The new house... our home

I didn't want to jinx it, like what happened with our last house, so I waited until the lease was signed, but here it is, our new house, sorry, home! 

We must admit that we're very happy, after two weeks of visiting over 40 houses and flats, to finally have our chez nous. Unfurnished, it is smaller though a bit pricier than the previous one, but still has a large living room (with fireplace), three bedrooms and a study/office for me.
The street is rather quiet but the neighborhood is very nice and lively. Owners seem relaxed and trusted us with the keys since Monday, so we've been scouting for everything to make the place inhabitable (appliances and stuff) since then.

 One of the reasons why we really liked it, was because of the modest, but well taken care of garden, with veggies.

A little fountain, with the Boudha statue.

Exquisite, though not very solid front door.

And we even have some unexpected but most welcome house residents we discovered: Mama Cat and two kittens, which we baptized Mamandu, Mandu 1 and Mandu 2. Not very used to people, it'll take time to be adopted...
 

 The staircase, leading to the first floor.

The master bedroom, large and spacious, and currently very empty...

Basic and not very much to our taste but we'll manage bathroom (there is three of them in the house).

The guest room, awaiting furniture and... guests!

Terrace one,  on the first floor, with the colored prayer flags leading down to the fence.

Staircase to the second floor:

Which leads to the second terrace, just aching to host cocktail parties.

The obligatory watertanks, cause we only get water every fourth day.

Now we're busy equipping ourselves with everything, fridge, batteries for back up electricity, internet, all the basics. The house also came with two staff from the previous tenants, Debi: a Didi (house maid) and Bishnu, the gardener, who will come in twice or thrice a week to help out. Rent-wise, at around 600€ a month, it is a big house for western standards but an okay price for Nepal, neither super expat-expensive, nor a bargain. 

Tonight will be our first night here, I really hope we'll be happy here. Funny to think that these walls, which now still seem so alien and bare, will see so much of our lives here...