Michelle and I are fully moved into our new home now. The place looks like a bomb site, however, and its going to be a little while until we get everything settled in. The final inspection of our old place happens today and we spent all last night steam cleaning the carpet (I also managed to completely soak my shoes and jeans!).
The new place is cool and I can't wait to get internet at home so I can post some pics. We are going to be doing a bit more DIY to get some more storage, so that should be fun. There is a kitchen design competition on at Ikea at the moment where you can win a $5000 kitchen and we are keen to enter. That would certainly help the renovation budget!
Otherwise, not too much to report.... just hanging out for that itnernet!
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
No Internet and No Beer Make Philip.... something something
Argh! Telstra disconnected our ADSL early in preparation for our move. Gee thanks guys, nice of you to let us know. So that means no internet at home for a few weeks. Madness!
Monday, October 09, 2006
Moving and Shaking
After getting the keys on Friday we were around at our new house again on Saturday to get quotes for an alarm system. It was also the perfect opportunity for some DIY. The first casualty?
You guessed it! The saloon doors on the kitchen just had to go! This does mean that our cowboy-themed housewarming is now unlikely to go ahead, but I am thinking thats a good thing.
Unfortunately I didn't take any after photos! I am going to blame the fact that it was my first DIY and I was feeling so giddy with success that the camera slipped my mind... yes, that sounds plausible. You will have to take my word for it when I say it is a vast improvement!
But I was not content with just the DIY! Consider the following photographic evidence...
Yes, that is me behind the wheel of a car! What you cannot see from this angle is Michelle panicking in the passenger seat...
You guessed it! The saloon doors on the kitchen just had to go! This does mean that our cowboy-themed housewarming is now unlikely to go ahead, but I am thinking thats a good thing.
Unfortunately I didn't take any after photos! I am going to blame the fact that it was my first DIY and I was feeling so giddy with success that the camera slipped my mind... yes, that sounds plausible. You will have to take my word for it when I say it is a vast improvement!
But I was not content with just the DIY! Consider the following photographic evidence...
Yes, that is me behind the wheel of a car! What you cannot see from this angle is Michelle panicking in the passenger seat...
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Its Official!
The settlement went smoothly and Michelle and I picked up the keys to our place today. We are now offically home owners! We sat down with the agent after we got the keys and had a good talk about all things strata and house related. She was quite curious as to how we came up with our final price as apparently we just scraped over the line!
Next on the agenda is to get a security system installed. We had a quote today and are getting some more tomorrow. We are also having an open home at our old flat to try and get a new tenant in ASAP. Because we are breaking our lease we have to pay rent up until either the lease expires or a new tenant is found. Its a nice place, though, so we don't anticipate any problems getting someone else in. Its going to be sad in a way though. We have both been here for quite some time and there are a lot of memories (good and bad). Its going to be great to finally have a place that is totally ours though. No more paying off someone else's mortgage!
Oh and I promised to give a shout out to Brendan, my readership of one! Can't wait til the Ashes bro!
Next on the agenda is to get a security system installed. We had a quote today and are getting some more tomorrow. We are also having an open home at our old flat to try and get a new tenant in ASAP. Because we are breaking our lease we have to pay rent up until either the lease expires or a new tenant is found. Its a nice place, though, so we don't anticipate any problems getting someone else in. Its going to be sad in a way though. We have both been here for quite some time and there are a lot of memories (good and bad). Its going to be great to finally have a place that is totally ours though. No more paying off someone else's mortgage!
Oh and I promised to give a shout out to Brendan, my readership of one! Can't wait til the Ashes bro!
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Labour Day SA
Monday was a holiday here in South Australia. Michelle and I took a bit of a road trip out to the Aldinga Eco Arts Village Market Day. It is a self-sufficient community that aims to have zero impact on the eco-system. Kinda cool! We looked around a bit... Michelle bought a cactus!
We then headed out to the beach nearby. It was a beautiful sunny day here. Summer is almost upon us...
I even took the opportunity to skip a few stones! Wow, what a day!
...ahem...
We take possession of our house this Friday and have already organised some work to be done over the next week. We are going to be moving in over the following 2 weeks, so have started our packing mission. We are working through one room a night. Even so, it is proving painful... especially since Michelle bought me We ♥ Katamari for my birthday and it is stupendously addictive!
We then headed out to the beach nearby. It was a beautiful sunny day here. Summer is almost upon us...
I even took the opportunity to skip a few stones! Wow, what a day!
...ahem...
We take possession of our house this Friday and have already organised some work to be done over the next week. We are going to be moving in over the following 2 weeks, so have started our packing mission. We are working through one room a night. Even so, it is proving painful... especially since Michelle bought me We ♥ Katamari for my birthday and it is stupendously addictive!
Argh!
My PC crashed after typing in a mammoth blog entry detailing our busy weekend and next few weeks... I might feel inspired to try again tomorow, but until then I've resigned myself to posting from Michelle's iMac. Ho hum.
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