Appointment to see an apartment

Well we took a look at the apartment today to see what it was like.  Of course just like every other apartment has its positives and negatives.  This one was on the top floor which is the 4th floor.  First floor are stores.  All the room has wooden floors and when you walk you could hear crackling from the floors and not sure if people below could hear.  I don't mind the layout, what is putting me off is the crackling of the wooden floors.  There is no elevator, of course no elevator doesn't bother me, I'm just concerned with Craig going up and down the stairs. The hallway stairway cracks too, and it reminds me of the apartment my mother had back in the late 70s.  We could be able to see the bay and you could feel a breeze through the building with the windows open.  I like the small balcony which is nice.  Craig doesn't mind the area because his doctor's office which he goes weekly is just across the street and that could be very convenient for him.  Its not a bad apartment, but I think we could probably get a better apartment.  Craig doesn't like the fact that we would be doing laundry a block away.  I suppose he is so used to having laundry within the building.  But the fact is that he barely does any laundry so if anything I do the laundry. Of course I don't mind having laundry in the building because it is very convenient.  But like I said I think we could get a better apartment.  We could still look for other apartments.  

A floor plan that I had created of the apartment

The apartment was being used still and the people who live there are still getting sorted out.  The living-room was filled with paintings and paints.  This person must be an artist or something like that.  Interesting.