We're moving!

Well,  just a few blocks away to 2020 Haro...the Laguna Vista.

We’re moving into a third floor, two bedroom,  one and half bath unit with a view of Lost Lagoon July 3.  It’s smaller (855 sq ft as opposed to 1300)  but a lot of the space we have here is rather wasted and we have figured out how to fit in what we want to take.  It has a FABULOUS indoor pool and it’s a much quieter location  across from Lost Lagoon (the road there has speed bumps every 10 feet) and away from buskers,  bongo drums,  and all the summer noise of being on the seawall.  We will miss our fabulous view and being able to walk across the street to jump in the ocean but we’re only an 8  min walk (or couple of minute drive)  away from our paradise beach  and we will continue to enjoy the views from The Sylvia,  the Cactus Club,  Cloud 9 etc.

We have been looking for a place with two elevators after realizing the tremendous disadvantage of one elevator.  Over the last 18 months there have been 22 repair calls (i.e. breakdowns) and it is very old and will soon have to be replaced.  That means 2-3 (or possibly up to 6 months since there are major difficulties) months of a complete shutdown and we’re told it will be in the summer holiday period so going to Palm Springs isn’t really an option.  We have 7 flights of stairs to walk up at The Flamingo.   There are also some other issues that concern  us like Hollyburn's owner's daughter who lives beside us.  We could be booted out if she wanted the whole front.  The son did that to the people in the penthouses.

One of the big advantages of our new place is it’s over $10,000.00 a year less although if there weren’t these issues and we felt we could stay here forever we probably wouldn’t move.  The wonderful pool makes up for a lot.  I’ll be in there everyday even if we go ocean swimming later.  There is also an observation deck on the roof so that could be fun.  They have two couples who manage the place and they seem very on top of things and screen tenants very carefully.  When we initially made contact,  the woman told us there was a “huge waiting list” and wanted to meet both of us.   It seems we came to the top of the list.  She’s from the Gaspé and we spoke French so that probably helped.  We’ve been impressed with the calibre of people we met while we were there….more of an older crowd like us.  The new tenants at the Flamingo all seem quite young….I guess because of the elevator situation they want people with good young knees!

So,  another adventure!