Coogee Here We Come

After putting in the 3 application for apartments in Coogee we nervously waited to see whether any had been accepted or whether it would be back to slog of going round all the open houses again.

As we’d already been turned down on our first application, we weren’t sure what the outcome would be, but to our upmost surprise, low and behold we received 3 calls saying that we’d been accepted for all 3 apartments!!! Crikey!!!!

Now we had a whole new predicament altogether, we had to choose which one we would like to live in for the next 12 months. What a great position to be in, we were so chuffed to have the choice and soon began narrowing down our exciting options.

We quickly narrowed it down to 2 apartments but deciding between these proved to be difficult. In the end we have chosen a great, modern, top floor, 2 bedroom apartment with a lockup garage (for the car, bike and surfboard) and an awesome balcony overlooking the district, just what we had dreamed of when we were planning our trip here and it’s only a short walk to the beach as well.

After paying the bond, month’s rental up front and signing the contracts we picked up the keys to our beachside apartment in Coogee yesterday!!!! We are actually moving to Coogee!!!

Our balcony (unfortunately this furniture wasn't included)

Front of our building, our apartment is round left side

So, all we needed to do now is get ourselves sorted for all our furniture and appliances, except for a cooker, dryer and a dishwasher (they are mad for dishwashers over here). Luckily there’s a massive Ikea near the airport so off we headed this morning to find our cheap sofa, beds, mattress, tables, chairs, duvets, pillows etc.

Just trying out the beds

We had great fun and games trying to load all our purchases on the trolleys, but we managed it and now the major things are sorted we can go out and celebrate getting our keys to our fantastic new apartment.

Charlotte with all our purchases



Gotta love Ikea for cheap stuff

So tonight we are out in Coogee for the first night time with a few of the other crew who have also just rented apartments in Coogee, so I guess this is the start of the Coogee gang shenanigans!! Its only week 2, so let the fun begin……..