We moved house on October 31, 2011. There were a few different issues that bothered us at the old location, such as hoon drivers, garbage lying everywhere in the estate without getting cleaned up, lose dogs running around, idiotic landlord, and the last 8-9 months we were there we had to put up with building noise and tradies' garbage as they were building a house on the block next to us. When we moved, they had just started building on the second vacant block next to us, so we were looking at another 8-9 months of the same noise and garbage situation, and basically had enough!
Needless to say, we were looking for a more quiet location, without garbage etc. and luckily we found a great location just 5 km from our old place in Sanctuary Lakes, which is a golf course estate. This means that most of the houses have been build either around the golf course or around the lakes. An added bonus is that the estate has its own security guards who patrol the estate every day/evening, so we don't have many problems with crazy drivers etc. We also have access to the estate's recreational facilities - indoor pool, which means all year swimming, yay, large gym and 3 tennis courts. Furthermore, there is a nice local cafe, where they have the best burgers (according to Elin) - their club sandwich is pretty decent as well :-)
The house is a double story house, and this is the first time we have lived in a house with upstairs and downstairs. It took Bailey a few weeks to figure out that she wasn't alone in the house just because we were upstairs... but now she seems to have worked it out and is a bit more relaxed about it. We have installed a security gate at the bottom of the stairs so she cannot try the stairs on her own. So she is usually transported in mum's or dad's arms up and down the stairs. It is quite nice having 2 stories, for one you get more exercise running up & down the stairs, and there is a better view from upstairs. We have golf course views of the fairway from the master bedroom, but even better views from the guest room with views of the Hole 2 green. Great entertainment when golfers land in the bunker next to the green :-)
The attached photo album will give you a good idea about our new home.
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| December 17, 2011 |
So far we are loving it here, it is more quiet, neighbours seem to be friendly, there are lots of large green trees when you look out the window, and our garden is bigger - it helps we only have one neighbour (3-4m gap between houses), and free space on the other 3 sides of the house.
