It looks like we might have a home...

Yes, a home!  We were having some issues finding a place due to the fact that both of us are unemployed, but we stumbled on a place that will take us based on our savings (we had to show 3x the yearly rent in a Canadian bank account - ouch).  And, as luck would have it, it's actually the nicest place we've looked at by miles.

It's in a group of "condos" (apartment blocks which are all run by a central managing company), and it's a 2-bedroom place, 865 square feet (huge!), and it's got a big living/dining room area with a somewhat open plan kitchen (hooray!).  It's on the 21st floor (I am going to have to get used to the height) and from the second bedroom it has beautiful views of the city.

It's right next to High Park, which is a huge parkland area - 400 acres worth, full of cycling/running paths and squirrels!  There's a great cycling path all of the way along the lakeshore too - apparently it's 700km long, so we'll have plenty of training room.  The place is also 300m from the High Park Subway station (the green line is the subway) so we're very close to transport for a change :)

In Canada, apartments come with appliances - every apartment comes with a fridge and a stove/oven, and some come with a washing machine and dryer too.  Our place also comes with a dishwasher, and it has a laundry room downstairs.  In the complex there's a whole bunch of stuff - 2 outdoor pools, a gym that includes an indoor heated lap pool (extra cost for this though), and a movie room.  It also allows pets, so we'll be finding a puppy as soon as we can :)

We're signing the lease on Monday, and we're hoping to get the keys on Monday arvo or Tuesday, so we'll post photos once we get in to the place.  So excited!  Now we have to buy a bed, bedsheets, some cutlery and crockery...

(High Park!)