I Moved Out Of My Girlfriends .
Yes , about a month ago I moved out of Rosies .
And yes , I know , most people thought it wouldn't last . In fact , some didn't think it would last 17 days , and definitely not 17 months .
And yes , we still own a business together , and a commercial property .
In hindsight , it was becoming more and more likely over the last few months . One night it got to the stage where I knew it was an almost certainty . There were various factors , but when I kew for sure was one night when we sat down and signed a sale and purchase agreement together , so it was pretty likely I'd move out . And so would Rose and Zack .
Hahahahahaha , yes , we've bought our first house together . I guess I could have said that straight up , but that wouldn't have been as interesting , would it ?
My 'farm' house was the right house at the time 18 months ago , but of course circumstances change . Yes , I admit , this new place is way better suited to us , and probably what I should have bought / waited for , but not only was it not for sale at the time , but my circumstances were different back then too . Anyway , I can say this is definitely a joint choice , and yes we are both contributing financially ( not that that is anyone elses concern ) , and we absolutely love it . We're now just out in the country , 900 metres to the town boundary , on a quiet road , but with almost all the advantages of somewhere miles out in the country -- lots of space , fresh air , peace and quiet .
Only been a month so far , but it just feels right . Well , theres one room I'm not 100% happy with , but I think I'm going to lose that argument .
I have no idea if this has a 'style' , but I presonally would call it European inspired . And I don't know if it matters , buit it was a builders own home -- that either means extra attention to detail , or lots of hidden shortcuts I guess .
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3 months agoI'm not being clever , but we'll be adding the colour -- in several respects I guess .
The exterior is a lught grey and charcoal , but it seems to fit . The interior is mostly off-white , but we've already added some colour by way of art , furniture , rugs , cushions , etc . It'll take a while to get it right .
I'll start at the other end though -- this is essentially the 3rd lounge / rumpus room . Its on the end of the bedrooms wing , and as you can see , its grey . Rosie is happy with it , but we;ll see . I mightn't be the brightest person around , but even I've worked out when to agree haha .
The timber has a red stain , so I guess I can't complain . I thought it might be a cherrywood , but apparently cherrywood isn't that red , so we haven't worked out yet exactly what the timber is , but IMO it lifts the room .
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3 months agoYep , I think we'll be here for a fair while , partially because its getting to the stage where the bank won't let us buy too much more haha .
At this stage though , there isn't much we want to change , its bigger than we need ( and no , thats not a hint ) , it pretty much ticks almost all the important boxes and suits us .
Lots of glass ( double glazed ) with good heating and air conditioning . The high ceiling is quite nice too . Nothing over the top , just pleasantly done IMO .User
3 months agoIts hard to explain -- because I have no idea really hahaha . I guess its sort of a visual balance -- I'll try and explain what I mean --
There is a 'wash' light above the 'awning' , and a downlight .
This shot below almost shows the entrance door from the inside ( see the pillars on the right , thats where the door is , and the ceiling is about 200mm higher there , and you can just see the internal door to the left . The roof and ceiling here is almost flat .
This one ( below ) sort of shows that the door itself is on a slightly higher part of the ceiling , and you can see through into the dining area --
While this shot shows the roof detail ( below )
You're not any further informed are you Kate haha ?User
3 months agoThis angle might show it better
Its actually a slightly lower height than the one above the main front door , and the raised bit in the entrance hall , but you can't really see all 3 at any one point . But personally , I think that interior wall would look a bit flat and 'meh' without it .
Essentially , it is there , we love the place , we're not going to change it , in fact I bet we're not going to change anything major for at least a couple of years . As I said in an earlier post , I mildly suggested painting that other 'grey' lounge may lift it -- the response was a smile and a look and a 'I think it's okay' -- translation -- 'NO' .User
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