Welcome Home! Renoir Condominium

4-25-13

Leona was at the real estate office signing the final papers and getting all the keys to our new home! Welcome home!

 

Leona went to the new home last evening while I was at American Eagle and spoke with the doorman about us moving in. She checked the home and the mechanical parking space in the basement. There’s still a leak in the enclosed patio but the parking space life works well, not that it matters since we don’t have a car; it will only be used for guests who wish to park there.

Leona got some details about the building’s history from the doorman. There are fifty-five units but only two have children. Most residents have lived there since the condominium was built twenty-one years ago. Originally, the building was to have twelve floors and underground parking space was provided as such but due to a lack of buyers, the building was topped at seven floors! This may also be why our patio space is large in proportion to the rest of the building. No damage was caused by the 1999 earthquake or recent 6.0 quake, maybe because the building was built to withstand damage for five more floors with a deeper foundation. Nothing strange has happened at the building complex.

Leona also got an extra electronic entry for herself and will give the smaller one to me. The key will be necessary to enter the building after 8pm when the doorman leaves for the night. Today, Leona will go to a locksmith and get keys for the two entry doors to our unit. I will remind her that we also should get a stronger lock for the bedroom patio doors and, perhaps, balcony and inside patio doors. We should also look into surveillance cameras.

I will chain my bicycle to the banister on the stairs in front of our unit; the neighbor to the left of the elevator does so along with a hallway shoebox. Every time I use the bicycle, I will have to unlock it, bring it down in the elevator, carry it down a flight of seven steps, and bring it through the lobby to exit the building.

I won’t bring Sweeney-Poo out to the roof anymore. In the morning, after I feed the cats, I will open the enclosed patio door and let them out. Once the cat door is installed, they can even go through it to the outside patio if they wish, or I can lock the cat door just the same. The balcony door in the living room behind the sofa will remain closed with only some tropical plants outside to be seen through the drapes