J received a SMS on Saturday from the landlord to tell us that the previous tenant has moved out and that we can pretty much move in any time we like.
But seeing that we've already prepayed for the service apartment until the 17th, there's no point in moving out. Plus we figured we could take this week to organise the apartment a bit and make it more liveable which will ease the stress of moving into a place full of boxes.
So here it is...
I'm standing at the entrance of our front door looking down our hallway. Most of the boxes are in the rooms and the rest are in the cellar. But from this angle the place looks super neat and empty.
But i'll do a bit of a tour for you and work my way around the photo. On the left is the bathroom. Next to that there's a little gap where there's a small cupboard with a mirror so you can check yourself out before you head out. Next to that is the kitchen. Then straight ahead is a combined Little L/guest/my work room that looks out directly onto the balcony. To the right is the living room which has access to the balcony. And directly on the right from the entrance is our bedroom.
Oh and here is our balcony...
It's massive compared to the one we had in Düsseldorf. Our plants that took over most of our balcony before look so small in comparison. Our balcony looks over our landlord's garden, which is still a work-in-progress much like part of the house. But all the houses in the area are actually really beautiful. It is obvious that a lot of money and attention is put into caring for their gardens/property. It's no wonder the area is a sought after place to live.
So anyway, on Sunday we rearranged the furniture and put the boxes in the specified rooms, which in turn will make unpacking a helluva lot easier later. Plus when we finally do move in, we don't have to worry that our bed is still in pieces and the place is still disorganised.
We ended up selling a few of our pieces to help pay a small part of the move.
J's new company didn't finance any of our move and there were some items that were just too good to throw away. However we did end up leaving the ex's baby pram out on the roadside. We figured somebody would have made good use of it.
And by that time we were so fed up with the move, we just wanted to give everything away! The less things we have, the less we had to move. But seriously, when did we end up getting so much stuff!?
Within minutes of setting up the baby pram and bassinet and placing them by the trash, a man - i'm guessing Polish, came in one of those vans that drive around looking for decent pieces to resell, drove by. I like to call them Vultures. And true enough he was quick to snatch it up. Although this practice is illegal and if they get caught, they can be fined.
But you know what they say, One Mans' Trash is Another Mans' Treasure.
So yea, we ended up selling our 3-seater and 2-seater sofa on e-Bay and actually managed to get 112 Euros, which was far more than i had expected. I would have been well upset if they only sold for a Euro. We originally got the sofas from his colleague who was selling her things as part of a package deal last year that included a glass coffee table, electric cooker, some old kitchen cabinets and a small fridge.
But since our new place has a built-in kitchen we decided to leave the kitchen cabinets in Düsseldorf. J convinced the caretaker to take the apartment back with the kitchen cabinets and with the painted walls. Which in turn saves us from disposing of them and spending money on painting the walls white.
Our electric free standing Ceran top cooker/oven that we got managed to sell for 80 Euros. Which we never ended up using it since we decided to buy a fitted one from IKEA. And BabyA's IKEA bed sold for 21 Euros.
As for the massive glass coffee table - well that's gone.
You see, while we were in the process of carrying that heavy arse piece of glass down 2 flights of stairs, the side hit the last step and that miscalculation chipped off a piece. So the table edge looked more like a horizontal weapon that could easily slice any careless victim walking by.
Not good.
So in a way, i'm almost thankful that it happened before we transported it because it would have been a bitch to have carried it all that way for nothing!
And for the time being we're going to make use of Little L's play table as a temporary coffee table. And our hunt for a new sofa begins, one that possibly won't cost an arm or a leg and isn't made of that shiny pleather that when you sit down on it, your arse gets cold.
But seeing that we've already prepayed for the service apartment until the 17th, there's no point in moving out. Plus we figured we could take this week to organise the apartment a bit and make it more liveable which will ease the stress of moving into a place full of boxes.
So here it is...
I'm standing at the entrance of our front door looking down our hallway. Most of the boxes are in the rooms and the rest are in the cellar. But from this angle the place looks super neat and empty.
But i'll do a bit of a tour for you and work my way around the photo. On the left is the bathroom. Next to that there's a little gap where there's a small cupboard with a mirror so you can check yourself out before you head out. Next to that is the kitchen. Then straight ahead is a combined Little L/guest/my work room that looks out directly onto the balcony. To the right is the living room which has access to the balcony. And directly on the right from the entrance is our bedroom.
Oh and here is our balcony...
It's massive compared to the one we had in Düsseldorf. Our plants that took over most of our balcony before look so small in comparison. Our balcony looks over our landlord's garden, which is still a work-in-progress much like part of the house. But all the houses in the area are actually really beautiful. It is obvious that a lot of money and attention is put into caring for their gardens/property. It's no wonder the area is a sought after place to live.
So anyway, on Sunday we rearranged the furniture and put the boxes in the specified rooms, which in turn will make unpacking a helluva lot easier later. Plus when we finally do move in, we don't have to worry that our bed is still in pieces and the place is still disorganised.
We ended up selling a few of our pieces to help pay a small part of the move.
J's new company didn't finance any of our move and there were some items that were just too good to throw away. However we did end up leaving the ex's baby pram out on the roadside. We figured somebody would have made good use of it.
And by that time we were so fed up with the move, we just wanted to give everything away! The less things we have, the less we had to move. But seriously, when did we end up getting so much stuff!?
Within minutes of setting up the baby pram and bassinet and placing them by the trash, a man - i'm guessing Polish, came in one of those vans that drive around looking for decent pieces to resell, drove by. I like to call them Vultures. And true enough he was quick to snatch it up. Although this practice is illegal and if they get caught, they can be fined.
But you know what they say, One Mans' Trash is Another Mans' Treasure.
So yea, we ended up selling our 3-seater and 2-seater sofa on e-Bay and actually managed to get 112 Euros, which was far more than i had expected. I would have been well upset if they only sold for a Euro. We originally got the sofas from his colleague who was selling her things as part of a package deal last year that included a glass coffee table, electric cooker, some old kitchen cabinets and a small fridge.
But since our new place has a built-in kitchen we decided to leave the kitchen cabinets in Düsseldorf. J convinced the caretaker to take the apartment back with the kitchen cabinets and with the painted walls. Which in turn saves us from disposing of them and spending money on painting the walls white.
Our electric free standing Ceran top cooker/oven that we got managed to sell for 80 Euros. Which we never ended up using it since we decided to buy a fitted one from IKEA. And BabyA's IKEA bed sold for 21 Euros.
As for the massive glass coffee table - well that's gone.
You see, while we were in the process of carrying that heavy arse piece of glass down 2 flights of stairs, the side hit the last step and that miscalculation chipped off a piece. So the table edge looked more like a horizontal weapon that could easily slice any careless victim walking by.
Not good.
So in a way, i'm almost thankful that it happened before we transported it because it would have been a bitch to have carried it all that way for nothing!
And for the time being we're going to make use of Little L's play table as a temporary coffee table. And our hunt for a new sofa begins, one that possibly won't cost an arm or a leg and isn't made of that shiny pleather that when you sit down on it, your arse gets cold.
2 comments:
Great to see how thing are moving along, slowly but surely. And yes, your balcony looks so much bigger compared to the one you had. Have fun with the decorating! :)
Yea, it's been a long process but soon it will be over. I haven't looked forward to a weekend this much in ages! The count down begins.
As for the balcony, crazy right!? Too bad it's getting colder now cause it would have been fun to hang out there.
Oh well.
I guess i just have another reason to look forward to Summer 2010.
Ewww. It's 8 degrees Celcius and it ain't getting any warmer any time soon.
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