I thought I would let those of you not over here to see the London pad. It's a loft conversion top flat (of 3) in the corner property of a typical London terrace house. Its a good little spot, just 100 metres or so from the Thames and though a little further away than the rest of our friends - only a 10 to 15 minute walk to either the overland station or the tube. Some good little shops around us: the local curry restaurant (which is good), a great italian place that makes real italian pizza, a restaurant/cafe in the NZ-style (rare over here), and even a little Polish delicatessen about 5 doors down.
So this is it, you can see the sky lights in the roof, which is our top level lounge and kitchen.
Love the sky lights, great for letting air in during the hot humid summer days, though with all that sun coming in during the day, if we are not in it is like coming home to a sauna some days. It's a recent conversion, so all nice and modern and minimalist (would you expect anything else).
Definitely smaller than we would have back home (just a 1 bedroom - which is down stairs to the left of the kitchen, along with the bathroom - both with sky lights as well). But you don't really want a whole lot of space over here - you are out so much and that way you don't collect too much stuff either. Though not handy for the bike!
No tour of the Palace would be complete without a picture of my beer bottle collection - which is the beer nerd me keeping interesting bottles I have purchased. At first I was just going to fill up the shelf and then throw them out, but now it has become a permanent feature (except for when I replace some when I come across more interesting bottles).I thought I would leave you with the view out our lounge - it's not too bad. This was taken in spring and you can see the cherry blossoms the Putney was covered in for a few weeks. The river is in this direction as well (though you can't see it), but you can make out the flood lights from the Craven Cottage - Fulham's home ground in the premiership - which is just on the other side.
4 comments:
No London residence is really complete without a bike adorning the corner of the living room, or obstructing the passageway.
Nice bottle collection, a touch more impressive than my four Mac bottles with candles shoved down the necks - circa 1996. Puts you in good shape for a molotov cocktail night...
Nice little spot Sam. With our lack of red meat eating we're not really missing the polish sausage but we would love to have you guys living a bit closer.
I've been meaning to post a little blog on our humble family home but with all the builders around it really looks a bit looks a bit untidy. Mayb I ould get a flattering angle from our little jetty?
Heres hoping theres some good fishing to be off the wigtoft jetty - looks just the spot to pass time on a summers day - supping a pint of ale while trying to hook some kahawai with the boys.
There's plenty of kawhai to be caught out there. Frankie's "pop" has been known to throw back 15 pounders, while in search of the elusive snapper.
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