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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 |
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As some of you may know, the old guy who used to own the house that I rent passed away a while ago. That's obvioulsy a sad event, however it also meant that I may have had to look for somewhere else to live. His two daughters inherited the house and were happy for me to stay on as a tennant, however they now need some cash and want to sell. That's a bad thing for me. I have tried to come to an agreement on price so that I can buy it myself, however we have very different expections. That lead me to look for another rental property. The rental price of a three bedroom house has gone through the roof latley. I just couldn't find anything that was half decent and affordable so I started looking at villa unit's. I actually signed the forms on one before I realised that there wasn't anywhere to store all of the stuff that I currently have in my garage. Last weekend I looked at the private rentals in the paper and found the one. It's in the fairly new Whitewater estate in Kingston. I've never been into apartment living, and I remember laughing at this development when it went up. The apartments are all funky colours and situated around the outside of a big rectangular block like tents at a caravan park. I looked at it reluctantly, however I was blown away when I walked inside the door. It's actually bigger than my first house. The main bedroom even has a walk in robe and a double vanity in the ensuite. It's all very modern and stuff. The yard is just slightly larger than a postage stamp, but it's also funky and brand new and comes with it's own gardener. The best bit is that I get the full use of the tennis court and swimming pool! Emma and Brad were with me and they both were very keen to grab it. There is so much competition for rentals at the moment that they hold open days and then choose the tennant from there. We must have said something right because he chose us! We move in a few weeks time. Legoland? That's the name that many of the Kingston locals have given to the development because the shape, size and colours make it all look as if it was made by a kid out of Lego!
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