Getting the house

We were quite excited to see how Cyberjaya looked. Every blog we read and my colleagues at the office said it could be quite boring at night, to that I answered that we had a young son, so that wasn't a problem. Cyber (As the Malay's call it) is quite a new area, it started with big tech companies in the late nineties and it was only in 2008 onwards that residential houses rose. This means that many of the houses here are very new and quite eco friendly with solar power, reusable water for the garden and so on.
There are plenty of agents, who are very willing to help us find a house. We managed to look at four houses and a condo the first day after we arrived. We already decided on a house and after a negotiation of what the owner should put in before we move in, we were ready to sign.
However the practice of renting out a house is quite different in Malaysia compared to Denmark. Before we will recieve a contract, we had to pay a booking fee and sign a letter of booking, which is like a pre contract which locks the owner and tenant from choosing something else. Now we are waiting for the owner to sign on tuesday and then hopefully move in within fourteen days.

We decided on a 3000 square feet house with 3 levels and 4 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms. Here every bedroom has its own bathroom and then there is a guest toilet and a maids toilet. The kitchen is split into a wet and dry kitchen, which is something we need to get used to as well. Because the house is so new, only released in March 2014, it means that we got a very cool new smart-home with great lighting, solar power, and everything such as lights, AC and cctv can be controlled from our Ipad, this is awesome for a tech nerd like me :-)

Pictures will come when we move in.

Arrival in Malaysia

We landed in Kuala Lumpur International Airport on the 24th of June 2014. I got a posting for a year with a IT company in Cyberjaya, where we will stay. The flight went great with our little two year old son, he slept 7 hours and didn't make much of a fuss on the plane or in the airport. After immigration we got our luggage and got into a cab. A 7 seater cab to Cyberjaya costs RM 170, which we gladly payed.
We checked in at Cyberview Lodge, a nice resort with good food, nice personel and a great pool for the kid. The picture below shows the wading pool and after a small waterfall there is a big swimming pool.