2006-08-03

Apartment search/家探し

Last Saturday, before we went to watch fireworks, we spent almost a half day to go and see several places for our home from this September. In Japan, we have to go to an agency to help us find a place, not to a landlord directly. I already had visited one agency by myself while my husband was working, and I had picked several options.

There were some items that we were looking for; 1) 2LDK (2 bedrooms, living room, dining room, and kitchen) 2) a large living and dining room, 3) close to my husband's office, 4) possibly a house, not a apartment, 5) quiet neighborhood.

After visiting 5 places, we decided to take a house in a residencial area. It is about 10 minutes from the closest station, and only 3 stations away from my husband's office. He can ride a bike for 20 mintutes or so to go to his office. This house has living room, dining room and kitchen all together as a one big room, and bathroom on the first floor. On the second floor, there are 2 bedrooms and a balcony.

We have started to think about which furniture goes where, what to buy for our new home. We are very excited to turn this house into our own comfortable home.

先週の土曜日に花火を見に行く前に、半日近くかけて9月から住む家を探しに行きました。日本では引っ越しの時は不動産屋を通すので、直接大家さんに行くという事はありません。旦那が仕事をしている間に私が不動産屋にすでに出向いていたので、いくつかの物件にしぼってありました。

新居の条件はいくつかありました。1)最低2LDKであること 2)大きなリビングルームとダイニングルームがある事 3)旦那の職場に近い事 4)できたらアパートやマンションよりは一軒家である事 5)そして周りが静かである事。

合計で5つの物件を見たあと、住宅街にある一軒家に決めました。最寄りの駅から歩いて10分ほどで、旦那の職場までは駅3つ。旦那は自転車で20分ほどで職場に行く事も出来ます。この家には1階にリビング、ダイニング、キッチンがすべて一緒になった大きな部屋とトイレとお風呂があり、2階には2つの部屋とベランダがあります。

どこにどんな家具を置くか、どんな物を買いそろえなければならないかなど、考え始めました。この一軒家を私たちが住みやすい家に変えて行くのがとても楽しみです。

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello Yuki and Darryl. It is so nice to hear from you. Collin asks about you often. Your love and kindness has made a true difference in our lives. Thank you. It's fun to read your blog. Your home sounds wonderful. Good luck. Teri

yukiukicookie said...

Terri,
Thank YOU so much! We are still new to our life in Tokyo and being busy, and we haven't missed Minnesota very much yet. However, thinking about friends and family back there makes us homesick a little bit... I hope you enjoy reading my blog!