The lease was signed today and we've agreed to meet again at the house on Saturday to get the keys! This gives them time to finish cleaning up, and for us to just wait til Saturday to move! Woohoo!!! So here are the pictures I took today of our empty house!
(And yes, I am doing these pictures straight down the middle, all the same size so I don't have to deal with formatting!)
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| You remember...this is the house! |
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| When you come through the front doors, you find this open foyer area, and directly ahead the living room. |
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| To the right of the door (when you're standing in the doorway) is the stairway |
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| This is what the front door looks like from the living room |
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The kitchen (off the dining area, which is next to the living room)
We will put some kind of a work space island in the middle. |
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| Right now this is the stove. We will be pricing an oven/stove unit, and it will come as part of the rental contract. |
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This is the other side of the kitchen... yes, the fridge is small. It's a shame.
We will also need more shelves and stuff. |
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| The backyard, which you can access through a back door off the living/dining rooms |
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| The house comes with this cute little kid. |
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| Beni liked shaking her hand. |
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The downstairs bedroom- the room we will turn into a playroom.
The landlord is taking the bed away, and we're moving the wardrobe upstairs. |
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Downstairs bathroom- next to the kitchen, but actually tucked nicely away into a corner.
(Yay for a private main floor bathroom!!!!) |
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| The dining room- you can see the kitchen door on the right, the living room on the left. |
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| Coming up the stairs |
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The view at the top of the stairs- directly ahead is where Joel might put a desk,
because that window looks directly out onto the Mekong. |
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| Upstairs sitting room- we plan on changing things up here to make it much more comfortable. |
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| Guest room- the door on the left is the balcony on the front of the house. |
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| Second bedroom- none of the beds are pushed against the walls, so the rooms look smaller than they are. |
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| Master bedroom- door is the door to the bathroom |
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| Wardrobe in the master |
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| Master bath- not up to "western standards" for a master bath, but, it'll do... |
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| Second bathroom upstairs |
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| View out the window where the desk will be. |
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| View out the windows in the sitting area. |
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| The full sitting area |
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| The stairwell from the sitting area |
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| Looking down the stairs |
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| Sitting on the front steps- you can see that lovely floral tile there.... |
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| The driveway on the side of the house leading to the backyard |
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| Carport in front of the house |
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I was kidding about her coming with the house. She is the daughter of the landlord's granddaughter-
we had a few visitors stop by while we were handling things tonight! |
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| The backyard from ground level |
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| The sala |
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| Back of the house- the back door which leads into the living/dining room |
That's it! I'll try to post photos of the finished rooms as we get to them! I assume it will take a while! :)
7 comments:
it looks awesome! airy and bright. Hope it's a great place for you to live, and I can't wait to hear more about living in Laos! Seems like it's already got Angola beat, hands down!
Beautiful house! Definitely better than the one we're renting in LV (water-wise too, I assume). And beautiful staircase! Ar šausmām iedomājos, cik ļoti arī Benitai patiks. :)
Very nice! You are making me look forward to our upcoming house/condo hunting! :-)
Wow, wow, wow! It looks FABULOUS. And WAY too big for three of you. You either need lots of guests, or lots more babies :) One thing I didn't see in your pic..... a laundry?? although I guess the sala would make a good place for hanging out washing if its raining!
Very nice! I love how shiny the floors are. It looks like Beni made a new friend :-)
Visitors, MOOK! We need visitors!!!! Also more babies. But DEFINITELY VISITORS!!!!! :) (This means YOU!)
There is a little room out the back, just behind the house, that has a toilet (built for the "help") and the washing machine is in there. We're still talking about where we will put the dryer, cause there isn't room in there next to the washer. There is another small covered area to hang clothes behind the house too. The sala is for relaxing, not laundry! :)
Eileen, the light was definitely one of the things I loved about it right away. I agree with Angola beat hands-down, but it depends on your criteria!
Quite a palace, does it come with a maid too? Are the floors polished bamboo?
janisp
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