Cottesloe Apartment!



Outside of Broome Street, Apartment on top floor

Oh we got sooo lucky apartment hunting. This 2 bedroom fully furnished apartment (top floor of home) is located one block off the beach in Cottesloe. It has beautiful high ceilings, a bank of windows along the front of the house looking out towards the green lawns of a tennis club, a front garden with native plants, and a back garden with vegies. Heaven.  


Lucky man standing in kitchen

Chris took off from work in the middle of the day so that we could meet with our prospective landlords, Harry and Robin. We had a very nice time chatting and everyone agreed that a our next step should be to formalize a lease. Harry and Robin have a house in Margaret River and will be spending most of their time down in wine county where their grandson goes to school.

We knew we were lucky to find such a great place. Georgia, our real-estate agent (standing to the right of Chris in the top photo) had shown us many apartments on our first day of apartment hunting, but nothing like this in our price range.



Living room (curtains are drawn)

However, it has been the reaction of other people that has really made us realize just how amazing this opportunity is. Universally, people are amazed that we found anything at all in Cottesloe since it is such a desirable place to live. And that's even before they've seen it. 

The apartment is being fitted with air conditioning and will be ready for us to move in on Jan 21. Which is also just about the time that our air freight shipment (with Chris's bike and other things) will arrive. This will also give me time to help set up a few things before I have to take off on the 27th. 

Partial view from front deck



I am really relieved that Chris is going to have such a wonderful, uplifting place, relaxing place to live. I would have really hated to leave him in Perth in a small dark apartment (some of the other places we looked at). Now it's as though he's on an extended vacation, except that he has to work really hard. 



Park 1/2 block from house on way to beach