Signs it's Time for a Move

• Instead of the usual yearly lease renewal inquiry, your landlord (who was never all that excited at the prospect of kids in his complex) gives you notice that he'll be showing the apartment to prospective new tenants and it needs to be clean
• A third bat has taken up residence in the basement and must be relocated to a more natural location
• The dryer always accepts your quarters, but now only actually turns on the heat and dries the clothes about half the time
• You strongly suspect the upstairs neighbor is deliberately flushing the toilet in the middle of your showers, sometimes twice per shower
• When making a list of things you'll miss about your current apartment, you begin to struggle after built-in bookcases and nice woodwork
• You're so ready to stop sharing walls that you're looking into buying a house even though you might not break even
• You find a house to rent with more space and a MUCH nicer kitchen (with dishwasher) that barely costs more than your current apartment
•  The window air conditioning unit dies on a 93 degree day that promises to be followed by 98 degrees the next day (the new place has Central Air)