Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Signed, sealed and delivered

Relief at last. We have finally signed on the dotted line for our new home in Nakameguro (You can cheer). We went to Shibuya to the estate agent (called Livable but sounds like Liverpool when spoken by the Japanese. I couldn't understand why we were going to Liverpool when Miyu said that's where we were going, especially as we hadn't packed any suitcases for the transcontinental journey).
Anyway, it was all very posh. Livable is part of the Tokyu group, who own a few train lines, department stores, finance companies, shops and Livable
. The service was impecable - the sort that makes you sit up straight in your chair and speak proper (a far cry from most of the other agents we visited). We were served tea and really pampered, whilst our agent went through the contracts in minute detail, in order to ensure we were aware of everything.
They're now reforming the interior of the apartment, and we'll go to check on it in a couple of weeks, and then, all things being good, we'll move-in on the 10th September.
I'm really happy with this. The location is great, a walk away from Ebisu and Meguro and a bike ride from Shibuya, and it adheres to Miyu's requirement of having a place to live high in the sky (the 7th Floor - she believes Tokyo's cockroach community cannot live above the 7th floor, although I'm a tad sceptical).
So, it's all very good. Work is beginning to get busier at Phoenix. I had a chat with the president yesterday, to discuss a couple of my new projects. He seemed like a good egg. Half Japanese and half American. He said I should always make sure I keep my two passports. He said his kids have three passports.
Right, must be off.

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