Flat Hunting

This last week has been very, very busy. We have dedicated it to finding out permanent flat. We have focused mainly on Praha (Prague) 2...where we are now... and Praha 6, which lots of people recommend and say is more family oriented. I went and looked at one flat on Friday of last week - the kids were still not adjusted enough to partake in this yet. However, by this week we were able to look at some places and had appointments almost every day! Thursday was the busiest seeing some 6 or 7 flats in as many hours. We followed it up today looking at another 3. We were trying to find something that had space for all the stuff we shipped over and at least 3 bedrooms. We hoped to have our bedroom and the kids on the same level - this would be different from how the house was and what we would now prefer. This proved difficult as most of the larger flats we were looking at were attic spaces and would have 2 bedrooms on the second floor and one on the main floor or vice versa. We were also hoping for an extra room or two we could use as a study/guest room and one for a playroom. After all was said and done, we had about 4 flats of various layouts, locations, and prices that we could make work. One was brand new with beautiful views right near the center, another was in a villa in a more residential area, the third in Praha 2 with lots of space but the dreaded split level bedroom issue, and the last near a large green park, a metro stop, and a block from a largely commercial area. This last one also had more than enough space for us and all the bedrooms on the same floor. It is a little more dated and has no lift in the building but is very nice inside with lots of very nice features. We are negotiating a lease for this place now and hope to have it all sewn up by Monday or Tuesday. We also heard from the movers this past week and it seems our belongings will be here this coming week. A little earlier then we thought or hoped...but at least they made it !