Dove il Dolce Vita?

Where is the good life?
Well if you'd like to follow me...... and here it is. Our new home.
Now it's not the exorbitant rent that is making me nervous, although it is preying on my mind somewhat. The main source of worry is that we wont live up to the apartments expectations. The calibre of the people we have passed in the lobby and corridor are top quality, working professionals with genuine designer bags and clean fingernails. I'm not sure flying down in your penneys pjs to check the post will be acceptable but our new concierge is awfully friendly so we'll see how it goes.

We move in tomorrow and it feels a little bit like waiting for Christmas when you're 7. The block has a private movie theatre with seats for up to 10 people, a pool, steam room, sauna, jacuzzi, fully equipped gym with flat screen tvs, a 5th floor outdoor BBQ area, a massive party room with it's own kitchen for entertaining large groups, a chill out reading room with current newspapers and mags provided, a fresh air circulation system so you don't get stale air, a recycling trash chute where you just press a button. We're on the 28th Floor and our balcony gives a whopper view of lake Ontario and the city centre, there is a mini dishwasher...woop!! a massive fridge..woop!! huge wardrobe with full length mirrors, it comes nearly fully furnished and it's right in the centre of town with the subway 30 seconds away( good for the freezing winter time).

So the draw backs....it's beyond budget, it only has 1 bedroom and emmmmm can't remember too enamored with it!

The girls also found somewhere which is only a small walk away so we are all sorted with a home just need to find an old J.O.B now. But the main news of the day is that we don't have to stay in a hostel for the next month. The rental systems go from the 1st of every month so if we hadn't found somewhere before Wednesday we would have been checking into the dorm longterm until oct 1st!

The girls found against all odds a 3 bed apartment within budget in Kennsington market area, well it's a 3 bed with no living room so maybe it's was a 2 bed once upon a time but we're not picky. The landlady however told them 2 key rules. No cooking in your bedroom and no squirrels allowed inside. You can only imagine what the previous tenants were getting up to...grilled squirrel on toast, breakfast in bed Canadian style.

There is also a large hole in their back garden just outside the back door but they were told not to worry about that hole, they are not renting that particular part of the garden, just the hole less part.An interesting attempt at fobbing someone off to say the least!  Anna tried to point out that even if they weren't leasing the hole itself they could still fall into it and suffer some horrific injuries, the landlady is now looking into getting it filled!.......hmmmm.