We are moving out soon!

Joseph and I plan to move out from our parent house. Our baby will born in this year of September, and we have no more space in the house for the baby.

We start to look for a place to stay, do some renovation, buy furniture, move things from old to new place, etc.

Last week we hunted a place to stay. After saw few places with various price, size, density, location, we confused which one to choose. It’s quite difficult to decide. We need to consider many things because we are not going to stay for few months, but years. And we hope that what we decide is a best place to stay.

Finally, within this week we paid the booking fee and the rest of the payment. We chose a smaller place, cheaper and it’s a low density apartment. And it’s new too! We are very satisfied with our selection.

Next challenge to think is furniture. Oh….! Another headache.

I thank God for my few sisters in cell group, we went out together and hunt for a few promotion furniture shops. Bring your camera if you look for furniture, because they are a lot of size, pattern, etc. So, you can start capture the things you like to buy, and you can consider them again at home. We collect all the information about the price with different sizes, qualities, and patterns. I discussed it with Joseph.

The next day bring him there and show him again the real furniture. Usually, husband has more details to consider what to buy and not to buy. We went to few shops, after saw many furniture and the prices, we went blur. Luckily Joseph knows when to say “stop”. We finish our hunting day; bring back the prices, the pictures. U can do some measuring first if you are not sure whether the things are nice to be place at your house. We discussed what actually we need, the big or small clothes cabinet, and we do not forget our budget also. We do not want to spend a lot of money in the furniture which we think is not necessary, because another big money will be spent for our baby another few months, or we do not know sometimes they are unexpected things can happen and need to spend a lot of money.

So, try to save it when you can!

Apartment Mediterania Gajah Mada

This apartment is located in the heart of Jakarta-Indonesia, my home town before I married and move to my husband's country, Penang-Malaysia.

My father planned to make investment in this apartment, as the location is very strategic. So he and Joseph (my husband who has a little bit shares) bought 2units in year 2004.
Our apartment was first used in March 2008 for Joseph family who came from Malaysia to attend our wedding. They love to stay there, a cosy and simple apartment.
After our wedding, our apartment was not occupied anymore until my friend asked me whether she can rent it few days to accommodate her parents who came from outstation to attend her wedding as well. I said, "why not?"

Thanks to her, because I got the idea how I'm gonna run and make money from our 2units apartment. I discussed it with my father, and he agreed with the idea.
I start putting an advertisement at Weddingku website. This website is all about wedding information. It is written in Indonesia language and really helpful for the couple who prepare their wedding.

The advertisement, which I put, has a very good response. Many people start to call and email me to rent our apartment.
So, beside my first job in helping my father shops, I have a side job from our apartment.

After married I moved to Penang follow my husband. But I still can run the apartment. My sister helps to bring those intend to rent the place to see the units, while I work from home through the internet, receive and reply mails, and update the advertisement.

You can do the same if you have vacant apartment elsewhere!