
mmcpoland, a.k.a. Moz, has agreed to rent her apartment to Kevin & I. It's right downtown, on top of a hill that overlooks the entire commercial district (see photo above). We visited the apartment recently and inspected all the rooms and cupboards. The living room had large green divans against the walls and enough storage space to fit all of our stuff (in fact, Moz's suitcases and flat-packed cardboard boxes are still there, stored away -- I'm assuming she'll take them away before we move in.)
Beside the living room is a tiny TV room, with a TV the size of a shoe-box. I hope she doesn't mind if I throw it away and replace it with my own. I'm also thinking of turning the space into a dining room.
There's even a fireplace! There are no grates but, judging from the chars, it's usable.
moral_vacuum says he'll help us with the move and show us the neighbourhood. I've already done a quick tour of the area and found a church that turns into a box, as well as a park. From our bedroom window (which still has the curtains Moz made herself) we overlook a roller-blading path. While we were watching the people roll up the hill, on their way to work, a fight nearly broke out between two businessmen.
The apartment's only downside is the mice situation. They are coming into the apartment through a grate in the kitchen. The building's manager said he'd block the hole but, in the meantime, the mice have no qualms about scurrying between my feet. I managed to kill two of them with the fireplace's shovel.