housing, chapter 2: the condo

After a relatively short time looking at places (which felt much longer!), we saw an ad in the paper for a new condo development, called Spice (www.polycorp.ca/spice/). They had some good floorplans, good prices, and the location was a bonus. It's on the north end of downtown, which is traditionally a little more sketchy than the south, but it's gentrifying. So, because of the location, we will get a sweet, brand-new condo for the price of a 10 year old boring one-bedroom apartment in the south end. The downside is that it's not ready, so we won't be moving in until the new year. But at least they're on the fifth and final floor. (More on where we live in the meantime in chapter 3...)




What else can I tell you? The building is (in the process of being) made with ICF concrete, so it's very well insulated and soundproof. It has get infloor heating and low-e windows. Plus, there's supposed to be a room in the parkade to store bikes. Our floorplan is below - one bedroom, one bathroom, a flex room, and great storage. (This is how our unit is laid our, mirrored from the drawn plan.) Our unit will be on the fifth floor, which is the top (heyo! penthouse!), and has 11 foot ceilings (heyo!), and will have three skylights (heyo!), and will face south-west (ahhh, what great light!).



Today after work we went to pick out our finishings:

• Charcoal ceramic tile in the entry, bathroom, and kitchen
• Maple cabinets, stainless steel appliances, and black speckly countertops in the kitchen
• Maple cabinets, charcoal counter and accent tiles, and a raised glass sink in the bathroom
• Bamboo engineered hardwood in the dining and living room
• Boring off-white nubbly carpet in the bedroom and flex room
• Nearly white trim, and "european white" walls (whatever colour that is!)

I think that's it - I am a little excited, and so is Steve! It's going to be great!