Kim and Bill's Excellent Adventure: Our Condo

We keep saying that we love our condo and the other day Mike said he'd like to see pictures. We realized that we hadn't posted anything. So take a look at the photo links on the right.

The Condo is in an older neighbourhood called Wangsa Baiduri. It has a gated entrance staffed at all times by several security guards. The neighbourhood was established in about 1985 as a development of what we would call town houses. There are a couple of streets of very large single family homes and one that even has its own guard house. The houses are all walled and gated and the properties are generally quite small by Bolton standards. The construction is brick with a coat of stucco. The rooves are terra cotta tiles (maybe some kind of synthetic.

Our condo (Boulevard Condominium) is a new building, less than two years old. It is still largely unoccupied for a number of reasons. Many of the units are owned as investments and rented out to people like us who need a longer term place to stay. The buildings (two towers) have their own security with several guards on duty at all times. The guards patrol the grounds at regular intervals. The development also has a gardening crew that takes care of the flora. The lawns and gardens are impeccably groomed. Kim probably wants to get out and tinker with the gardens but here would be nothing for her to do.

Our unit is a two bedroom that was partly furnished and had never been lived in. We have added some homey touches and are very comfortable. If any of you choose to visit (please!) you have your own bedroom. We have a small kitchen but we use it for breakfast and the odd dinner. it is so inexpensive here we often eat out in one of the many ethnic restaurants. As you can see there is a set of gates on the vestibule. This is common practice in condo and apartment buildings here. It is an extra level of security and allows for more space inside...not thgat we need a whole lot more because it really is a rather large two bedroom place.

If you saw all of the photos that have been taken you would probably think that we are obsessed with the pool. In fact it is lovely. Kim loves to get her swim in every chance she gets and as a result Bill is getting some of that exercise form as well. The pool is situated at the front of the condo right above the guard house and over the parking structure; so it is three floors above the ground.

It's made up of a beautiful lawn and garden area with a nice deck and a small gym attached. The pool is about four feet deep and the water is always crystal clear and warm. At one end is a shallower wading pool that is separated from the main pool. In the main pool there is an underwater deck at one end and the return jets can be used for a whirlpool effect; it feels wonderful. It gets a little chilly if we have rain; this means it drops to about 80 degrees. That's cool when the evening temperature is around 80 plus as well. The pool has an infinity edge so we have the sensation of it going on forever.