I'm boarding a plane Monday morning to go to Italy, but I didn't let that stop me from doing a little shopping before I left town: last night, I bought a condo.
I made the offer Wednesday night and got word by lunchtime Thursday that it had been accepted. My first offer on this unit (not including the debacle of my first ever offer to buy a property anywhere). The price is good. The location is good. The potential is high.
There are some issues with the place, but it will give me a chance to gain some experience fixing up an old place: refinishing hardwood floors and old cast-iron bathtubs, making old doors with bad hinges work again, that sort of thing. Also painting. There will be much painting. Lucky for you, I will probably share some of those experiences here in this blog.
But those things are down the line a bit. For now, I can finally shift my focus to my upcoming Italian adventure. I'll blog more about that later, but for now I'll leave you with some more pictures after the jump.
First, the living room, dining room, back door and hallway to the kitchen.
Fireplace, living room, sunroom.
Master bedroom is first on the list of things to be painted.
That's enough for now. I'll post more updates when the time comes, but now to focus mentally on Italy. Oh, and also my last day of work before I go. Of course that. Silly work. Peace and ciao.
