The Adventures of Lorie and Brian Groth

Yes, the pile of paperwork, a pile of cash, and far too many hassles are over and we finally have the keys to our new flat in Fulham.    

We have quite a few photos uploaded – you’ll need to guess at which room is which though. Here’s some info to help understand the photos and to know more about what we just bought:

1. It is the 1st floor (2nd floor for the Americans), which means someone lives below us.
2. There is a loft, so it is a 2 story home (the main floor with the loft above it)
3. There are 3 bedrooms: 2 on the main floor plus the loft
4. The room near the road is the lounge/living-room and is the only one where you really hear any road noise
5. There are 2 bathrooms: 1 on the main floor with a tub, one in the loft with a standing shower
6. The kitchen leads to spiral stairs that go down to the garden
7. A woman lived in it during and since WWII and we bought it off of the guy who bought it from her. He gutted it, built the loft, put in a new kitchen, new garden, new carpet, and paint while also fixing all the cracks and other things that appear in a place after almost a hundred years. I think it was built in the 1920s.
8. Milo loves the carpet since he doesn’t slip on it like our current hard wood
9. It is 1313 square feet – bigger than our houseboat and our cottage that we had in the US!
10. It’s about two and a half blocks closer to the Thames, which means it’s closer to Bishops Park too.
11. It’s roughly where the A219 number appears on this map:
    
    

This one is for my dad who enjoys his WeatherBug gadget in Windows Vista: Our friend Alan summarizes our local weather and the approach to reporting it here in the UK: Alan’s Travel Tracker: The Weather

We are still waiting for final paperwork before exchanging contracts, which has to happen before we close the deal, which has to happen before we get the keys and can move in. However, we did a walk-through today with camera in hand. I will post more photos after I know we really have it, but we expect that to be within a few days though.