I thought I would start a video blog, but I've basically given up on that already. Back to writing for me!
WELL. This past weekend (and the weekend before) has certainly been action-packed and eventful.
We've officially moved in to the new apartment! It is AWESOME.
Stuart has his own room, and I will take the master bedroom. My room has an ensuite room with a shower. Stuart's bathroom is opposite his room, and is also the guest bathroom (although if people want to use my bathroom, I'm not going to refuse them!).
On Friday, I had to take a half-day off to meet the developers for completion of the house and the handover. At 4pm, we met up with a lady called Shirley and the site manager Paul and were brought around for a home tour. Everything in the building looks nice and clean and new, and smells like fresh paint.
We were brought up to our apartment and got to see it for the very first time, which was extremely exciting. It's been almost 3 months since we actually decided we were going to buy the place. The Spacia flooring which I wanted to be fitted in the living room and hallway was not completely finished, because the flooring guy was waiting for extra material to be delivered, so for now, we've got a small unfinished section in the hallway at the door. Other than that, I'm quite happy with how the flooring looks and feels.
(*Update* The flooring guy Paul called Stuart and arranged to come tomorrow to finish off the flooring, so hopefully we will have the hallway all done by tomorrow evening! Yay!)
The furniture from Hatch was all put in the apartment as well. I picked a beige L-shaped sofa, and it was huge! Much bigger than in the pictures that Elaine, the lady I've been liaising with, sent me! It is super comfortable and can easily fit 4 - 6 people on it.
(By the way, I will upload pictures soon, it's just that I have no internet connection at home, so it's a little difficult to do that.)
After the home tour, I had to do the legal stuff and sign some papers, and then Shirley brought us over to see the gym (which is open 24 hours, seven days a week) and meet our concierge, Roland (the Gunslinger, anyone? LOL!) He's really nice, and he will be there to collect any parcels that we might get delivered to the new apartment.
After that, Stuart and I went back to the flat and chilled out for a while on the giant couch whilst waiting for the rain to stop. We then went back to Barbican to have dinner and to move the first load of stuff in our 2 large suitcases. Moving on the tube is ridiculously tedious and painful. People keep getting in our way and barging past us to get on the train. HELLO?! Can you not see us struggling with 2 massive suitcases?! Idiots.
After the first batch, we were really tired, and it was getting quite late, so we decided to call it a night. We then went to the Tesco Extra just round the corner to get sheets and pillows and other bits and pieces. Poor Stuart's heel was hurting from his new shoes, so he was limping back and forth in the rain. (I did offer him my umbrella, but he insisted he didn't want to look like an idiot limping under a polka dotted umbrella. I said he still looked like an idiot limping in the rain.)
We got back from Tesco (in the rain, again. It stopped whilst we were inside and then started the moment we stepped out. Sigh.) and went to bed almost immediately because we were both knackered.
And now I haven't written about it I've kind of forgotten bits and I'm now bored of writing about this.
We've been in the new apartment for about 2 weeks now. It's kind of surreal. It's home. Home. A long time since I've considered any place a proper home. Everything's mostly settled now. There were a few defects in the new house, but we have a customer service guy who helps us deal with that stuff. We tell him if we're unhappy with something, and he tries his best to fix it.
We've had 2 trips to Ikea, both of which were really fun but tiring. The first one involved a 2.5 hour taxi ride back and the second trip involved us carrying a curtain pole on the tube. Fun times.
And now I haven't written about it I've kind of forgotten bits and I'm now bored of writing about this.
We've been in the new apartment for about 2 weeks now. It's kind of surreal. It's home. Home. A long time since I've considered any place a proper home. Everything's mostly settled now. There were a few defects in the new house, but we have a customer service guy who helps us deal with that stuff. We tell him if we're unhappy with something, and he tries his best to fix it.
We've had 2 trips to Ikea, both of which were really fun but tiring. The first one involved a 2.5 hour taxi ride back and the second trip involved us carrying a curtain pole on the tube. Fun times.
