What kind of apartment do I want?

I am sure many of you are asking or wondering what kind of apartment I will be looking for.  Right now, I am extremely lucky with my apartment.  It has beautiful light, and a great view of the river and mountains.  It is also a very nice spacious one room, with a western style shower.  It really is ideal for me.  However, I do not think I will get something like this in my new location, because of the location.

So, what am I looking for.  Well, depending on rent, I would like a one bedroom apartment, a spacious loft-studio or studio apartment.  Either would be okay with me.  I will be making enough to cover the rent, and not have to worry about anything.  So that should not be an issue.  The issue arises with finding such a place in the correct location.  I want natural light, because I don't like the "typical" Korean housing, where there is a veranda, with closed doors to the outside windows.  Usually these windows on the inside are blocked and not see through.  If they looked like the one below, I would not mind having a veranda, but most look like the second photo and that is now what I want because I want a lot of natural light.

On top of natural light, I would like a little more space.  I have a dog, and living in a small space would not be good for her.  Yes, she is lazy and doesn't do a lot but it would not be good for either of us.  So, I would like something on the bigger side, for a small apartment.  Now, when I say small, compared to America, it is really small.  However, for me and Trixie it is big enough.

Natural light and space are the two big things for me when I will be apartment hunting.  However, there are some smaller things that I will also be looking for but are not necessarily deal breakers.  I would love if appliances came with the apartment.  In Korea, most homes do not come with anything, no air conditioner, fridge, washing machine, etc.  So, it would be nice if the apartment I decide on has these things.  However, if they do not have all of them, I can always buy one online secondhand.  So they are not deal breakers.  In addition to appliances, I would like a more western style bathroom.  Meaning the shower is separate from the toilet.  In Korea, most bathrooms have the shower-head connected to the faucet and the entire bathroom gets wet (an example follows).  I am not a huge fan of this and would like a more separate bathroom style, but again this is not necessary.

In addition, I am hoping to get a newer building or one that has been renovated recently.  Older buildings tend to have mold problems and are difficult to heat.  There are really just a lot of issues with older buildings in general.  So I would like something a little newer.  

In the end we will see what happens.  I am hopeful but also realistic about things.  This is Korea after all and I have a dog.  So that limits a lot of options for me.  Here is hoping!