We have a place to live!

There is good news for Gina here in Almaty. The hunt for a permanent place to live has come to an end. Today we signed a temporary holding contract on a house that is being remodeled. Starting Feb. 1st we will live in a beautiful house just inside the city. It will be a commute to almost everything but we think it will be worth it.

Here is the details. It is a good price, a large 4-room house with several storage rooms and an unfinished attic that will become my workshop. It has a nice kitchen and lots of room to host. There is a sauna and even a gardener. Actually the owner is the gardener/ housekeeper but is willing to give us our space if we want it. She has a country house that she can disappear to but there is a "summer" home there on the property that I think she lives in.

Now for the pictures. I scrapped these off the real estate advertising page. So, these show what it will look like in the summer. Right now there is snow everywhere.

We will put up real pictures in Feb.