Resident for 1 week

Hi all

Ive now been living in my new flat for a whole week, so far its going OK. I dont really hear the trains in the middle of the night, the station is only 200 yrds away.

Problems Ive encountered so far:

1) Deficit of £32 on the electricity key meter, left by the previous occupiers
2) Still waiting for my sofa/bed to arrive so am sleeping on a blowup air bed, must blow that up in a minute or two to get the firmness back in it.
3) No curtains or anything perminant over the windows so my leki poles and an old curtains along with some bits of wood are doing a grand job at the moment.
4) Dont think that the heater in the room works as it gets a bit chilly overnight, have ordered some instructions so hopefully they will arrive soon.
5) Still got lots of DIY to do but just dont seem to have the time to do it all. So is more important than others so have to sort the order thing out. The place however is starting to look quite nice and a bit homely (put my first picture on the wall today)
6) Have cuts all over my hands where Ive missed what Ive supposed to have been cutting
7) Apparently they are doing engineering works on the station platform for the next two evenings starting about 2330 so as not to disturb the people using the station, shame they dont consider the few hundred residents that live above the station isnt it.

The benifits

1) Its my own place
2) Ive got broadband fitted so can communicate with you all, although not sure which box me camera is in hence the lack of photos
3) I can sit on the computer, watch TV and keep an eye on dinner cooking whilest sitting on my bed (well almost)
4) I can do what I want when I want and not have to worry about anyone else being in the way or putting themm out.
5) All the DIY Im doing is for my own benifit (but huge thanks should actually go to my mate James as he has helpt with loads of it as well as my folks)

Well its late so Im off to pump up my bed

One week in

The past week has been fairly busy. During the week I have painted the studio room, put on a couple of undercoats in the bathroom to get rid of the purple. Today has been spent laying down the floor in the main room which apart from a couple of pieces round the Kitchen door and also the section of hall way it was all done, thanks to my mate James who came round to help me.

Own House

At last I have finally manage to join may of my friends (and sister) on that high rung of the property. although not the largest place in the world my top floor (therefore penthouse) flat is the start that I have been looking for. Im sure that with a bit of work and a couple of coats of paint the place will start to feel a bit like mine and I will settle in quite quickly. One of my friends lives just round the corner so Im not miles away from everybody. The next week will be spent painting, sorting the bills to the address, informing everyone of my new address and settling in a bit!!!

This is how it looked on Saturday morning before we did anything