Moving Day #1

Well, we took possession of the house today! We arrived at the house this afternoon and the first surprise we had was not a snake or a gecko...but the fact that our generator was there! The landlord had thought it was going to be a week or two before it was installed. Well, he said that they had just brought and put it in this morning. Now, they are working on hooking it up, but it should be up and running in a day or two. Great news!

Besides that, the house is also great! All of the appliances are very nice. The landlord did a great job of picking them out and having them installed. The landlord and his wife seem like very nice people. So far, I think we have hit the jackpot with them. He was very thorough showing us around the house. I honestly think that if we have any issues come up, he will help us out without any problems. From my understanding, this is not necessarily the case here in India...a good landlord is not a given here. Of course, it probably helps that he lives here in Chennai and that the house was built to be used as a weekend home. However, their kids are pretty active in school right now, and they just found that they weren't using it as much as they thought and decided to rent it out. Lucky for us...we get a great house!

Well, after the herd of people somewhat cleared out of the house...it seems like everyone was there...I honestly have no clue how many people where floating around the property today...Steve and I were able to do a little bit of cleaning. More so though, we talked about where to put our furniture when it is delivered tomorrow. Then we ended up moving 4 couches around the house (the house is partially furnished by the landlord as we don't have much furniture in our shipment) to accommodate what little furniture we do have coming.

Anyway, the game plan for tomorrow is to go out to the house with another load of stuff out of the apartment and to work on cleaning the house (yes, believe it or not, Steve is actually taking a day off of work...of course, I wanted him to also take Friday off, but no such luck on getting him two days in a row). As no one has been living there, the house just has a good coat of dirt on it and needs a good scrubbing. Fun, fun for Steve and I. The movers with our furniture and other stuff are suppose to be coming at noon...which by India standards means they will probably show up around 3pm. Then the unpacking and organizing fun will begin!

Well, I have to go...need to do research on our washing machine. I think I figured it out, but before I actually run it, I want to look the manual up on line so I don't screw it up...like flooding the house or having soap coming out everywhere! Of course, it would have been too much to ask to have the manuals to the new appliances left with them. Oh well, not complaining...at least I finally get to do my own laundry finally!