifriji, uyirenta-kwaye imalunga ne- $ 30-75 inyanga nenyanga (kuxhomekeke kubukhulu kunye nemodeli). Okwangoku ndiqesha ifriji ngeedola ezingama-32 ngenyanga (hayi ngenxa yokuba irenti yam ingakhange ifike nenye — yayiyile, yayilingana nesutikheyisi, kwaye nditya ukutya okuninzi). Ndikwazile ukuyiphepha imali yokuhambisa ($ 50) ngokuhlawula irente yeenyanga ezintandathu ngaphambili. Olu lukhetho olukhulu ukuba awuqinisekanga ukuba uza kuhlala ngaphezulu kweminyaka emibini.
Kodwa ukuba uyazi ukuba ukuyo ixesha elide kwaye ungayithandi imbono yokurenta okanye yokuthenga ifriji, Intombazana eQeshisayo icebisa ukuba kuthethathethwane nomnini wepropathi. Ukuba unikezela ixesha elide lokuqeshisa, okanye ubeke umrhumo ophezulu wedipozithi, mhlawumbi baya kuba nakho ukwenza mnandi isivumelwano kunye nefriji. Ukuba akunjalo, kusekho iindawo ezininzi zokurenta ezibandakanya iifriji.
