Cleaning the Apartment

After been using the apartment mainly for on calls, the place certainly need some cleaning up. Still waiting for time to do it up a bit, so the place was still pretty bare.

Anita might be engaging an ID firm to spruce up the place before we really shop for stuff. We had a few ideas but due to combination of fund and time, that would have to wait. Since then, I had been looking around for ideas.

From the main lobbyToday, it was high time to get the place cleaned up a bit. We plan to spend tmnext weekend at the apartment since the children would be starting their term break, and I had a couple of calls to do during Ramadan. Anita felt it would be better if she cooked during that time at the apartment.

So, the place is now cleaned up by the maids today, and that gave me a few ideas about decorations ...... Maybe after Raya.

Repair Work

After the leaking from a couple of months back, the damage was finally repaired and rectified. And it was not as simple a job as we imagined it was going to be. There were plenty of plumbing, digging, knocking and finally painting that needed doing. Luckily it was covered by the developer.

But since we were rarely there, the management took their time to do the repairing. And according to the supervisor, they would be finishing the job sometime next week. That should coincide with transfer of ownership of the apartment to is as well by then.

There were some painting needed doing on the wood paneling Some polishing would be niceThere would still be some polishing needed doing, as well as some minor or touch up of the paint work. I came over to have a look at the place after lunch and to have a word with the supervisor about the repair work. According to him, the plumbing was tricky as some of the parts were custom made and the parquet also needed some expert to.look into the repair.

Hopefully, no more leakage after this. It wasn't the cost so much that we worried about, but the hassle of getting things organised and the time taken to get the repair done.

End of the Week

It had been a long one. And Alhamdulillah it had a happy ending thus far. Both my Mum and Anita were now back home and I spent the whole afternoon at the apartment sorting out the work left undone from earlier in the week.

So, I was catching up on the food department. While I was camping at the hotel, I only had mamak food. Now that both were already home and my Aunt from Sungai Petani was in town, I couldn't resist her cooking. So, today it was both lunch and dinner at my Mum's place today. Come to think of it I also had breakfast here on the way to ward round this morning actually. The full monty.

So, better enjoy the food while I can since I would be on call tomorrow.

Looking at my schedule, I would probably can my clinic next Friday as both my Mum and Anita would be having their follow-up. It would also give me some down time to recover from this week. I could do with a rest actually.....

Work Started

I stopped by at the apartment this lunchtime to have a look at the work being done there to plug the leak. The leak had unfortunately cause the parquet flooring to peel out and gone soggy. These needed replacing as well. So, the work was a bit more complicated to make sure the aesthetics of things were maintained.

Today, the affected parquet were removed, and put onto a pile while waiting for replacement parts. Not sure how much longer that's going to take, but it better be sorted out before we start moving in our stuffs proper.

At least the place was kept neat. There were hardly any dust about.

Let's Move

It had been a hectic week. As soon as the CNY holidays were done, I was on call again on the Wednesday, right into Valentines Day. Then came the time to move to our apartment, leaving the rented unit which we occupied - well, at least I occupied whenever I was on call - for the last year.

The new unit was in the same building but on a different - lower - floor. With bigger floor space. Now the boys have rooms of their own, although there was a bit of an argument yesterday about who got which room.

The new unit belongs to us and we were more than happy to move in, although we would have wished for a bit more time to do a bit of work on the new apartment. Luckily, the maids helped out with the cleanings and the removal team we hired was very capable of getting the move done without a hitch.

So, I was waiting for the apartment owner to come around for us to hand back the keys. We never had any problem with the unit, in fact it was a lovely one, but rather small for our need in the future. It may be good enough for rent for another couple of years, but to own, we decided against it. The owner was keen to sell is the unit but the asking price was just a touch too high. We had to look elsewhere. And it was a blessing in disguise.

So, I better get on with the move then ...... Will blog later.