-My work found this apartment for us before we moved here and signed the contract we have with our landlord.
- Our landlord also owned an apartment that a coworker lived in.
- My coworker moved out and left a mess.
- Since my work was on the contract they got stuck paying for it!
- Head office said no more being on contracts.
- We talked to our landlord and asked to be on the contract instead of my work. He said no, but made it sound like it would be a yes IF my work cancelled their contract.
- My work cancelled their contract.
- We never heard from our landlord about a contract!
I don't know if that actually made the story any shorter. Anyhow, we were going to be homeless as of December 31st; unless we found a new place. Which, let me assure you, is no easy task! There are probably between 10 and 15 companies in Jönköping/Huskvarna that own apartment bulidings. If you want one of those you have to sign up to be on their list, and there are probably 50 people in line ahead of you...if not more! There are also apartments owned by individuals and most of those get listed on blocket (which is just like craigslist). However, they are usually rented out within hours of being put up. It's really not easy to find a place and apartment owners have no clue if they'll have an apartment available or when. Hannes and I have applied for at least 4 apartments and lost them to people who were faster. So, when we got a call that an apartment was available (even though it's a little more than we wanted to spend) we had to say yes!
We currently live in Huskvarna (which is kind of like a sister city to Jönköping - the 9th largest city in Sweden! Population 89,000...ha!). Both of these cities are situated on the southern tip of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern. We are going to be moving to downtown Jönköping, it's about a ten minute drive from where we live now. Our apartment building is situated between Vättern and a smaller lake, Munksjön.
The building that we are moving to is brand new and isn't finished yet. Our apartment doesn't face either lake (which is probably why it was still available and we were able to get it!).
Our apartment is somewhere in the building on the right side. On the second floor and it has a walk out patio onto the rooftop courtyard.
Here's the floor plan:
Emily's bedroom is the one that's labeled SOVA 1. Sova means bedroom. Äta is where we are going to put our dining room table. Umgås is the living room. Hannes' and my bedroom is SOVA 2. We're taking the larger one because it's the only place our bed will fit and Henry is still going to be sleeping in our room for a little while longer. Tyler will be in the room next door. Labeled ÄTA/SOVA because it could be either a dining room or a bedroom. The FRD off of Tyler's bedroom is just storage space. The apartment isn't huge, just 925 square feet, but it's larger than what we have now. It's just so annoyingly built that we're having a hard time figuring out how to configure our furniture. I guess we'll just have to wait and see! There are also no closets in our bedroom so Hannes and I are going to have to buy some kind of closet system...which will take up some space.
I'll put up some pictures after New Year's when we've gotten all of our stuff moved in!
I just realized I never posted any pictures of our apartment that we live in now. So here are some!
The balcony door in the living room.
The balcony door/dining room.
The dining room area.
The entry hall and bathroom. Yes, that is the size of our bathroom! There is only a shower and the bathroom is so small that the medicine cabinet over the sink is partly in the shower. You have to cover it with the curtain when you shower!
Kitchen. We have since added an island cart next to the cabinet.
Living room/Dining room
*Disclaimer: These pictures were taken right after we moved and do not include any pictures of the bedrooms (I don't know why). Our place has gotten much more crowded/messy/lived in since then! Which is why you're not getting any pictures that were taken today!
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