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Looking at more penthouses

Emma — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:52:05 +0000

I like the view - but please let me cut that wire!

Play with me!

Today we saw 8-10 places in Mellieha. 2 or 3 of them were penthouses, but we didn’t fall for any of them.

We liked one mansionette that had bathroom and 3 bedrooms on one floor and the living-kitchen on top floor. It had a nice big terrace with view over Ghadira Bay. But. Just across the view is a white wire that really bothers me!

This little cute puppy was in another mansionette we saw. Unfortunately he wasn’t included in the price.

The last property we saw was a 3 floor house-of-character in central Mellieha. Recently refurbished and with furniture included (that’s good, so we won’t have to buy everything). But the windows are small and few in number, so floor 1 and 2 were very dark. And there is now view to talk about.

Nice house but not the best view...

Looking at a flat with own roof in Għaxaq

Emma — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:16:46 +0000

Today we’ve been looking at a flat in Għaxaq, in the southern part of Malta. Only small balcony outside the living room, but up on the roof there was a great space that could be used instead of terrace. The laundry-room was big and could easily be used as a summer kitchen insteadof laundry-room. The main bathroom in the flat was big and the washing machine could be place in there instead. The view was OK… but nothing special. The good thing with the flat was that the owner had spent some money on making the floor sound proof and put some isolation into the roof.

View from the roof

Big roof with room for washing maschine or summer kitchen.

Nice view, close to Valletta, good resell value. But…

Emma — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:10:49 +0000

We took a short look at a flat in Msida during lunch hour today. It was good… we liked the layout och the flat and the view over Msida Marina was great! But with the road to Valletta just outside there was too much noise. Even with the sliding doors to the terrace closed we could here the traffic. And it wouldn’t be very pleasant to have dinner or just sit and relax on the terrace during summer when there is even more traffic.

The road to Valletta

Balcony in one of the bedrooms

The terrace

View over Msida marina

Looking at several flats in Marsascala

Emma — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:50:15 +0000

Kalle saw an ad online earlier today and made an appointment with the estate agent. We thought we were gonna see a penthouse with unobstructed sea-view, that’s what the ad said. But it turned out to be a regular flat. Well, it had sea-view, but with a bunch of power lines just outside the balcony. So it was a waste of time to see that place. But the agent asked if we wanted to see some other objects she had, in Marsascala. We’ve heard that Marsascala isn’t the best place to invest in, but we thought we could take a look anyway.

She had several objects that were really interesting! i really fell in love with a penthouse with view over Marsascala bay and we could see all the big cargo ships passing by at the horizon. And the penthouse had the biggest terrace I’ve ever seen! WOW! But the flat itself were just a little bit too small. There were no good place for a washing machine for instance…

View from the enormous terrace

Baħrija again… same building but another flat

Emma — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:11:32 +0000

Telephone lines in the view - me not like

The estate agent wanted us to look at the other apartments in the building in Baħrija where we’ve been looking at the penthouse. It is bigger and cheaper. But there is only a small balcony on the front and the view is no longer unobstructed. There are power lines or telephone lines just above the horizon. Those lines would drive me crazy every day when I look at the view…

Chelle and Isak were with us so they also saw the flat in Baħrija. They thought we should go for the penthouse.

Back to the penthouse in Baħrija

Emma — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:18:43 +0000

The building in Baħrija

We drove by the penthouse in Baħrija again today. The building was all open so we went inside to have another look.

Living/dining. Door to the left is main door and to the right is the kitchen.

Kitchen and corridor to rest of the flat

The terrace

Could this be the one?

Emma — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:18:30 +0000

We’ve seen a few more flats and penthouses today and we finally found something that could work.

We want a “breathtaking, unobstructed view”, large terrace with evening sun, peace and quiet and it must be a good area for walking Gizmo.

So, this penthouse shell we saw today is situated in Baħrija, a small village far away from stress, people, noise. I felt very relaxed out here and the there is a large open space just outside the house where we can let Gizmo run free. The view are really nice and I would probably have my pentax ready at all times, to capture the beauty.

The penthouse has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (main + en-suite), combined kitchen/dining/living with a large terrace. From the terrace the view over Comino and Gozo is fantastic. There is also a small area that could be a good spot for a washing machine. On the back there is a smaller balcony/terrace with sun all day long.

View from the front terrace

No 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…

Emma — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:21:12 +0000

We saw another 2 flats in Mellieha. One of them had a balcony or terrace for every room! Cool.. but a waste of space in my opinion. The living space was small and since there were 3 (!) big terraces already, the balconies would probably not ever be used.

Flat 2 terrace

Flat 2 with 3 balconies and 3 terraces

In the 3rd flat the kitchen and bathrooms were already finished. They are usually not included when the sell new flats.

Bathtube in flat 3

Kitchen in flat 3

Next flat was located in Manikata. Nice location on the countryside. But. The terrace and livingroom was facing a stone landscape. Well, not that bad maybe… but it felt wrong to have the sea view at the back… and also, there was a house just in the middle of the beautiful seaview. Too bad…

Manikata - view from front terrace

Manikata - view from back balcony

The flat was in shell form. Not finished in other words. When we were out on the terrace we heard a dog barking. It was the neighbour’s dog. Hehe, I guess he and Gizmo would bark at each other all day long if we lived there!

Manikata - neighbour dog

Manikata - not finished livingroom

After Manikata we moved on to Mgarr and saw two more flats. But nothing interesting.

Looking @ penthouses in Mellieha

Emma — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:47:32 +0000

The hunt for the most fabulous penthouse ever continued today when we went to Mellieha. The first one was nice. Big terrace with niiiice view all the way to Gozo.

: View over Gozo

Hur kan det bara gå till så här?

Emma — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:55:10 +0000

Trasig bur

När vi landat på Malta letade vi reda på veterinären som vi tidigare informerat om att vi skulle ha Gizmo med oss till Malta. Han tittade på Gizmos papper och sa att vi kunde hämta våra väskor först, så kunde vi komma och hämta Gizmo sen.

Sagt och gjort, vi gick till bagagebandet och väntade på våra väskor. Och vad fick vi se där om inte Gizmos bur bland alla väskor… Folk pekade, lade huvudet på sned och tittade medlidsamt på buren och Gizmo som gnällde och skakade…

När han kom närmare på bandet så såg vi att buren var trasig också. Ovansidan var spräckt…
Tänk vad mitt hjärta bultade innan jag fick ut Gizmo och såg att han var okej!
Var jätterädd att han blivit skadad, men jag kunde inte se nåt blod och han verkade inte ha ont nånstans. Han var bara rädd…
Förmodligen har nån tung väska ramlat ner på buren nån gång under resan. Tur ändå att inte buren gått sönder helt!!

I buren var det alldeles blött och vattenkoppen som jag satt fast på dörren låg uppochned längst bak i buren.
När jag sedan kollade på tillsyns-lappen, så var det ingen mer än jag som skrivit nåt på den. Han hade alltså inte fått vatten på 9 timmar. Han var sååå törstig.

Ett sista besök hos veterinären, sen kan Gizmo åka till Malta!

Emma — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:23:04 +0000

Innan Gizmo får åka till Malta var vi tvugna att besöka en veterinär för att göra en hälsoundersökning, så vi vet att han är i fysisk kondition för att klara resan. Avmaskning stod också på schemat.
Vi hade bokat tid hos en veterinär i Ockelbo, som var snäll nog och tog emot oss fast det var lördag. Vi var nämligen tvugna att göra undersökningen 24-48 timmar innan avresa.
Allt gick bra och Gizmo fick sina sista papper och stämplar i passet.

Spänningen är olidlig – Hur många väskor kom med till Malta?

Emma — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:05:59 +0000

Vi väntar på väskor

När vi åkte ner i augusti så blev ju en väska kvar i Frankfurt. Den här gången hade vi 4 väskor incheckade och vi undrade ju hur många av dem som skulle komma fram.
Vi hade tur, alla 4 väskorna kom på bandet så fint. Härligt!

Det var ca 14 grader när vi kom till Malta. Som en svensk sommarkväll ungefär.

Proppat!

Emma — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:18:23 +0000

Fullt i förrådet!

Huset tomt = förrådet fullt…
Dörren går att stänga, men det hade nog inte gått in en pinal till!

Nu flyttar vi!

Emma — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:45:15 +0000

Bye bye Paradvägen!

Nu har vi tömt huset

Emma — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:29:16 +0000

Huset är tomt