It was a big place 2,500 sq feet, mostly in one room. Though there was a bedroom sized room, a big kitchen, a bathroom with 2 toilets, which we installed a bath in.
When I went in there it was a bit scary, signing up to an 18 month commercial lease. The Real Estate guy that I dealt with was pretty cool though.
When I moved in I was working at the water slide at the Parnell Baths, when I moved out I was a computer operator 400m away at NZI in Shortland St.
The building was owned by a couple of guys from up north I think, they weren’t all that keen on us having a dog there. Gavin had a dog, and Lisa had one that was there a little of the time too.
We got interviewed for a current affairs TV program at some stage, there were so few people living in the CBD that we were a novelty. At night there were just street kids around the city, and not much in the way of supermarkets.
It did take a while to get used to the noisy diesel buses working their way up Anzac Ave early in the morning. The place was generally not too hot and not too cold though.
It was a great time.
