The renting game...

Josh and i have started looking for a place to rent. This has induced a state of new anxiety as we continually question, is now too soon, as its another 5.5 months until the wedding? What if nothing better comes along? what if it finally gets to the time we are to be married and wehaven't been accepted for anywhere yet? should we spend less money for the sake of saving, or more money for the sake of getting something thats similar-ish to what we would like?

There are, of course, no definitive answers to these questions.

After praying God would move the real estate agents to bin our application if the time is infact too soon or the unit is infact not for us, this afternoon we applied for a place and i would like to introduce it to you. I should at this stage clarify that i will not be moving into whatever rental property we acquire until we are married. For the next 5 months it shall be josh's "pad"...It is this very fact that makes the following flat so hilariously wonderful.

This is it from the front. it is not a shop. Tricky to find yes?

See the white door, a little to the left, that's it! You enter through that (now graffitied) door, down a hall way between the shops and there you find a courtyard and a little unit that you just want to snuggle up in bed with.

As you can see the wall paper is a textured, mint green, art deco-esque design and while it may appear a little much i applaud the consistency. If you're going to have delightfully old school wall paper, thank you for coving a whole hall way in the same said wall paper.Below is the bedroom (it also includes a built in wardrobe to the right of the picture). Again the wall paper has a "wo-ah" affect but lets me honest here...we all know i would wear that wall paper if i could so i won't pretend i don't tingle a little at the sight of it.

The kitchen is reasonably spacious (this photo was taken from the next room, over the counter, so there are benches,sink,stove that you cant see). The wall paper is different again but follows the same colour scheme and the cupboards are white...just sit and imagine for a moment how much worse it could be!

Along with being cheap as chips to rent and situated in a very practical location, this unit makes me do a little dance inside. We may not get it and that will be fine but each time i drive past i will smile a little knowing there is a hidden treasure chest back there that very few people know of.