Well, we've put up with the CBD apartment as long as we could, but finally had enough of the noisy lifts, the invading mozzies, the 5am bottlebank collections and the shitty aircon. Wor Lass has been pestering the landlord so much he invited us to terminate the tenancy early! The power of moaning, eh?
As luck would have it a colleague's girlfriend has decided to rent out her house for a year. We took a look around last weekend and offered to rent it on the spot!
It's gorgeous, massive enough for regular guests to stay over, is out in the sticks of Upper Hutt (see Google Maps) and -- fingers crossed -- will give us the peace and quiet I need. It's also $100 a week cheaper than the apartment that's smaller than the triple garage we'll be taking on.
With luck we should be moving in next weekend. And sleeping the weekend away, hopefully.
The Tour

Here's the back of the house at sunset, after getting past the locked gates.

The view down the valley of Upper Hutt as seen from the back garden. Also at sunset. Whether it's a real sunset or a Photoshop sunset we're not sure.

The kitchen, as I believe the ladies call it. With a proper Big Fridge and dishwasher that doesn't snap shut like Arkwright's till, unlike the current place.

Lounge Number One, situated next to the kitchen and home to a log burner. Thankfully there's also a shed full of chopped up logs, so I won't need to go out and chop wood myself (stop laughing, Dad, I could if I had to.)

Lounge number two, complete with monster TV and sky. Will also become the Wii Fit room for Wor Lass' shadow boxing sessions.

The entrance hall, which I probably should have uploaded earlier in the tour. Arsed. It's just a hallway and I've only put it on 'cos She Who Must Be Obeyed would shout at me if I didn't. Oh, one thing that is cool is there's a hoover-y thing plumbed in round the house - you just plug the hose into the socket in each room and away you go!

Her Ladyship's room, the only one upstairs, with en-suite and dressing room. Also has a private balcony.

The servant's quarters, where I'll get to sleep (hopefully). There are also two other guest rooms plus a downstairs bathroom and separate toilet.

And here's the house as seen from the back garden, with the kitchen/lounge 1 opening out onto the dick. I only have one dick here, but it's a long 'un so Wor Lass is more than satisfied.
There finishes the tour. I hope you like it and we hope to get as many people as possible staying with us ...
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