We had rented out of loft apartment for nearly two years, while I rented a small apartment close to the airport. My newly rented apartment was 450 square feet (137.16 meters) and conveniently located above the Skytrain station and stores.
The view from the 17th floor was stunning as I watched sunsets over Vancouver Island and at night watched the string of lights in the sky as flights arrive at YVR airport. My lease for the year had expired with no extension given. Not that I wasn’t the perfect tenant, but the fact that there was a loophole in the renter's agreement. The apartment owner could increase the rent significantly on a new lease only; giving them the opportunity to maximize the rent by $300 which does not include a parking space. The increase made it unafordable for temporary accommodation and it was time to return to the loft.
I gave my tenant at the loft the required two months notice and he found a new place right away giving me a month to come back to the loft. With the now empty space, being like a clean canvas, it gave me the opportunity to give it a well-deserved paint over.
My previous tenant has also left me with an entire wall painted black. Chalkboard black, which made the entrance rather dark and was on my list for textured wallpaper.
I had invited Annelies, my granddaughter, to draw on the wall as this was the only time she was allowed to do just that before wallpapering.
The loft had been a telephone exchange building, built in 1913 of red brick and wooden beams. About eight years ago it was converted into living space. The plank ceilings which were left natural has darkened and aged through time. The roughly cut planks placed on it sides to form the roof and the flooring has a simplistic design of their own. Supported by exposed Douglas Fir beams are also used as posts throughout the building.
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