My soon to be new house

So a few weeks ago I was able to see what will be my house....someday.....

It's not far from work (10-15 min drive), but it's not really close to the Bole area (more like 20 min-30 depending on where I want to go) where the shops and restaurants are. My main issue with the house (since I'm not even in it yet) is that it's strangely laid out and is a weird combo of pink and brown mostly (the owner REALLY likes pink) plus a little stone on the front.

You pull in the gate and go down a hill to park. At the top of the hill there is a guard house (and what look to be two small metal cages for guard dogs). There are two little patches of lawn on the right side as you roll down (big enough to stretch out on, not for table/chairs). You walk up a few steps and there's a very small little porch (enough for a hammock though). When you walk in the living room/dining room is on the right and connects to the kitchen (brown tiles on the wall--eeww). Nice high ceilings and wood floors in the LR/DR. if you exit through the other kitchen door there's a bathroom on the right. That's at the end of the hallway from the front door (meaning if you walk in the front door and keep going straight you'll end up in the bathroom). Across from the LR/DR is the master bedroom--so it faces the front/driveway and there's a big closet, bathroom with a green sink, toilet and bathtub (I mean, really? Is white so bad?) and get this--a tiny sauna. :-) So back out on the main hall way--if you're facing the bathroom to the left are two small rooms. One is "the guest room" and the other is?? office? Exercise?? I can't quite figure it out. They're not really big enough for much. Bummer.

So that's what the housing office considers the liveable space. But there's this whole other downstairs section. Since it's built into a hill, there's stuff underneath. There's another "guest room" as the owner calls it--it has a big room, small but full bathroom and bedroom. Then there's a little very weird room with a slanted wall. Then there's another room that leads into a huge space--big enough for ping pong and a pool table. Each of these rooms has a separate entrance--and none are connected by stairs to the top. So you have to walk outside to get into any of these. And each of these has been painted pepto-bismal pink. Also outside there's a little patio. And another room that will be for laundry. And the another little room for storage maybe? or for the guard to change? I don't know.

I spend a lot of time trying to figure out how I'm going to arrange things, what the logical placement is, etc. I can't quite imagine it yet. But since I don't live there yet, I've got some time.....

Anyway--that's the news on the housing front.....

Jane