So far, I'm quite happy with my move from Marpole to the west end in Vancouver.
My adventurous transition from there to here involved a very cold (- 8 C ?) overnight stealth in my
88 bus, (after a few drinks at a local VW van meetup; sleeping in the cold was all part of a master plan!) and a relatively low cost night at hotel in Richmond. Short story: tell the landlord when YOU want to do the inspection. Like on the last day! Naive me. I thought they'd let me spend my last night there after the inspection. Irony though was that the heat and hot water stopped working the day before I left my old place. Crazy. Such weird timing. i.e sold my Honda the day I left my place! Crazy.
Gotta say though, the vanagons have proven themselves incredibly useful. Moved all my stuff from house to first apartment and from there to rental garage I have. Had the sense to hire a fellow from Craigslist to help with rest of this 2nd move. It's enough to deal with all the other stuff. Moving everything yourself on top of all that, well, it's just stupid.
I'm learning that there is no perfect apartment but you certainly get what you pay for at some level. I'm sure this new place will have some flaws but I'm fairly sure I won't have to endure screaming matches between spouses, mad thumping from above or smoke enhanced clothing.
I feel like I've paid my entire life of rent paying dues in just 6 months renting at the marpole place.
