Moving: New House II

UPDATE: I have moved in May 2015, see blog post here

Front door with a blue curtain. 

We've moved to a new location, the third place we have lived in Moshi (1,2). Our new place is located in the neighborhood of "Shantytown" neighborhood, which is, despite its name, the most affluent area of Moshi. You can see here on my map, that it's in the north west of Moshi. There is an "International school" located in the neighborhood and the houses are much larger and spaced out than any other neighborhood in Moshi. The area is heavily populated by expats and it's not uncommon for houses to have a staff of a gardener, guard, housekeeper, etc. See some examples here of the Shantytown housing market ($2000/month, $800/month, $900/month). 

The reason we moved was spurred by the fact we wanted to pay less for our rent. Although we loved our previous rental, it was too big for us and the fact that we could find places for half the price made us always on the lookout. We were happy with the property because the actual housing was good, and the house was located in a compound style setting. There are three houses on the property though it's spacious enough to give privacy. The best part is that we have a massive area in the back where we are allowed to farm!

The house is a locally built two bedroom flat, with small sitting room, bathroom and kitchen. The kitchen is pretty small though apparently it was built in after the previous tenant requested a kitchen. The woman that was renting it before us is undecided if she will return to Tanzania. Since the place is unfurnished we agreed that we would watch/use her stuff until she returned. This gives us time to slowly buy things like a bed, fridge, couch, cookware, etc. We've been lucky to live in furnished places before so I guess we're taking the plunge into investing in some house stuff. 

Main room. New furniture to come. 

Kitchen. 

Bedroom one (storage room)

Bedroom two 

The front of our building, adjacent to a workshop.