Sunday, December 10, 2006

A new year is on the horizon and so is a new pad

I signed my lease on my new apartment over the weekend (I haven't actually moved yet, so I am paying rent in two places until I sort it all out....but back to the new place.)


It is a pretty cool complex. It used to be a mill and is comprised of 5 industrial structures in a single complex. Obviously, all the spaces have been converted into apartments and townhouses. 4 of the buildings are all brick, which add to the warehouse look of them. The architect did something neat, or the floor plan of structures forced his hand, but no two apartments share the same floor plan. So each unit is unique. I am in building number 5. This is the least industrial looking structure, here is the outside view.

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The black bridge, on the upper left section of the picture, seems like it was a track or conveyor belt to bring materials into my building, back when it was a mill. My apartment, is on the ground level from this veiw, all the way around to the right (not visible in the picture).

The other cool feature is that the buildings are basically, right on a little a river, in fact the back side of my building is no more than 30 feet from the water. So that is fun.

Inside is also very cool. It is a two bedroom, two bathroom apartment. The second largest apartment I've ever had, (my pad in Australia was huge so that wins the size competition), but this is my biggest place I've had in America. One of my favorite features is the Vaulted Ceilings...


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Now, if I owned the unit, I'd replace all the carpets with a Hardwood flooring, but as a rental, it is as expected wall to wall carpeted.

I'm sure the extra size will be a good excuse to continue to collect stuff so that I'm can remain as cramped as I am now, so now that I have a larger apartment, clearly I need more stuff...I can already hear my mom starting her lecture at that comment...;)

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