Lots has been going on in the past few weeks. Many good things and a challenge or two. It was a good week, and there is a holiday coming up next week - all of it leaving me more optimistic. There were some ugly moments last week, but with the coming week split in two and busy, I am back to trying.
We have signed a lease for an apartment and move in December. The apartment isn't my altbau traum, but it falls into the 70-80% range in all categories instead of being 100% in some and 40% in others, AND the landlady wanted us, or at least allowed herself to be convinced by relatives to take us over the other applicants. The location is good. It's on a major street, but the street is especially wide (read: cars much further from our window than they now are) and the streetcar doesn't turn (a huge factor in the noise) and there are little balconies out the front and back. There are 4 Rooms, giving us flexibility for the future should we need it. Everything in the bathroom is in acceptable condition. The basement is huge (We are so happy about this). Parking isn't quite as tight as in other locations in the city. It's on the 1 OG - only 1 flight of steps (Yey!) which reduces our anxiety about moving and for the future.
So now we are giving thought to decoration. The kitchen is an issue. The one that is there is pretty oogly and we can't change the tiles.
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I'm so jealous about the balcony & only one flight of stairs. We've got the top floor of our building AND we're the only floor without a balcony. Bummer that.
The decorating phase is fun though.. have you started painting yet??
So glad you found a place! My advice, invest in a good kitchen. It was the first room in our house that we finished. Can you at least paint the tiles in the kitchen? The only other advice I would have is find someone handy to help you out. Our renovations would have been soo expensive without the help of my father-in-law. Decorating phase . . . is never ending.
I have three words of advice. Ikea, Ikea and Ikea.
I have shopped at Ikea around the world and thought it kinda OK. But moving to a European apartment, I kinda understand why all the odd bits of Ikea look and work the way they do.
HB8
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