We moved at the end of February from the condo we were renting at Front & Blue Jays Way into the top floor apartment of a duplex near College and Dufferin. Neither Anil or I were ready to move, but we didn't have much of a choice given that our landlord, Chris wanted to sell the condo in the spring. On the other hand, we hadn't ever really enjoyed the downtown "neighbourhood"; we just couldn't beat the rent price and convenient location of the condo. The news that Chris was selling was the motivation we needed to start the hunt for a new place. We promptly combed through the good, the bad and the ugly ads on Craigslist and Kijiji and wound up visiting nearly ten apartments in or near the West End, the area we had had our sights on for a while. One of the places we were more interested in said in their Craigslist ad that they were looking for environmentally conscious tenants which we thought was really interesting as we consider ourselves fairly environmentally aware (I used to think re-using milk bags as sandwich bags was really lame when my mum did it when we were kids, but now it just seems practical). We went to check out the apartment and meet the landlords one evening and were pleased... the place was nice and the landlords seemed normal. We did a quick inspection: checked water pressure, the laundry facilities and scoped out the deck. Everything was in order and we ended up signing the lease and moving in about 2 weeks later. Shortly after we moved in, we realized that our landlords were a little more than eco-friendly, they were ecoholics. Among other things, it turns out that the shower is low-flow meaning that there is very little water pressure coming out of the shower head and then the landlords asked if it would be alright if we did laundry on the weekends when it's cheaper to use water. Coming from the condo where I basically didn't even have to run my fingers through my hair to rinse out the shampoo and conditioner because the shower pressure was so strong, this was something I was was going to struggle with. The biggest annoyance though wasn't the water pressure, or lack thereof, it was that we didn't know we were signing up for it when we signed the lease. We ranted for a little while to our friends and family, but we both appreciate what they're trying to do and can sacrifice the small luxuries, even if sometimes it feels like they do what they do to save money rather than the environment.