So we went back to the street of many children to take a look at the inside of the property again. It is funny how things mess together when you have seen 24 properties back to back in one day. The kids were hungry so I stoppedto grab them a snack while Chad took them on the bus from the tube station to meet up with the realtor. There was only a short window to meet. I assumed I had missed the bus so I walked the 15 minutes. It turned out that Chad had gotten on the wrong bus, and then again and then again. With all three hungry kids and Jash who had thrown up all over me that morning and wasn’t feeling well. So I took a look around the property and waited for them to arrive. They didn’t make it. We had to schedule for the realtor to come back and let us in an hour later. So we grabbed some food down the street and had a picnic in front of the house on the sidewalk.

Poor Chad! This was after trying to return a rental car on his way to work in the morning. Rather than a nine minute drive it took almost 2 hours!! Both our mornings had not been the cheeriest.

So the house… we love hate it. Things we hate: the floor plan, the crowded street parking, the price (especially after seeing a house we LOVED for nearly $1000 less a month!!), the stairs (half a flight down to the main living area, a flight up to the bedrooms and the main bathroom, plus another half flight up the another bedroom and then another full flight up to the master bedroom with the second bathroom that has no door), the distance from the tube station. Really… our list of priorities were off-street parking, open floor plan, yard, street with kids, close to the tube, good commute, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms.

Things we LOVE: The street is everything we hoped for. Nearly every house has young children. The school (if we can get in!) is excellent and an easy walk away. We are a 5 minute walk to small shops (one being a natural food store I looked up). The commute for Chad is only 40 min! There is a little yard and a great roof top terrace with an excellent view. There are multiple great parks nearby and play sets. The library is practically next door. A bus runs from right down the street all the way to Chad’s office for the days I MUST bring a stroller.

There are a lot of things to love. The location is hard to beat and we have to look at the things we love because the things we hate are kind of difficult to stomach. I wan’t so much to find a place I LOVE and would happily spend ages in. So for all those praying for our quick return to the states your prayers may have been answered. Because if we can’t make this work then we are out of luck!