Fulham Folk

The boy and I successfully moved into a proper flat in the weekend. Having gained a job in West London, it opened a new part of London to us to flathunt in and it has worked out perfectly. Yes, we forgo the North and have gone South West.

We had our first taste of the South West by staying in Putney for 10 days with Tania, a lovely kiwi we found thanks to the wonders of the internet and then on Sunday, the hottest day of the year we moved to Fulham.

I cheated and the front view is from google streetview as I couldn't be bothered going outside. We're the orange brick place, the 1st floor window is our lounge.

Welcome to our lounge and the view out the bay window. It's your typical sort of Victorian (I assume) terrace lined street. The lounge isn't that typical of London really, most flats these days seem to prefer changing the lounge into a bedroom to make a flat cheaper/earn the landlord more money (Tufnell Park was like this). Our lounge gets plenty of sun and as you can see, is quite large. We've got Sky TV for all those pointless shows you find yourself watching for no reason although Oren has mostly been watching the neverending football. The large blue couch out of view and the six seater table are my favourite features - I guess after 2 years without a table, it's still a novelty to me. I have visions of dinner parties.

Speaking of dinner, our kitchen is just as large as our lounge too. It is at the opposite end of the same floor. In between is the bathroom then our bedroom beside the lounge. Fritha and Erinae have "loft" rooms upstairs.

Our room at the moment is really hot, it's been two weeks of high 20s which has been quite the difference to my 2007 Summer of the worst flooding in history. In a way, it's probably good I've been at work being paid to sit in the airconditioning. Note the purple valance and headboard came with the flat, and yes we know it doesn't match.

One of the best parts of course is that the my work in Hammersmith is about 20-25 minute walk and if I want a change of scenery, I can walk to work through the cemetery just behind the terraces on the other side of the road. I'm hoping to have a proper wander in there at the weekend and take photos as it's quite unusual! We're also about 10 minutes from Fulham Broadway station and shopping centre, so we're well connected whilst feeling like we're in the 'burbs. (it just happens also that Hell Pizza is about 5 minutes further down the road from there too!)

Everything is working out quite nicely, it's great to finally have somewhere to call home and settle in. I've even booked a trip to Valencia for the end of September so we have something to look forward to as the cooler days start arriving - although it's very hard to believe at the moment!