We Found an Apartment
It’s been a crazy couple of days – running all over southern Brussels (Ixelles, Uccle, Auderghem, and Etterbeek), but after visiting at least 20 apartments, we’ve found the one for us. Actually, we were flipping between two until the last minute, but I’m excited about the place we chose.
Here’s some details:
- It’s a renovated penthouse in Ixelles, near the University.
- The elevator will fit 3 people, but it’s a really close hug.
- It has two bedrooms – we’ll use the smaller for our master and the bigger for our office.
- The bathroom is the typical European split style – toilet in one room and shower/tub in another.
- There are two small patios – a small one in the front facing buildings, and a bigger one in the back facing trees and some backyard gardens.
- The living room, dining room, and kitchen all open up into one large room.
- There is a fireplace in the living room.
- It has a tall fridge, seperate freezer, dishwasher, stove, and a very small convection oven/microwave combo.
- There is room for a washer/dryer in the bathroom if we want to buy one.
- The tram runs right in front of it.
- It is walking distance to the grocery store, a huge park, and the main University strip (like Franklin Street at UNC).
- We’ll be able to store our bikes in the basement.
- We might be able to store Thomas’ motorcycle in the garage.
And some photos…
Our Street
Dining Room and Kitchen
Dining Room and Living Room
Bathroom
Office/Craft Room
View from Office Patio
I have posted more photos on Flickr:
- Our New Apartment (22 photos)
If everything goes well with the inspection and contract, then we’ll move in at the beginning of February. It’s going to be a change living in a small place, but we look forward to seeing what city life is like.
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Congrats! It looks cute and cozy, and sounds like it fulfills all your needs (for now)!
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It looks nice and big. Congratulations on find it. Yeah! Stay warm.
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Great area. So many wonderful restaurants around there.
Wow! So happy for you guys! Looks like a great place. Did you buy this place or do you rent? You mentioned an expection and I had never heard about that for an apartment. You are so blessed and I can’t wait to see what this year has in store for you!
thats so exciting!
i heard about those insane inspection reports!
I hope you didnt have to sign a 20+ year lease on it though.
congrats!
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Looks great – congratulations.
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Congrats on the new apartment. It sounds incredible, and I’m interested to see what you think of your combo unit. We love using one… once we got used to the idea! I love how it looks like your place really gets a lot of sunshine (you know, when the sun is visible and all!!).
Good luck finding all the things you need to make it a home.
Katie
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wow, your new place looks lovely! and the area very nice too! congrats! :)
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It’s so cute! And I love that Mandarin duck below!
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Snazzy!!!
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It’s perfect. I think the two balconies are going to be wonderful.
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Wow, Dallas, that’s great! Looks like SO much fun! I’m jealous! :)
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What a beautiful apartment! It looks like it gets great sunlight.
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