Our new digs

Maia and I spent the aftersoon together with an estate agent, Monty, looking at an apartment in the World Spa condominium. We have now decided, that is where we want to live.

Now we only need to choose the apartment. We have already seen 4 apartments there, one of them will be our new home.

The system here is that when a condominium is built, the apartments are sold mostly to people who use it as an investment and they then let them. Some people could not afford to live in their apartment themselves ... yet ... but hope to one day. There are owners who leave their apartments empty for a long time, because they do not find tenants they are happy with. Hopefully we will be attractive enough to get the apartment we want.
The club house looks really great - it has a party hall, a café, squash court, table tennis, library, pool and card room (! - makes me think of colonial times. Not sure the average Indian has that facility very high on the list) outdoor pools ...

... and it is also the only condo we have seen that has an indoor pool open all year round.
The maintenance team was cleaning the indoor lap pool when we were there.

 The gym looks fab! Maia spotted a sign on the door saying you have to be 15 to be allowed in the gym - she is not happy :-(

All these amenities plus e.g. 24/7 security including video surveillance, stand-by maintenance team, power back-up (kicks in during power cuts), water storage and rainwater harvesting, etc. seem to be pretty standard in the condos we have seen, i.e. condos where most expats live.

Monty said we will negociate with the owner about whatever we need in the apartment to make our lives comfortable ... Ok, I don't think that will be very difficult!!! I will certainly enjoy while it lasts. In a few of years it is back to reality for us ...

Had to show this picture also - this is what the lobby looks like in each of the towers:

This philosopher will greet us every day.

Welcome to our new digs!