so sleepySo you will all be happy to hear that I've checked two goals off my list. After a minor rigamaroll I got my cell number changed over to a B.C. number. I also got a good taste of the famous Vancouver-style customer service that my friends here have been raving about. I personally love it when the customer service representative uses the word retarded in reference to one of her co-workers in front of customers. Very professional.
Matt and I spent all day Monday zipping about on our bikes looking for houses for rent. Oddly enough we didn't come across a single for rent sign. However, when we got home Matt found a house for rent on Craigslist that had only been posted for about thirty minutes. When he called the guy told him he could go take a look at it at anytime since there was no one living there and that if we wanted we could meet with him the next day to talk about the place. When Nick and Cynthia got home we hopped in the truck and took a drive over to look at the place. We all did our best not to look creepy and suspicious snooping around the empty house. The four of us all got pretty excited about it. It has a huge backyard and a garage, a driveway and a very authentic retro look.
The next day Matt called the guy and asked if we could meet with him earlier than planned and he agreed. Matt, Cynthia and I met up and rummaged up some money for a damage deposit and went to meet our potential landlord. To make a long story short we all fell in love instantly. The place was exactly what we were looking for. It has a huge basement for Matt and Nick to jam and store tools and just do general man stuff. The upstairs has two bedrooms of fairly equal size and the cutest little kitchen with these great retro style metal kitchen cabinets. The back yard was the big seller, it has so much potential and is HUGE in terms of backyards in Vancouver.
Anyway, we all put the charm on and told the guy we'd be willing to do some work on the place. We bragged about Nick's knack for painting and drywalling and Matt's talent for carpentry. We also told him we were all East Coasters and he seemed genuinely excited about that. He said we seemed like great people and then offered the place to us! So July 1st we'll be moving in.
The house is a little more expensive than we were planning on paying but with the rental market being as competitive as it is in Vancouver we had to take it. The place was also just within the area we wanted to stay in and it's on a nice quiet little tree lined street which will be such a change from the place we are at now. I'm really tired of being woken up every night by hollering hookers and trucks busting by. My eyeballs hurt from being kept up all night.
Anyway, Matt and I are planning on going for a bike ride along the seawall and maybe heading over to Granville Island for the day, so I should get my little white ass out of bed and get ready.
Love you all and talk to you soon!
xoxox
Matt and I spent all day Monday zipping about on our bikes looking for houses for rent. Oddly enough we didn't come across a single for rent sign. However, when we got home Matt found a house for rent on Craigslist that had only been posted for about thirty minutes. When he called the guy told him he could go take a look at it at anytime since there was no one living there and that if we wanted we could meet with him the next day to talk about the place. When Nick and Cynthia got home we hopped in the truck and took a drive over to look at the place. We all did our best not to look creepy and suspicious snooping around the empty house. The four of us all got pretty excited about it. It has a huge backyard and a garage, a driveway and a very authentic retro look.
The next day Matt called the guy and asked if we could meet with him earlier than planned and he agreed. Matt, Cynthia and I met up and rummaged up some money for a damage deposit and went to meet our potential landlord. To make a long story short we all fell in love instantly. The place was exactly what we were looking for. It has a huge basement for Matt and Nick to jam and store tools and just do general man stuff. The upstairs has two bedrooms of fairly equal size and the cutest little kitchen with these great retro style metal kitchen cabinets. The back yard was the big seller, it has so much potential and is HUGE in terms of backyards in Vancouver.
Anyway, we all put the charm on and told the guy we'd be willing to do some work on the place. We bragged about Nick's knack for painting and drywalling and Matt's talent for carpentry. We also told him we were all East Coasters and he seemed genuinely excited about that. He said we seemed like great people and then offered the place to us! So July 1st we'll be moving in.
The house is a little more expensive than we were planning on paying but with the rental market being as competitive as it is in Vancouver we had to take it. The place was also just within the area we wanted to stay in and it's on a nice quiet little tree lined street which will be such a change from the place we are at now. I'm really tired of being woken up every night by hollering hookers and trucks busting by. My eyeballs hurt from being kept up all night.
Anyway, Matt and I are planning on going for a bike ride along the seawall and maybe heading over to Granville Island for the day, so I should get my little white ass out of bed and get ready.
Love you all and talk to you soon!
xoxox
2 comments:
yay yay yay!
the house finding experience sounds awesome!
is the backyard bigger then the one on duncan
you know you can send me photos of the interiors and pay me to be your interior decorator
love yous
it's way bigger than our yard on duncan!
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