Yunding Ranch

Chapter 295 Single Apartment
Fred walked over unsteadily, with a relaxed smile on his face, walked towards him, gave Lu Li a big hug, and at the same time thumped Lu Li's back viciously, with a bang, no need Extra words and simple actions are enough to explain everything.

Then, Fred looked at Lydia next to him, and showed a self-conscious smile, "It's our first meeting, I'm Fred, may I ask you...?"

"Lydia." She introduced herself politely, glanced back and forth between Lu Li and Fred, and then revealed a clear look, "You are Shishi's partner, right? This apartment For you, it is really suitable. However, a thousand words, everything is just empty words, it is better to go upstairs and see what is going on with your eyes."

Lu Li was stunned, Fred was also stunned, and then Lu Li reacted first, Lydia misunderstood.

They had made a little joke on the phone before, and then when Fred appeared, the two of them started with a hug, and Lydia naturally wanted to go wrong.After realizing it, Lu Li laughed out loud.

Fred was half a beat slow in reacting, and then came back to his senses, waving his hands again and again, "You misunderstood, we're not... me and him, not... oh, God!"

Lydia thought that they didn't want others to point fingers, so she quickly restrained her smile and expressed apology, "Sorry, please forgive my rudeness. Let's go upstairs to look at the house."

This time, Fred was even more depressed, and he pushed Lu Li away, and the two of them separated by a distance of three steps.Lu Li, who staggered for half a step, was completely overjoyed and burst into laughter. Looking at Fred's embarrassed look, he found it even more funny and couldn't stop.

"Lydia, we're really not, I'm serious." Fred wanted to explain, but found that there was no way to start. In the end, he could only sigh up to the sky, and roared with a depressed face, "Oh, My first name."

Seeing Fred's real reaction, Lydia was not so sure, she looked at Lu Li suspiciously, and cast her eyes for confirmation.

Lu Li finally calmed down a little, and explained seriously, "He actually wanted to ask you out for dinner tonight, not the kind of good friend. Now that you misunderstood him, he would have no chance at all." Between words , giving Fred another go.

Lydia finally understood at this time, she had an oolong, two blushes flew up on her cheeks, but she quickly calmed down, and said half-truthfully, "It's already 2015, we have No need to hide it. Right, Fred?"

Facing the teasing words, Fred couldn't help but choked, looked at Lu Li, then at Lydia, finally shook his head, and simply joked, "I and Let's go upstairs and have a look together, if it suits you, I will move here and live here."

"If you are willing to pay half of the rent." Lu Li was not fooled at all, said without hesitation, and then ignored Fred's depressed expression, "Lydia, we can go upstairs. The house is a few building?"

"The third floor." Lydia took the initiative to lead the way. "This building has a history of 300 years, but the owner has regularly maintained and maintained it, so there is no need to worry about safety. Correspondingly, if you live here, you need to pay attention to the house." Daily maintenance requires careful attention. Although there is no elevator, the entire building has only four floors..."

Lu Li followed behind Lydia, carefully looking at the wall of the stairwell.It is primitive and rough, as if it has not undergone any refinement, and even has a sense of desolation in a warehouse, but it has a post-modern style, simple and elegant with a retro flavor.

The footsteps soon came to the third floor. Lydia took out the key from the backpack and opened the door lock.This is a push-pull door. Push the reddish-brown carved iron door to the left, and the iron door will slide into the wall and disappear. The entire spacious space appears in sight without reservation.

This is a typical post-modern retro style decoration, like a garage, consistent with the style of the entire building.

A dark gray leather sofa, a smoky gray short-haired carpet and a pure black glass coffee table are placed on the right-hand side of the door. Above the head is the exposed aluminum water pipe. You can clearly see the structure of the house, which is dazzling but not chaotic. , with a unique sense of space amidst the complexity.

On the right hand side of the gate is the kitchen and dining room. The style is mainly black and navy blue with exposed metal pipes. There is also a lacquered super-high dining table, which is simple and elegant; the matte metal sink and cabinets have a sense of Low-key gorgeous, calm and introverted lines with a modern style.

Just the space of the hall gives people a sense of surprise, compact but spacious, cumbersome but not simple, messy but orderly, these contradictory sensory adjectives naturally appear in the mind at the same time , a wonderful harmony.

This kind of modern design can hardly see the traces of the design, as if it is based on the original foundation of the building, fully developed and decorated.It’s like a painter, on a piece of paint-splattered paper, draws wantonly according to his own inspiration, but the rendering effect is far beyond imagination, and the creativity and talent in the artist’s mind are brought into full play.

Walking into the hall, after taking a step, there is a wooden screen wall in front of you, and the wardrobe is hidden in the wall in a sliding way. This modern and simple way is obviously not the style of 300 years ago, that is, it In [-], after the rise of the decorating style that made reasonable and efficient use of space, it was perfectly integrated into the whole room.

Going around the screen, there is another scene in front of you.The front right is a completely open bedroom. There are two black sandalwood bookshelves in the corner against the wall. At this time, the top is empty and there is nothing on it; two steps up to a super-sized double bed, but there is no bed now. There are no bed sheets, and the bedside tables and bookshelves on both sides are from the same series.

On the left side of the bed, there is a frosted glass, through which you can see a semi-open bathroom.The space of the whole house is deliberately released, which feels a little tight, but not crowded, and every corner can be used freely.

"Wow, this is not the most powerful factor when looking for a roommate." Fred has also let go of his hands and feet at this time, pointing to the half-open bathroom, and actively teased. A bird's eye view.

Lydia couldn't help chuckling, "But for a one-night/love, this is a perfect plus point to adjust the atmosphere."

"Both drivers, please don't rush to drive, please? When deciding whether to rent this apartment, I don't want to have strange images in my head." Lu Li's complaint made both of them laugh outright.

Lydia took the initiative to come up and made an introduction, "The decoration here is basically left by the owner of the building. You can notice that this is different from most ordinary apartments."

In the United States, most apartments or houses are unfurnished.Even if there are decorations, when the previous resident leaves, the owner has the responsibility and obligation to remove all the decorations, and then welcome the next resident to come in.There are also rooms with luggage, but the number is always small.

This has to do with the details of the culture.

First, Americans are more self-centered. They hope to decorate their houses in their own style, rather than simply and rudely following other people's designs; second, young Americans are keen on moving, staying in one place for six months or one year Afterwards, the location is often changed, so their houses do not have cumbersome decorations such as suspended ceilings and wooden floors, and more are just relocation and changes of furniture.

Therefore, the second-hand furniture market in the United States has always remained prosperous.

However, the apartment in front of me was a little different.

Strictly speaking, it does not have too much decoration, but supplements along the original style of the building. The most cumbersome part is the decoration of the kitchen, which follows the same style of design.However, in order to maintain this unified style, the owner of the building added furniture such as pull-out wardrobes, bookshelves, beds, and sofa sets.

Although there is no need to use hammers, hammers, electric drills and other work, the style of the whole house is consistent.It is precisely because of this that when the previous resident left, these decorations remained.

"The owner of the building requires that the residents are not allowed to significantly change the decoration here, but you can add some furniture of your own according to your own style and habits." Lydia is a little anxious. Sometimes, it will be more troublesome.

For most Americans, even if they like the decor, they don't like being confined within the frame.

Ten days, after the previous resident left, this apartment has been placed here for ten days.In Manhattan, where there are always too few residences, and where a vacant room is reserved before it comes out, ten days is almost equivalent to ten years.

Lydia said just now that this house is very popular, but it's just a real estate agent's salesmanship.In fact, she hadn't been less personally concerned about the apartment.

Logically speaking, such a location, such a floor, such an area, and such a house are not only sought-after, but even hot, and the price must remain high.

More importantly, the nearby area is very suitable for living. There are various convenient living facilities such as coffee shops, supermarkets, convenience stores, restaurants, bars, etc. around, but they will not be too close to affect the night. Sleep quality; there is a 24-hour underground parking lot behind the house, the nearest subway station is only two blocks away, and the police/police station is one block away-safety guaranteed.

All of these are positive factors.However, because of the house owner's insistence on decoration, things became tricky.

Within ten days, seventeen residents had come to inspect the house, but without exception, they were not too impressed with the decoration, or even disliked it.If they want to choose a house that has been decorated, those Victorian-style retro villas in the upper/urban area are a better choice.

Lydia hoped that Lu Li would be the last one.

(End of this chapter)