Very Proud and Happy Home Owners

We are back from a long weekend in Edinburgh and I am soooo pleased to say that the flat is now officially OURS!

We went up to Edinburgh and got the keys on Friday afternoon at 4.30 pm (WHY does it always have to be last minute....????). Fortunately we liked the flat as much now that we own it as when we viewed it. However, the workmen had completed some minor repairs, but had left the place terribly dirty and dusty. You are not required to leave a property cleaned when you sell it in this country, so the first thing we did was to empty out all the rubbish left in the flat as well as clean it. It was with good foresight that we had booked a hotel room for the first night!

The rest of the weekend was spent at various furniture shops (yes, I am pleased to say that I got my fill of Ikea this time, too). There is now a double bed, a TV, a small dining table with 4 chairs, fridge/freezer, stove, the all important Persian rugs (brought up on the train), and various kitchen utensils in place. The sofa has been ordered and will be delivered next week and a new bed for Our Boy is needed. But this will be as far as the Ikea contribution goes.

I really hope to be able to spend some time this summer going through some of the second hand shops and antique shops to find some nice pieces of furniture to add that special touch to the place. I also think the (in my opinion - unneccessarily) HUGE plasma TV left for us is in the wrong place. There should be a nice fireplace or even a mock electric fireplace there as the focal point. In time that will be changed... mark my words! There is also some minor paiting details outstanding (see for instance the frame around the tile blocks below...), but that will all be done in time.

 

The three of us had a great time working together and the weather was glorious.







Can't get much better than this, can it?