Probable Belgian Rental

Well, let's try this again. I have been trying for two days now to post a few pictures of the house Justin and I are probably going to rent here in Belgium. It is in a town called Erbisoeul, between the two posts Justin will be frequenting. We are probably closest to SHAPE, but that is o.k. since he will need to go there occasionally, and I am hoping to get a classroom there at some point. Once all the photos are uploaded, I will go back and type a brief snippet about each underneath. The pictures were an afterthought, so they are kind-of random, as the language barrier prevented me from truly evaluating how the landlords felt about me taking photos. Ok, the computer is putting these pictures in crazy places, but they are on here! Now, for the tour......

When you walk in the front door and turn to your right, you see the living room/dining room combo. Right now, there is still carpet that the previous tenants left behind. We may leave it in some of the bedrooms, but we are probably going to have it removed from the rest of the house. It prevents some of the doors from opening properly.

When you walk in the front door, if you look straight ahead, you see the three steps leading up to the bedroom/bathroom area. The door on the far right is what will probably be the master bedroom. The door on the left will likely be Claire's nursery. Just to the left of her room is the main bathroom with a shower/tub combo, toilet, and sink. Just past that is the room that will likely be Isaac's.

This is a picture of the kitchen. It is quite large by local standards. The cabinet space is a HUGE attraction. The only major appliance we will have to borrow for the kitchen is a refrigerator. That doesn't bother me, however, as it means we can go ahead and request an American-style fridge/freezer combo. Most Europeans do not use freezers. We still will have to get several small appliances, as ours are in storage due to the incompatibility of the plugs with European outlets.

I'm not sure why Blogger decided to put these two pictures beside each other. The picture on the left is the part of the kitchen area that got left out when I took the previous shot. It would be a nice place for a small breakfast table. The picture on the right is another shot of the living room. I panned a little farther left than in the first posted shot of the living room, so that I could show the fireplace and TV area. The lady in the picture is one of the landlords. The color of the brick in the last picture is approximately the same color as the exterior brick. The exterior brick may be a slightly more golden shade, but it's close. We meet with the landlord at the housing office tomorrow, where our "agent" will speak both French and English and act as a translator. Hope this helps to give you an idea of our (probable) new home -- Voila!