It was quite exciting going to look at the new flat last night. It was quite the strangest house I've seen from a storage point of view. So many little cupboards and cubby holes, even an Ann Frank hiding hole at the back of the wardrobe. Double hanging space, then a door with a handle opening into more storage. Weird.
All the built in furniture is very well made with real wood drawers hiding behind cupboard doors. One thing I am really looking forward to is having a room that is at least twice the size of my 6 foot square box I work in now. It has built in cupboards, room for a bookcase and space for my computer and even an extra chair. Added bonus: out of the window I can see the sea.
cupboards in my room
The kitchen is a good size. OK it has very strange cupboards and colour scheme, but we have been given free range to decorate as we want provided it is in good taste. Here I am contemplating a space and wondering if it would fit a slim-line dish washer.
will it fit do you think?
The garden leaves much to be desired, though when we went back tonight to take pictures of the very strange outside to remind ourselves of how an earth everything was arranged inside I found some very delicious blackberries growing over the fence.
The landlord has promised to clear the rubbish and there is a lot of gravel on the ground so it may not be too difficult to bring some order to the chaos.
garden chaos
The view from the back veranda, which is accessed from the kitchen door, is hardly inspiring. It looks out over waste land, but I guess that will be much quieter than the Central Club. The sea is the other way.
Dominic kindly showed us round. He is VERY tall.
The downstairs bedroom and toilet are part of an extension which looks rather strange from the outside. The long thin tower houses the toilet, the smaller window you see facing, the larger window to its right is on a corridor leading to the kitchen and lounge. The dormer window is the upstairs bathroom.
strange extension
We tried to draw a floor plan and gave up. We think we got it a bit right, but also quite a lot wrong. I want to go and look round again and get my bearings. I think I will enjoy living there. I just hope all our friends can find their way round the back to our door!
Wow - a tower! Liz, after gigs if Andy has forgotten his key, you can let down your hair for him to climb up! It's like a fairy tale!
Posted by: Jason | September 13, 2007 at 07:58
Yes, Jason. It IS a fairy tale.
Sure feels like one.
Posted by: AndyC | September 13, 2007 at 14:30
I'm growing my hair as fast as I can.
Posted by: Liz Curtis | September 13, 2007 at 19:22
Tall like the tower....
Posted by: Ian | September 13, 2007 at 23:14
'Newbiggin Towers' has a nice ring about it.
Posted by: Tim the Enchanter | September 15, 2007 at 23:59
At last! I can almost hear you both expanding from here... hmmm perhaps I ought to rephrase that?
Posted by: Jac | September 16, 2007 at 09:25
I will wave to you every day. Its quirky isn't it?
Posted by: Rebecca | September 16, 2007 at 21:48
Rebecca - very quirky. I'm so very glad that you told us about it.
Posted by: Liz Curtis | September 16, 2007 at 22:04
We shall have to learn a whole new sign language and teach Neil and Suzi too, so we can have a three way conversation. Maybe its a new Newbiggin Language.
Posted by: Rebecca | September 24, 2007 at 22:17