Before I say anything else I want to say CONGRATULATIONS to Maryka and Leon (our dear friends here) who have just had a baby boy last night...... Ruben Serfontein! I'm so excited to meet him!
So that all important news! I'm sure you know already but basically we've just bought a house here!! So yes I spose you could say that we love living here and that we plan to stay a while longer! It's a 30's house in the old part of Amersfoort. Actually instead of explaining it I'll just go through some pics. Remember that the photos are deceiving and make the rooms look bigger than they are!
This is the front of the house. It doesn't have conventional double glazing but there are 2 layers of glass... hard to explain. It's on a quiet road with a canal out the front. Then on the other side of the canal is a busier road. We're not sure yet how noisy that road is.
This is the front of the house. It doesn't have conventional double glazing but there are 2 layers of glass... hard to explain. It's on a quiet road with a canal out the front. Then on the other side of the canal is a busier road. We're not sure yet how noisy that road is.
This is the canal outside. The bigger piece of water is just along the road a bit, as is a park, forest and playground.
This is the downstairs area. The kitchen needs to be changed and made bigger but it's all a good size The previous owners already knocked down the wall between the kitchen and the dining room. There's also a downstairs toilet (which I have plans for) and a lada bit.
This is the 1st floor. There are 2 double rooms and one very small box room (probably Josiah's bedroom). There is also a bathroom (with no bath yet) and another door that leads to the attic (zolder)
This is the study in the attic. There is a door where the photo is being taken from. That goes into another bedroom. There is another door that you can just see on the left of the pic that goes into a little room with the washing machine and drier. In Holland it's normal to have the washing machine in the attic. They NEVER have it in the kitchen like in the UK.
Finally, this is the back garden. There's a cool shed just to the side. Unfortunately if we decided to build an extension to make the kitchen bigger, this would have to go.
It's a really charactered place. There's no work that has to be desperately done, instead things that need to be done in time and personal taste things.
You can see it on Google Earth so if you want to see the area then email me and I'll give you the address.
Other than that, all is well. Josiah is growing well and changing daily. He's absolutely adorable. He's now found his thumb which is so cute! More details soon
