Looking for housing in KL has proven to bit of challenge for us that are used to American standards. Everything is just really different. For instance most older homes have the asian style toilets in the ground. There are bodes in every bathroom and a bathroom in every room, but bathtubs are a rarity. We did find a couple of places that we considered but for one or more reasons we by passed them because the location, lack of tubs, funky potty, funky smell, no view, or scary neighbourhood. We really wanted somewhere that we could use just one car. We hoped for Taman Tar which is near the Ampang Campus where Brian would be located, but anything decent and updated was out of our price range or unavailable. Then we received a call about a place that became available in the last few days as the teacher living there just found out about a job that she had been hoping for in Jordan. Her name was Julie Mosca and had been staying in Arizona with family. She actually met Joan, Robin Inskeep’s cousin on the telephone. Robin let me know about Julie and that she was a teacher at the Melawati campus through ISKL. What a small world. Anyway, long story short… that is our new home and it is available on August 1st. So, we have a home it just isn’t available for awhile. Luckily we have a great place to stay on Bukit Anterra Bangsa for the interim. Worst case scenario, we will have to stay at a hotel near the Ampang campus for a few days. We got the link home for RM 2800 (under $1000 US) and the owner is putting in a new tile floor upstairs, polishing the marble floors downstairs (don’t get excited, they are marble tiles flagstone style), hot water in the kitchen, and a new air conditioner in the salon (we call it a loft) or second living room area. It is smaller than our US home, but I think we’ll be happy there. There is a 9 hole golf course and a loop around it with a walking path. There is a club with a pool and apparently there is yoga classes there a few days a week. We will see how we do once all of our stuff arrives and we try to cram it into the home.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Home Hunting
Looking for housing in KL has proven to bit of challenge for us that are used to American standards. Everything is just really different. For instance most older homes have the asian style toilets in the ground. There are bodes in every bathroom and a bathroom in every room, but bathtubs are a rarity. We did find a couple of places that we considered but for one or more reasons we by passed them because the location, lack of tubs, funky potty, funky smell, no view, or scary neighbourhood. We really wanted somewhere that we could use just one car. We hoped for Taman Tar which is near the Ampang Campus where Brian would be located, but anything decent and updated was out of our price range or unavailable. Then we received a call about a place that became available in the last few days as the teacher living there just found out about a job that she had been hoping for in Jordan. Her name was Julie Mosca and had been staying in Arizona with family. She actually met Joan, Robin Inskeep’s cousin on the telephone. Robin let me know about Julie and that she was a teacher at the Melawati campus through ISKL. What a small world. Anyway, long story short… that is our new home and it is available on August 1st. So, we have a home it just isn’t available for awhile. Luckily we have a great place to stay on Bukit Anterra Bangsa for the interim. Worst case scenario, we will have to stay at a hotel near the Ampang campus for a few days. We got the link home for RM 2800 (under $1000 US) and the owner is putting in a new tile floor upstairs, polishing the marble floors downstairs (don’t get excited, they are marble tiles flagstone style), hot water in the kitchen, and a new air conditioner in the salon (we call it a loft) or second living room area. It is smaller than our US home, but I think we’ll be happy there. There is a 9 hole golf course and a loop around it with a walking path. There is a club with a pool and apparently there is yoga classes there a few days a week. We will see how we do once all of our stuff arrives and we try to cram it into the home.
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