it's coming along...

My daughter's new house, (well...new to them - anyway), is being unpacked ever so slowly - one box at a time.  My feet ache with fury too!  I was so disappointed today when I contacted Craigslist for an advertised cupboard.  We thought it would be fairly large - but when it arrived - it was ever so small.  I wanted to cry!  And so did my daughter.

The builder who built this house - must have been a single guy who never cooked!  There are only 2 drawers in the kitchen and one of which cannot open because the stove handle is in the way!  There are very few cabinets and not very much room to put anything away!  Sadly - they will have to make due until they can find a better place than this.

It's situated on the river, which is very pretty!  But very sticky and humid! And loads of bugs!  But....for a while I'm sure they will enjoy living there.  The master bedroom is HUGE...and so is the living room.  It's all open to the kitchen and dining room.  However, the 2 other bedrooms are very small - and one doesn't have a closet. Thankfully, they have a wardrobe/dresser to help with the clothes.

it's not a bad little house...but it has very little storage.  And what storage it does have - is not situated or easily accessible.  The closet in the 3rd bedroom may go as wide as the room - but you can't get to the clothes through the tiny door they installed.  It's really crazy!

It's pretty disappointing because their landlord said that he was going to clean it up and paint, but did nothing.  There is no mirror in the main bathroom, the towel rod is missing, there are countless holes with make-shift patches, the walls are filthy and spider webs are everywhere!  There is a board screwed into the living room wall - and all the screws are stripped - so you can't take it off the wall!  The carpet as pet odors, and needs to be cleaned!  The air filter was disgustingly gross and pitch black! Yuk!  Nothing like destroying your airconditioning and heating unit!
Tomorrow will hopefully be a more productive day. 
My grandchildren are so excited about sleeping in their beds in the house for the first time tonight!  We got the most of their things unpacked and tried to set up their rooms the best we could.  I somehow think that we didn't even make a dent in the boxes though!  Ha ha!  But one box at a time....and eventually - they will be settled soon enough.  Shew!

Meanwhile though....I'm keeping an eye out for a pantry to help with their situation of no storage space!