One of Rebekah’s major objectives when she was in St. Andrews in November was to identify a place for us to live. Working with a leasing agency(known as "estate agents" here) she was able to get a look at many places that according to the description sounded like they would be good for us. As she quickly realized, St. Andrews is a college town….with lots of college rental properties. She finally was able to narrow the search down to two places that were decent possibilities. The first choice was a smaller more contemporary two-bedroom house on the east side of town. The second choice was a three-bedroom house on the west side of town, halfway between town and the Dukes Golf course where I would soon begin work. Although the decor of the first place was more our style we decided to go with the ideal location, extra bedroom, and dishwasher that came with property number two.
When Rebekah described the place to me on the phone she had said that the decor was kind of “Old Lady”. The house had previously been owned by a ninety year old lady that was recently placed into a nursing home. On the day that we moved in I thought that I had underestimated what Rebekah had meant when she said Old lady. As you will see by the pictures of the drapes, carpet and plumbing, it is just in need of a little updating. It didn’t take long for Rebekah to put some of her home interior decorating skills to work. By the end of the night we were able to stand back and really start to feel like we were home. In all reality the house is actually quite nice. Rebekah and I see tons of potential as we sit here and discuss what we would do if it were our house.
The picture does not do the carpet justice. Think fire engine red.
Not quite as big as our bathrooms at home.
Kohler sure could teach the UK a thing or two about plumbing
Guest Bedroom #1
She did have bead spreads that match the drapes, but we thought it was a bit much
Guest Bedroom # 2
This is also where Rebekah Gets ready in the morning since
Master Bedroom
Lets Head back down stairs
The living room with a variety of Reds
Dining Room
The Kitchen
We have been told that this is quite a generous sized Refrigerator & Freezer
Notice the big selling point...The Dishwasher
(especially valuable since you can not buy more than 6 paper plates in a Package)
The Cloths washer is also in the Kitchen. The Dryer is in the Garage They are each large enough to wash about eight tee shirts at a time
Atrium
We also refer to this as our walk in Refridgerator
(See the Heating is Optional Posting)
