We visited a house today just for the coolness factor. The house was essentially inside a wildlife park, and driving through to the house we saw springbok and guinea fowl. The house was a big, four-bedroom house with an inside oasis in the master bedroom. Outside, you could climb up to the roof on a rickety set of stairs and see out over the city. Within walking distance is the community braii, swimming pool, play ground, and restaurant. We knew we wouldn't be able to rent the house, because the World Vision security man won't approve anything where we're living next to other people without a wall and electrical fencing between us, but it was an interesting house to view all the same.
We got back the security reports today on the Slide house, the Yellow house, and the Farm house. The Slide house was immediately approved, since it had lots of up-to-date security measures (alarms, cameras, laser beams, barbed wire, electrical fencing, bars on all windows and doors), but it was too small a house, so we won't be getting that one. The Yellow house we were told was a possibility, if bars were added to the doors and windows. However, the owner of the house didn't want to spend that money, so that house was out the window.
For the Farm house, we were told "It is recommended that World Vision not...consider this house for renting," because there would be so much work to be done to bring the house up to World Vision Core Security Standard. We love this house, though, so we are presenting the owners with the list of requirements needed to bring the house up to standard - bars on the windows, a net over the pool, electric fencing all the way around the property, etc. If the owners agree to do this, we'll bring the matter before the head of security again, and take it from there.
NOTE: All houses are still just possibilites until the lease is signed, and I will post on that when it is.
No comments:
Post a Comment