Over the past few weeks we had progressively gotten all of our drivers licences, banking and health care cards sorted out. Now it was time to get the bigger ticket items in place - a car and a home.
Transportation:
We now have a vehicle to get about in. A mid-size Mazda SUV was the selection. The humans travel in comfort up front while Bernard has the entire back seat to himself. He enters and exits through the rear door using his ramp and settles himself down on the folded down split rear seats.
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| Our Little Red Wagon with rear door up & dog access ramp in position |
Housing:
After taking care of Bernard's medical needs (he is recovering rapidly), our attention shifted firmly to finding somewhere to live. During our online searches we had seen a house in a nice leafy green part of the city that appealed to us so we decided to take a look through the place. As soon as we got there we liked what we saw and after an open house inspection it just felt right so we put in an offer. A day later the offer was accepted and the place was ours!
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| Looks like a semi-detached but the two actually stand alone - ours is on the right |
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| Covered outdoor living space and backyard to enjoy all year round |
For most of the time since August last year when we started the house sale process in Toronto we have been living out of suitcases in temporary accommodation. Now, finally, with the purchase of our Adelaide home the end of our transient lifestyle is in sight. Unfortunately it is a 2 month closing period (the sellers choice not ours), so we won't be able to move into our new house until late July / early August. By the time we move in it will have been almost a year of being 'homeless' (it is hard to believe it will have been that long). We can't wait to get moved in and settle down with our own stuff around us.
So, we are homeowners but still homeless for a few more weeks. That's all I have time for at the moment as we have to get to the stores to start pricing out household electrical appliances - major ones such as fridges, washing machines, TV, vacuum cleaner, etc., right down to the smallest items like the kettle & toaster. We have to completely equip the house with new appliances because the household electricity in Australia is a 240 volt system which means the 110 volt appliances we had in Canada would not work here so we sold them all off before leaving. As I said at the beginning of this post, there is a lot to do to get yourself set up in a new country!
Until next time, stay happy.
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