japanese interior design houzz
hi everybody today i am in toronto why??? because... peter and i are moving to toronto this fall sascha is not moving with us, she will attend university of michigan this fall so she'll stay in the us but peter and i we're moving to toronto and..you need somewhere to live right?
so that's why i am here..to look at houses we are not sure of what we want rignt now we are walking multiple paths we have been looking at a lot i have an appointment with an architect, so maybe we'll build something new? we are alos interested in cookie cutter new homes there you get to choose your own materials at least we will have a look at fixer uppers and move in ready homes as well let's just..
get started! i had my meeting with the architect i spent a good hour in there it seems like it will take quite a lot of time to build our own house at least 1,5 years that might be too long of a wait for us otherwise it is very appealing we put in an offer on a lot yesterday it was very close to the water
we truly liked the location but 1,5 years feels like a long time it's complicated the architect was very nice though.. now we're having lunch and then i will spend the rest of the day house hunting this is the first house a small town home with a baby blue door..very different..
this neighbourhood is super cute we're actually in the middle of toronto i like the kitchen space i love the vaulted ceiling this window is pretty let's go upstairs the master suite is on the second floor and an office space for me and the kitchen is down here
this is perfect for my office a bathroom the walk in closet is way too small for me and peter to share i am making my way up to the 3rd floor and here we have a white carpet and i love white carpets so that's ok with me there's one guest room and on the other side of the stairs is the other guest bedroom
and a shared bath it needs to be gutted in this house the kitchen needs to be completely renovated and also the bathrooms all the appliances were pretty old as well but that's ok with me..i like kitchens and baths this is absolutely a contender i love this house but.. the house had a musty smell to it and i know why..
they put drywall and insulation on the walls in the basement and this old basement is probably not drained well so ther is too much moist coming in from the ground it only takes a couple of months before the insulation starts to mold i would need to rip out the entire basement in this house.. i like the area though this is a brand new home love it! this street is also super cute and it looks like you get a little more yard space here
for the cats i have to stop blaming the cats..it is actually me who needs a bigger yard this is gorgeus! the kitchen is to die for it was almost as if i had designed it myself! it was that good bedroom number one i was wrong..this is the master look at this shoe closet!
i might be able to fit all my shoes in there they have a balcony here in this house you could either fit a dining table or a couch.. you could not fit both it was way too narrow i want to be able to have both a couch and a dining table good morning day 2
peter has joined the house hunt now we are taking the subway to a new neighbourhood we kind of gave up the idea of living close to the beach we can probably not afford it it is cheaper to build a pool than living close to the beach we're going to...we can't even pronounce it.. ebique?? etibok? anyway..we're taking the subway
i feel like a farm rabbit in the big city two farm animals taking the subway.. subway newbies we went a couple of stations too far we don't know exactly where we are we're meeting up with our broker at one of the homes we want to look at we wanted to see how long the commute is it took half an hour right?
maybe if we had gotten off at the right place.. we waited at the wrong side of the platform.. two rabbits... it's lunch time i don't know what i got ahh..it's an egg is it hollandaise sauce on top? i am having a smoked salmon sandwich this is a new construction
i can't even say the name of the area.. this is exciting it looks fairly nice this island is not level.. amazing how can you build a brand new house and end up with a non level kitchen island??? some people seem to think it's ok because they got an offer on it this morning apparently let's have a look upstairs
black stairs..love it i get a little confused.. where do you put the bed? these are french doors are you supposed to place your bed in front of the doors? very strange you can't fit a king there so you build a new house where you have to have your king size in front of the doors??? this is a good size
we're back at the hotel the last house we looked at it was brand new it looked really nice but the first thing you see is the slanting island i bet if we had put a ball on one side of the island it would have rolled across and off the island the distance between the ktichen and the kitchen island was way too narrow when you opened the dishwasher
you could barely fit in between that's how narrow it was it was very poorly built on the verge of being a jerry buildning after this house we also looked at another house but the owners were home so i didn't want to film then but it looked like this it was marvellous!
and both peter and i truly liked that house we'll see what we'll do..? we actually have ruled out two things we're most likely not going to build our own house because of the time issue and also we cancelled the tour of the cookie cutter homes because it would have been too much of a commute for peter what do you guys think?
do you like any of the four houses more than the others? house no 1..2..3... or 4 ? we are totally confused right now we are almost in a vacuum.. i have to say i loved house number 4 what do you think peter? peter is not a fan of house no 1 i think we are ruling house no 1 out because peter almost hated it
anyhow..let us know next week i will be in stockholm helping mette and nils with their ikea closets with picky living custom doors it will be somewhat entertaining, i promise and also, the result is amazing and then i filmed a house tour from mette and nils' uppsala apartment don't miss that! bye!