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

Our Street

View of dining room and kitchen from Living Room

Dining Room and Kitchen

View of living room from dining room

Dining Room and Living Room

Bathroom

Bathroom

Office (bigger room)

Office/Craft Room

View from office patio

View from Office Patio

I have posted more photos on Flickr:

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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