Home search update 1

We may have found it! An apartment in the Belgrano "R" barrio.

We have put an offer on an apartment, which is to be formalised, both on paper & with a hefty deposit this week of 30% of the total offered purchase price ... in USD$ CASH!! Yes, this transaction will happen inside a bank. More on this next week.

From the brief, here's what we've managed to find in this 1 property;
- an apartment (3rd floor)
- a terrace
- security car-parking space (there's 2 carspaces issued with this apartment)
- 3 bedrooms (PLUS a small study)
- 2 full bathrooms (that's for all you guests!) + a spare loo
- a real kitchen, with enough cupboards, & has gas cooking appliances
- a laundry area within the apartment
- a definite dining area (open plan living/dining)
- an 'ample' living area (to fit the large scale old furniture we have)

Bonus additionals;
- a low-rise building (has 9 floors total)
- 24 hour security
- a large kitchen
- a storage room on a communal floor
PLUS;
- overlooks the large garden, property of the groundfloor apartment, which has 2 mature trees, at our balcony height :)
- security grills already in place on bedroom windows
- a 2nd 'service lift' that accesses the kitchen door directly from the garage
- well-built structure, solidly made in the 1980's = good audio insulation!
- top condition parquetry floors in 10" pieces, honey-toned, herringbone pattern

The blow-out was this part: target budget is USD$300,000 but we did not do too badly at all these things for an extra USD$50,000.
Basically, from what we saw available, it became apparent that our brief was unlikely in a 2 bedroom (+ study) property which is where our target budget was set, for our desired areas. If we wanted all these things for the lower pricetag, then we'd have to move further out, a fair way further out.

Generally, I think it's been a great find!
And there's 2 other local points in it's favour I'm told - there's a very famous home-made pasta shop nearby & a branch of the famous Argentinean icecream parlour chain, Freddo around the corner!