Tel Aviv Apartment: 27 Horkanus Street

I went to see an apartment yesterday morning at 27 Horkanus (ie, John Hyrcanus) Street, at the corner of – where else? – Alexander Yannai Street. This was the second place I’ve seen so far in my Tel Aviv apartment search. I think it’s basically a good space, but it had a few too many negatives: it’s very secluded, almost impossible to reach from the street, without even a mailbox; it’s on the ground level with low ceilings, a bit cavelike; the security is nonexistent and it could very easily be burgled; the bathroom is very dingy (it’s the kind without a bathtub or shower stall, with just a showerhead on the ceiling and a drain in the floor).

So I didn’t take it. I wonder now if I should have. What if I don’t find a place in time?