After landing and finally getting through customs and getting all the bags loaded, we headed to our new house.
We are living in a compound (just a glorified gated community) called Monte Belo Condominio. It is filled with 100 houses that are almost exactly the same. The only difference is one of the outside walls is painted a different color. Ours is gray. Our house was renovated before we got here because it began sinking and breaking when the previous tenants lived here. We have heard that all the houses here have had foundation issues because they were not built properly. Hopefully, ours will last for 3 years before falling apart again.
So, the house is about 4000 sq ft. It has 3 bedrooms, an office, a game room, 5 1/2 bathrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, laundry room. It's also 2 story, which made the kids happy because they've wanted that for a while now. It came furnished but not all how we expected. For instance, we were told (and shown on our visit) that the living room couch would be white leather. Ours is a dark grey cloth. We are supposed to have a king size bed in our room, but it's more like a full-sized. They say it's a queen.
When we got here, the dryer, dishwasher, and doorbell didn't work. We were given a new dryer and dishwasher but the doorbell is still broken. There are a couple other issues but they're minor. Also, because we don't mosquitoes in our house, we have to keep it quite cold in here. I hate being cold!
Our neighborhood has a lot to offer though. We have a pool, 2 playgrounds, tennis courts, soccer field, basketball courts, a rec room, exercise room, and a meeting room. So, while we live in this really nice place, just outside are people living in shanties or washing up in water on the side of the street. It's rather sad and almost makes me feel a little guilty because we've been given so much while they have so little.
I'm including pics of the house but keep in mind that is mostly undecorated until we get our shipment. Anyway, pictures...
We are living in a compound (just a glorified gated community) called Monte Belo Condominio. It is filled with 100 houses that are almost exactly the same. The only difference is one of the outside walls is painted a different color. Ours is gray. Our house was renovated before we got here because it began sinking and breaking when the previous tenants lived here. We have heard that all the houses here have had foundation issues because they were not built properly. Hopefully, ours will last for 3 years before falling apart again.
So, the house is about 4000 sq ft. It has 3 bedrooms, an office, a game room, 5 1/2 bathrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, laundry room. It's also 2 story, which made the kids happy because they've wanted that for a while now. It came furnished but not all how we expected. For instance, we were told (and shown on our visit) that the living room couch would be white leather. Ours is a dark grey cloth. We are supposed to have a king size bed in our room, but it's more like a full-sized. They say it's a queen.
When we got here, the dryer, dishwasher, and doorbell didn't work. We were given a new dryer and dishwasher but the doorbell is still broken. There are a couple other issues but they're minor. Also, because we don't mosquitoes in our house, we have to keep it quite cold in here. I hate being cold!
Our neighborhood has a lot to offer though. We have a pool, 2 playgrounds, tennis courts, soccer field, basketball courts, a rec room, exercise room, and a meeting room. So, while we live in this really nice place, just outside are people living in shanties or washing up in water on the side of the street. It's rather sad and almost makes me feel a little guilty because we've been given so much while they have so little.
I'm including pics of the house but keep in mind that is mostly undecorated until we get our shipment. Anyway, pictures...
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| Our "king-sized" bed |
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| The girls messy beds |
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| Brayden's room |
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| Game room |
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| The stairs that my kids are going to bust their butts on |
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| kitchen |
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| Dining area |
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| Living room |
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| Danica laying down on her nightstand |
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| master bathroom |
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| fun stuff |
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| Our street with the same house over and over and over |
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