back in Vancouver
2022-04-01 15:42Just Lyfted this morning back to 2km east of where I was, further east of Chinatown. It's a sizable-feeling 1BR place, a suite carved out of a house similar to my Richmond one where I just was. Downside: more footsteps above, concrete floor (there's radiant heat, but I have to ask it on, and I'm leery of the calibration.) Upside: no living room adjacent mine, and the neighborhood is soooo much more urban, I feel alive again! Italian market 1-2 minutes away, Chinese-ish supermarket 9 minutes away, Vietnamese market, bakery (way overpriced), restaurants... *and* it's quiet, I'm two streets south of Hastings, on Ferndale, which has planters in the intersections so you've got Dutch modal filtering: foot traffic can go through, cars have two-way access but *cannot* go in straight lines for more than a block. Also the setbacks are much shorter, *and* the front yards are more interesting...
Also downside, no laundry, I'll have to use a laundromat or go back to my 'shower laundry'. Also, no bathtub. There's enough space for one, but it's built as a step-in shower area. ;^^
Size! In meters, approximate with measuring tape: bathroom 2x2, kitchen 4x3 (wall to wall, so including counter/stove area), bedroom 3x3, living room 3x3. 34 m2. Sanity check: bathroom + kitchen length must equal living room + bed room lengths: 2+4 = 3+3, check. Overall, place should be around 6x6=36 m2... close enough. I've got a queen sized bed with small side dressers, a short couch, a low living room table, a 4-seat dining table in the kitchen... for a traveler, it's not cramped at all; if I were living here with hundreds of books, it'd be a bit more compact... doable, especially if you removed the big TV taking up one of the living room walls.
Also downside, no laundry, I'll have to use a laundromat or go back to my 'shower laundry'. Also, no bathtub. There's enough space for one, but it's built as a step-in shower area. ;^^
Size! In meters, approximate with measuring tape: bathroom 2x2, kitchen 4x3 (wall to wall, so including counter/stove area), bedroom 3x3, living room 3x3. 34 m2. Sanity check: bathroom + kitchen length must equal living room + bed room lengths: 2+4 = 3+3, check. Overall, place should be around 6x6=36 m2... close enough. I've got a queen sized bed with small side dressers, a short couch, a low living room table, a 4-seat dining table in the kitchen... for a traveler, it's not cramped at all; if I were living here with hundreds of books, it'd be a bit more compact... doable, especially if you removed the big TV taking up one of the living room walls.