Spent the day moving into the new place in Diemen. I was a little anxious about it because It feels a bit further out from Amsterdam, because it's on the 8th floor, because it has less separation than the places we spent the last 6 months in, and because it felt a bit dark the last time we visited. But after having spent a few hours there today I'm much less worried. We moved the furniture around and the new layout feels much better - the table is now beside the window which actually does get a lot of light later in the day. And the couch is right beside the kitchen now which feels like it makes more sense. I can see it being a great place to entertain - board game nights, watching sports & even working.

Now that it feels like somewhere we're going to enjoy spending time, it seems like it has pretty much everything: Right beside a train station (12 minutes to Amsterdam central), two car parks (with spaces big enough for the van), near to Neo's school, epic couch (with 65" tv on the way), enough beds to have guests/Family, and super affordable.

There's still a few things to do to finish it off - paint the walls, upgrade all the lights, add some rugs to the floors and paintings to the walls, but overall we're both super psyched to get in