Nothing to get too excited about

These are just the (frankly not very good) real estate companies pictures of the new house.

It's on a quiet cul-de-sac, with part of the rear backing onto a busy road, the rest onto a leafy lot which turns out to be a Property Owners Association park (including us). Off-picture to the right is a short path leading to a POA swimming pool, which is very handy - easy walking distance, even for me!

This is just a part of the back yard, which is quite extensive - there is a large garage/storage area attached to the back of the house (roof just visible here), then more yard beyond that, also screened by more trees from any neighbour.

Of course, it's hard for us to remember, but a lot of this foliage will disappear in autumn! (fall, I should say)




This is the dining room, one of the 2 rooms at the front of the house. Larger than it looks, its about 12' x 10'








Main Bedroom I think - again, doesnt show it to advantage, nor the ensuite (which isn't that huge, let it be said)




Bedroom 2 - the Guest Room
(ta daa!)





Bedroom 3 - about the same size - the Sewing Room, as it will be, I think (except when we have lots of guests of course)



This is a really poor shot of the front lounge (designated the Games Room once we get there). It's actually very spacious - 18x10 - and should suit well.

To the left you can just about see the front door.




This is the entryway from the back yard to the Hearth Room (i.e. the one with a fireplace :) This will be our actual dwelling space. Again it's much larger than it shows here.





This is the (pretty tiny) kitchen, with the door to a laundry, then out to the garage behind the house.

Not visible, to the left of the camera & where the photographer is standing, is a smallish 'breakfast area' between the kitchen and the dining room proper. The left hand wall is shared at the moment with the Hearth room

High on our list of plans is to open this out - remove most of that wall and replace with a breakfast bar, extend the kitchen a bit into the
'breakfast' area to give more storage, then rearrange the invisible bit just over the photographers shoulder :)




This is a better view of the Hearth room, altho it still understates its' size I think (22x10). There is an odd set of builtin cupboards to the right of the chimney area.






The front door. Odd thing to take a picture of, but there you are. Does show the nice tile work, and the start of the very elegant hardwood floors to the left (everywhere except the Games Room, alas - I guess they wanted to keep that carpeted for the benefit of their very young children crawling around on it)











A better shot of the Dining Room, along with one of the very lovely aquaria that the house was filled with (I did briefly think of stipulating them to be left as part of the furnishings - for a price, naturally! - but what do I know about fish, except feeding them, and sleeping with them? :)









Once we've got hold of the place, I'll ask Cat to take some better photos (that being one of the skills I make conspicuous by my utter lack of skill).