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wayfaringwordhack ([personal profile] wayfaringwordhack) wrote2010-04-19 10:09 pm
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A new home

Julien and I found an apartment (top two floors of a house) to rent in Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre.  

The good:

- Architecturally, the apartment is as interesting as we saw in the photos.

- The rooms are spacious.

- There is a little, private courtyard on the ground floor so the cats can go outside.

- The canal is just 20 meters away, and we can even see a bit of it from the living room.  The Loire will be a 10 to 15 minute walk away...on flat ground! No more having to hike back up the hill to Sancerre.

The bad:

- The once-white walls (that we saw in the photos) are now orangey-peachy-pink.  Depressing. Outdated.

- The lovely oak parquet has been covered with natural fiber carpet that has a strong, unpleasant smell.

- Said carpet has also been peed on by a boxer puppy, and now the apartment doubly reeks. (The carpet on the landing where the dog peed will be ripped up, but that in the bedrooms will stay.

- The neighbor downstairs is a young guy who likes his music LOUD. Hopefully he will not try to keep that up once we move in.

- The insulation leaves a lot to be desired, not only because of the above point but because it is COLD in the Cher in the winter.

But for better or worse, we've rented the place and will move in 8 days from now.  The packing race is on.

For those who want it 

Julien and Miquela Faure
Rue Basse
18300 Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre
France

[identity profile] frigg.livejournal.com 2010-04-19 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
CONGRATULATIONS! I hope the smell goes away.

[identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com 2010-04-19 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
So do I. I was making me ill. Going to buy lots of good-smelling candles. :D Luckily I don't have your allergies to chemicals.

[identity profile] frigg.livejournal.com 2010-04-19 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
hahaha...yeah, the carpet smell is probably less harmless than scent candles - not to mention carpet smell PLUS scent candles. :p

[identity profile] jongibbs.livejournal.com 2010-04-19 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Sound like you're about to start a whole new adventure :)

[identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com 2010-04-19 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Ever and always. :P
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[personal profile] pjthompson 2010-04-19 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Good luck and congratulations! Such a busy girl, alors!

[identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com 2010-04-20 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks. I'm sure we'll have it feeling like home in no time. Then I can take it easy and be "laid-back girl." :D

[identity profile] queenoftheskies.livejournal.com 2010-04-19 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations on your new home!

"home," a word I love

[identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com 2010-04-20 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you muchly.

[identity profile] mindseas.livejournal.com 2010-04-21 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
Good luck and happiness in your new home!

[identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com 2010-04-21 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks, Bonnie!

[identity profile] kmkibble75.livejournal.com 2010-04-21 09:10 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations! Do you think you'll be able to tear up all of the carpet over time?

[identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com 2010-04-28 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think so. The landlady didn't seem to eager to let us do that because it helps with sound insulation for the renter below us.

[identity profile] rabiagale.livejournal.com 2010-04-21 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay for finding a place to call home! Are you allowed to repaint?

[identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com 2010-04-28 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, we can, but we can't really afford to at the moment. And if we don't do it right off the bat, there probably isn't much use since we don't plan on staying all that long.