What is most important when looking for an apt?

What are the qualities you look for when searching for apartments? Is it the view from the apartment or the sq footage inside? Is it the availablility of parking or the proximity to the grocery store? The combinations and permutations are quite endless and in the end, one really wants it all, right? I certainly want an apartment with covered parking, one that is close to the grocery store, one that has space for a washing machine, one that has been constructed logically to ensure there is a flow, like I certainly don't like apt with bathrooms right as you enter. Even if it is a half bath, it should not be too obviously placed in the entrance.