Catch up with our news - part 3, more real estate!

By late February we were able to travel again, and this time it was off to Melbourne, to equip, organise, renovate and re-let or apartment down there. There's nothing like hard work to redirect your mind away from negative and self sabotaging thinking, and this was just the remedy we needed at the time.  David did amazingly well with his barely recovering arm.  No physiotherapy could have done more for him.  The end result of all our cleaning, clearing and repairing was very satisfying. Wim's ex girlfriend Andrea had decided to move to Melbourne to complete her Auslan studies, so she has become our tenant, and she has a sub-tenant Mia.

Main lounge/dining room

We took some of our paintings down there 

Bedrrom 2

Bathroom/laundry

Study area next to kitchen

Kitchen

Side courtyard

Entry Foyer

Pool and gym

The only irritating thing about this whole exercise was the wretched dishwasher that sprang a leak on the day before we were leaving. We had the seals replaced but that didn't fix it and so later, the whole machine was replaced at breathtaking expense after we left.  Only to reveal, too late, that the problem had simply been leaking hoses all along.  Why could neither of the specialist repair men diagnose that fault?