I’ve just signed the lease today so I guess it’s safe for me to share it here!
So, as of 10 Dec, I’ll be moving to my new place! It’s a two-bedroom apartment at Mid-Levels in Central. So yes, H&M is walking distance, amongst many other stuff like CK Calvin Klein (ah-hem), my fave condensed milk toast, Yung Kee Goose, my fave wanton mee in HK, beautiful art galleries and yes, Lan Kwai Fong, Soho and Hollywood Road.
And for Matt, a gym (or two. Or three), Subway and all-day breakfast cafes. Oh, there’s even a wet market that sells fresh and cheap meat, veggies, fruits and flowers! Yayyyy, flowers! These are not for Matt, of cos of cos. But the auntie in me.
I’ve all my luck to thank for in getting this place. Polly, my colleague whom I mentioned earlier, wanted to move out of her current apartment, which she’s been staying for the past 3 years. So she was helping her landlady looked for a new tenant. She heard that I’m looking for a place, asked me on the first day we were in Bangkok and I went to view her place on the same day I arrived back in HK from SG last week and so quickly, I’ve decided I wanted it and today, I’ve signed the lease!
Also, Polly is so sweet to leave most of her furniture behind so I’m really, really fortunate I can save a big bulk of money.
The landlady has kindly offered to do a small scale renovation so I get to choose whatever colours I want for my apartment. I can’t wait to be done with doing up the place and see how my new place turns out! I have the vision in my mind but let’s see if it turns out better or worse in reality.
Some pictures!
(Left pic): The view of the kitchen from the entrance of the apartment.
(Right pic): The view from the bedrooms and kitchen. I can see IFC!
(Left pic): View of the small room from the the room’s entrance.
(Right pic): Same for the bigger room.
(Left pic): The little area to the bathroom and kitchen. I’ve taken to calling it the creative space.
(Right pic): A small part of the kitchen.
I’ve got a mover to move my stuff on 27th Nov so when I return to HK on the 10 Dec from SG, I can go straight to my new place and suss out the cleaning, locksmith and broadband Internet stuff. Phew!
I can’t wait to see my new place!! As in, exactly how it will be after I have put my own personal touches to it. Can’t wait, can’t wait. And now, to acquiring household stuff! Woot! I’ve always been a sucker for buying household items and now I finally have the justification to do so. Pretty stuff, be mine!
I was telling Zikang and Esther, my very few Singaporean friends in HK, over the weekend when I met them that I’m gonna have a housewarming but I can only have four people over at any one time cos I don’t think each room in the apartment can take more than two people. hahahha, damn sad. But I’m just happy to finally have a place of my own. Maybe I can finally feel more physically and mentally settled in HK.
:)
