Me and my wife got married in 2022. We moved into an very small 600 ish sqft apartment for $850. After a year at the apartment they wanted to renovate and charge $1200. The renovations included white walls, white walls, white countertops, white cupboards. We decided we needed to move so we went to a much nicer and slightly larger 1 bed 1 bath apartment. This was $1200 but significantly nicer. However with an apartment management company there was a mandatory $100 media package, a $50 dog fee, $30 per vehicle we wanted to park (which we had 2), and utilities, including a $20 garbage fee. Which ended up being close to $1450 a month. We made it work but it wasn't ideal. After finding out we were going to have a baby we needed something with 2 bedrooms. We found a 2 bedroom apartment through connections that is ok. As our now toddler is getting older we are running out of space, and with the idea that we will eventually have more kids where we live will not work.