We got the keys to our new flat on Friday! Yippie!!! Here are tons of videos showing you around it. The carpet is pretty god awful, so we're having it taken out and sanding the pine floors underneath. It'll be rustic by American standards, but that's just the way most flat here look - gaps between the floorboards. Anyhow, I'll post an after video when it's done.
This week has been a little stressful. Simon flew out to New Orleans for a week long conference (yeah, I know, it's a hard hard life!) on Monday. I had three contractors come over on Monday to give me quotes on the sanding, then I ran over to a job interview which I subsequently bombed... I was way too nervous and I've gotten so used to being around kids I had forgotten all of my three syllable plus words! I think I sounded like a moron, so I think Marius will likely be enjoying more mommy time in the immediate future. But I digress... Today I ripped up the ugly red flowered hallway carpet, had two plumbers come and give me estimates on replacing a lead lined cold water cistern, and dropped off our 30 days notice on our rented flat. Tomorrow I need to go let the sanders into the flat and jet over to New Town to drop off some more paperwork for the rented apartment and some paperwork for our home insurance.
The upside to all of this running around and driving back and forth across town is that I am now not nearly so afraid of driving through the heart of the city like I used to be. I finally feel like I know my way around a bit. I still get a little worried if there's no car in front of me to follow when I get to a 5 or 6 way intersection. But I'm a lot more confident in the car now!
Enjoy our flat! PS, all the plant stuff and furniture in the stairwell were left my the little old lady who we bought the flat from! Wasn't that nice of her?
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Cool lights. Nice thingamajiggy on the ceiling. Marius should stop crying in the video. I can't wait to get to Scotland.
Love Claire
Ohh, red carpet! :) Are you sure you don't want to keep that? In fact, I think it would go best with the faux brick / fire place :) Kidding, I love it!!! I love the ceilings, and the windows! LOL on the wall paper on the living room! Love the kitchen window (and the carpet -- I've seen carpet in many windows... Elvis had carpet at his Graceland house! -- You should talk to Juan and Rut - they did lots of remodeling in their house, so I'm sure they can have lots of ideas / suggestions for you guys... Keep the front cream room :) Love the closet key (yes, yes, I'm writing this as I watch videos!). I can't understand the no curtain thing... it's the same here... just don't get it... even the shower "divider" you guys had in your rented place is weird - you're splashing water everywhere and you're cold!!! (I do like the tiles in the bathroom - not so much the wall paper) I do like the rim on the side of the bathroom, you can put stuff in there!! Eeew on the bathroom carpet (lol on the pull cord in the bathroom)... IKEA sells corner-type shower rails! "Lovely fringy thingy" made me laugh... well, you know, that's where the magic happens! :) Marius is adorable!
Sorry about your feeling bad about the job interview :( I'm sure you'll find something soon :)
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