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July 22, 2008

Our New House

written by Nicole Allegar on July 22, 2008 at 07:15PM in Traveling

We did it! After a long, long process of dealing with Argentinian Real Estate, we finally found a house for the next five months that we are happy with. It is in the best location that we could have ask for, four blocks away from Parque San Martin (the largest park in South America), and about eight blocks from the University. The street is filled with fun places to hang out like cafes, shops, and bars.

On first impression, we walked up to a rusty white gate, shocked that the house was actually on the market; we even had to double check the address… sure enough this was what we had been searching for. After we passed the second gate, which had a much nicer appeal, we saw the charm the place had to offer. There were two houses surrounding a garden area with tables, a barbecue grill, and a shaded area to enjoy the outdoors. We will be staying in one of the two houses with a guy from France, who will be arriving in a month. There are three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom. After seeing all the other options, this one definitly did not have the modern style we had seen in a few of the other houses, but it had the most space of any of them. We now have big plans to take that space and change the old house into our stylish home. At first, we felt like it was a negative that the house wasn’t as stylish as some of the other houses, but we have decided that decorating it to have a little of our own personalities will make it feel more like our home.

There are about five other people that live in the other house with the owner and his girlfriend. They are all from around the world and seem be friendly and speak Spanish…which are the main requirements for friend seeking right now.

Tomorrow morning at 9:30, we will move into our house and start the process of making a home. We are very excited and will post before and after pictures of the house.

Tags: Mendoza and Real Estate

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