Tag Archives: flat

When your new neighbours are reality television stars (Rousse)

Posted on January 12, 2019 by

The new upstairs neighbours had moved in! I was able to confirm this to TPR and DM from the bedroom window as I watched a car arrive in the new parking space behind our garden. Before long we noticed that … Continue reading →

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Cat capture (Rousse)

Posted on November 15, 2018 by

I was speaking to my parents on the phone from the comfort of my own bed at 06:00am when three cats jumped into the flat through the bedroom window. I left TPR to chase the intruders out again.

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An incontinent dog (Rousse)

Posted on October 16, 2018 by

I regarded with suspicion the sticky wet yellow footprints on the lino in the kitchen of the flat that I rented to a bunch of students. Then I noticed a large white dog bouncing around the sitting room. Although I … Continue reading →

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An irresistible avocado green bath tub (Rousse)

Posted on October 8, 2018 by

Should we purchase the flat on London Road, Edinburgh that we were currently renting from an Indian? Sure, it was a little way out of town, but the floor space was larger than our old place. The deal clincher, however, … Continue reading →

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Wine Haiku performance at the National Library of Scotland (Rousse)

Posted on August 23, 2018 by

I visited TPR in his shared student accommodation. The flat was still a dump, but at least the landlord had at last started to replace the rotting flooring. In the tiny bedroom I worked on my French homework: writing an … Continue reading →

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Unwise Edinburgh property investment (Rousse)

Posted on July 30, 2018 by

Goodness knows why we sold our beautifully proportioned Georgian Edinburgh New Town flat. Now, instead, we owned two ridiculous pieds à terre. Even students would turn their noses up at the first. The second was uninhabitable thanks to the mess … Continue reading →

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Avocado bathroom upgrade (Rousse)

Posted on July 5, 2018 by

At first I was appalled that my sister had dismantled the green bathroom. In a single afternoon she had wiped out all the efforts of the past three months that I had put in to enhance the bathroom’s appearance. She … Continue reading →

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