Our Home (3 bedroom renovated tower 3050)

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(Updated with our furniture)

So I know I said I would post photos of you 4 bedroom townhome on Atsugi when we got assigned housing, well that may have to wait a few months. After spending a total of 20 days at the navy lodge we were told they had no 4 bedrooms available for us. Our options were then to either move in town or take a 3 bedroom and we were given the option to have a 4 bedroom possibly in May when the air wing moves to Iwakuni. We chose to take the 3 bedroom which landed us in the towers. Many people think we are crazy because they would love to live in town (it is mandatory to live on base right now) however if we chose to live in town we might end up being forced to move back on base again if a 4 bedroom becomes available. If they were to come to me in 6 months to a year I would say heck yeah let's do it but when we were offered it I hadn't driven in town yet (I still haven't) and I would have to bring my kids on base for school every day; honestly this thought scared the heck out of me (still dose). I was also thinking about my kids about 90% of their friends from school live on base; they have moved so much and changed schools so much over the last 3 years that I want them to be able to make some real friends this time and that will be easier on living on base.

So far we have been in the tower for about 3 weeks and I have to say it is not bad, the living space is a good size as well as the kitchen, there is ample cabinet and countertop space by my standards. There is also a good size storage unit located in the common area of our floor which we can store all kinds of things in. I do not miss the outdoor space due the fact that my kids would rather be on the playground then in their own backyard anyway. The only thing we want the backyard for is to have a fire pit, a a smoker and a charcoal grill (none of which you can have in the towers) and a small garden (wich we can make a baloney work for). That 4th bedroom would also be nice but not necessary due to the fact that the boys have always shared. The noise is also a minimum due to the fact that the buildings are made of concert I hardly hear my neighbors at all at least not enough to bother me (I just think sometimes what in the world are they doing up there). Right now we have loaner furniture so once we get our furniture I may update the photos due the fact that it may show the sizes a bit better than the small simple loaner furniture.

 Photos 


Living room-We purchased the chair and couch from Ikea after we arrived 
Front Entrance- to the right is a closet with shelves and the laundry room to the right is a door to the kitchen



Kitchen

Laundry room---there are cabinets on the left with a full size washer and dryer

Dining Room-there is a nice size balcony 




Master Bedroom--we had to put my husbands dresser in the closet since mine was so big

1 of the kids bed rooms it is a nice size 

My boys bed room- I need to get cleaver with some storage we put one of the dressers in the closet to give them mor floor space



Hallway bath-- has a tub/shower combo

Master bath- Nice size shower...Bathroom itself only has one sink and is a bit small but if you get crafty on storage it will work

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