With the sunshine factor in mind, I realized that I did not necessarily want to live on the dark, busy street sides of Building A, but I was still interested in saving money, so I went to visit the site where Flat B would be built.
Do you see a building in progress? I sure as heck don’t!
It took me awhile to find the site because the Flat B project had not even broken ground. This was kind of surprising and disappointing because we had already visited Flat A and the whole complex was practically raised. Flat B was supposed to be finished by autumn, but it was so far behind that I wondered if it would even get done before 2014 and we wanted to move sooner to start saving money earlier.
While I was searching for the flat I also noticed there was not much in terms of shopping or entertainment nearby. The building site was also next to that big, ugly toll road. The whole place just looked unappealing and as I walked back to the train station, I thought about how long it would take to haul luggage to the train in the rain if we lived here.
Kay was out of the country and said he would leave the decision up to me, but after visiting both sites, my mind was made up. The extra space of a 5.5 room flat was verrry tempting, but we decided to go ahead and buy Flat A! We aren’t planning a family any time soon, so it didn’t make sense to sacrifice on location for space.
Money is important, but it if you have a choice, leave the decision up to location! I was much more excited about all the trains, trams and buses that will take us to our new flat! And location is always that one thing you can’t change later.
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