My New House!

Oh you're still here?

I have been living in a hostel for three weeks. While it has been fun and the hostel itself was pretty cool - it was built about 100 years ago as a Salvation Army and it had a sweet rooftop patio along with a verandah on every one of its 4 floors - I was quite eager to actually settle into my own place and unpack my suitcase. It took so long to find a place because my French friend Etienne and I did not want to spend a lot of money and apartments in the heart of Brisbane are exorbitantly expensive (like everything here in Australia). A 'cheap' two bedroom flat in Brisbane is 200 dollars a week, plus all the other add-ons such as internet, electricity, gas, and water. After a brutally dismaying search, we found a place in the town of Northgate, 5 minutes from our university, and 15 minutes from Brisbane (both by train).

It is $125 per week and that includes all of the add-ons. We are ecstatic at our good fortune. It is a 4 bedroom traditional Queensland-style home with 15-foot high ceilings and tons of room. The tenants as of now are me, Etienne, another French exchange student named Elodie, and our landlady is looking for one more to fill all the rooms. Our dining room table seats 10 very comfortably, our front hallway is about 25 feet long, and all the bedrooms are obscenely large. We have a large wrap-around verandah that all three of our bedrooms walk out to (the fourth tenant will not have this luxury).

To be succinct, I am very happy with how my accommodations turned out. I'll put some pictures up shortly.

'Til then, keep on keeping on.

D James