The new house (pic heavy)

I now have internet.  Not very much, mind you, and at great expense, but internet it is.  Hoping to get fixed broadband sorted out next week, which can't come soon enough!

I took some quick photos of the house on my good old phone, and here they are.  All hugely out of order, but then, putting them in order would require extra effort, and you ain't gettin' that on a Sunday.

This is the living area as you walk in the door.  Along with Housemate 1, who is unaware of being photographed for the sake of El Blogo.   It is quite interesting actually, as you will see in the first photo, that the house actually has 3 front doors.  The left door is locked and we do not have a key for it.  The middle door has windows and the key is in the lock, and the third door, which is open in the photo, is the main door that we use.  Beyond that is a patio area maybe 2 metres wide, and the door you can see in the photo is the door to the patio area.  I think I may have previously posted a picture of the front of the house, so I'm not going to bore you with a repeat!!

This is the messy kitchen, ants and all.  Just one grain of sugar left on the countertop and they all come swarming in.  Thankfully only the teency weency black kind so far!

This is the other upstairs living area, with Housemate 1's bedroom in the distance.  You don't get a tour of my housemates' bedrooms, so deal with it!

These are the stairs that go down to the garden and basement, they are positioned between the second living area and the kitchen.

Above is my bedroom, complete with new bedding, although still waiting on the new mattress.  The rug came with the room, hopefully not as diseased as the old bedding...

In this photo, I would like to introduce you to the basement, and Housemate 2.  The basement is directly under the main living room, and myself and Housemate 2's bedrooms.  Separating it from the floor above is a simple floor made of wooden boards.  No insulation, no nothing, except perhaps for the occasional termite.  There is actually a small hole in the floor in the living room from which you can see down into the garage!  In the far right of the photo you will see my little car peeking out.

Here you go, a close up of my little car.  Maybe I shall name it Oliver, although it will never come close to the real Oliver.

From the garage, here is one side of the house.  To the left, there are the stairs going up to the kitchen/second living area, but you can't quite see that in this photo.

This is the garden, of which you can see a little bit in the previous photo.  There is a small patio area here where we can put the BBQ.

The other side of the house, facing the garage.  Above is the second patio area, where the BBQ currently resides.

This photo is of a heap of palm fronds that Housemate 1 was going to clear.  However, on consideration and from our instructor's advice... he has decided not to clear them, as apparently this is where brown snakes usually reside.  Brown snakes will even chase you if disturbed, and are deadly, so I think this pile will be left well alone!

Facing the rear of the house.  Downstairs is another living area and Housemate 3's bedroom, which of course, you're not going to see, are you?

 These two photos are of the downstairs living area, along with Housemate 3, who decided she wanted to be in the photo, so here she is.

That's about the house in a nutshell.  You ain't getting the address on the blog, obviously!  That's about all to report, so now I must get back to studying!

TTFN!!!