Most important: don't take the word of the rental agent for anything, Even if they're completely honest, they're probably dealing with enough properties that they could be very misinformed.

Nutella is one of those things that almost everyone else likes but me, like bacon, isn't it?

Only crazy people like Nutella. It tastes like dirt.

I'm viewing a flat today. Anybody got any advice on the kind of things I should look for?

Bring a nightlight and plug it into the outlets to make sure they all work.

Last night's GG outfits seemed to fall into two categories -- bedhead+uglydress, or OMGWTFHAIRSPRAY.

I always check the water pressure in the shower.

I always forget to do that, but have really lucked out. That's key.

Only crazy people like Nutella. It tastes like dirt.

t waits for Nutty to weigh in

Man. I would love to go back to bed for another two hours. It's chilly and there's a wind advisory. I worry about how ita is handling the weather, I tells ya.

It's something like 38 degrees...and I swear we have a wind chill bringing it down to 30.

I'm sorta bummed about it all, as I don't have a lot of warm clothes/shoes. I AM UNPREPARED.

I try to get a sense of how well the building is insulated for sound (although that can be difficult to do in a single short visit). Here in the US, anyway, I've heard that a lot of newer construction has very poor sound insulation. A friend of mine bought a condo in a newly-rehabbed building - after she bought it she discovered that they "forgot" to put in sound insulation between her place and the one below, and the woman below her would complain over her every little noise.

My building was built in the 1920s - it's very quiet.

The thing is, beyond the basic "do things work" questions, is to figure out what things are going to drive you batshit to live with and try to check them out. Shower pressure, limited outlets that mean you have to have extension cords all over the place, waiting for the hot water, etc., are little things that can make a big difference in how much you enjoy where you live.

And bring a list. Otherwise you'll totally forget half of them.

List...list...take a list!

Best advice ever.

Only crazy people like Nutella. It tastes like dirt.

If liking Nutella is wrong, I don't want to be right.

is to figure out what things are going to drive you batshit to live with and try to check them out.

So one should knock on the doors of all the apartments bordering the one for rent and say, "Excuse me - do the two of you ever have loud, screaming fights at night? You do? OK, how loud are your loud, screaming fight voices? Could you demonstrate for me while I go back into the unit for rent?"

Anyway, I wish I could have done that for a few of the places I lived in....