Moving House

On Thursday morning (having been in Chennai 5 days) at about 2 a.m. Penri woke me up to tell me he thought he’d made a mistake taking the house we were staying in. When I asked him why he thought he’d made the wrong choice, he explained how the house was far too big for us and how much it was going to cost to buy enough furniture to fill the house and put curtains everywhere and what a nightmare it would be trying to sell it all on when we eventually leave. We talked about it for hours and came to the conclusion that we would call the relocation agents first thing in the morning and try to have a meeting with them to see if there was any way we could move house (and get out of the contract he had signed for 11 months on the house we were staying in). So that’s what we did. We met up with them at 10 a.m. and by lunchtime the next day; we managed to sort out a different house, come to an agreement with the landlord for our current house to opt out of the contract and we got the keys to our new house to move in on Saturday morning. It was a manic couple of days!

So, that’s how we came to be at this new house where we are living now. It’s really nice and came fully furnished (which is perfect for us). (See pictures below).
Anyway, back to my news. Since we’ve moved house there have been little bits and pieces that have needed doing around the house (as it’s never been lived in before) such as getting a telephone, connecting the washing machine and cooker and putting things up like a washing line, mirrors and toilet roll holders etc. So we have had lots of workmen coming into the house so I’ve mostly been staying at home the last week or so. My mum arrived from Doha on Thursday 13th and has been helping me find out about where things are and sorting out things like a piano (which I still haven’t managed to do yet but I’m getting closer – I found a shop that stocks pianos!)