I’m moved in more or less. It will take a few more weeks before everything finds its place. Packing and unpacking is a royal pain in the butt and I don’t want to ever do it again. But I did manage to line up all the different utilities and deliveries which arrived one after the other like clockwork for the last 3 days. Only Ikea screwed up the delivery and I had to call 3 different people and yell at them before they finally got someone to deliver my stuff. And when they did, they just showed up without calling to confirm or anything. Got the Hikari-Fiber installed as well so I’m good to go.
I did a quick reconnaisance of the neighborhood and have come to the realization that my house is the smallest house on the block (and surrounding blocks) This is both good and bad. The good part is that I live in a pretty nice neighborhood with good resale value and if someone wants to rob a house they’ll target the bigger houses. The bad news is that it’s the smallest house on the block.
My next door neighbor has 2 cars. Both the exact same type of Mercedes Benz, one black and the other white. The windows are blacked out. I gotta do the aisatsu thing this weekend, then I’ll know if the neighbors are abunai or not.
The stairs in the house are very steep. My calves are getting a good workout.
Congrats!
BIG congrats Roy but we want photos we want photos !!!
Matching black and white benz’s eh? Do they both have single digit license plates? When you intro yourself make sure they still got their pinky fingers intact. ;)
Congrats on moving in! Let us know if you find out what’s up with those neighbors…
I know you don’t want to give us pictures of the neighborhood because that will reveal where you live but perhaps you could take pictures of the inside to give us a good idea of the size of the living space once you’ve got it filled with furnishings and let us see how you fix the place up.
I’m glad to hear all went relatively smoothly and certainly don’t envy you the packing and unpacking. My husband and I have been paring down our possessions for two years trying to prepare for the eventual departure from Japan and it’s really hard to empty out a place. Filling it up is a lot more fun.
Congratulations !! You have done a great job almost single-handedly .. visa .. and now buying property!
I am certain you know about the nominal gifts to bring on your ceramonial, dance-of-the-bumblebees with the next door neighbors. Have fun !!!!
You have a great blog ! From a friend in Kyushu !