AV 1 DE JUNHO
Seixal, AV 1 DE JUNHO

Thats it. Thats exactly what Ive been looking for. Thats why I want to move.Its the first thing I think as I reach the front door.I havent even stepped inside and Im already stopping to look.In front of me, there are no apartment blocks, no windows too close and no sense of being in the middle of everything. Theres green...Theres space...The view opens up...And I think: I didnt know how to explain what my home was missing. Now I do.I step inside.I dont feel the rush to see everything straight away.I want to stay there for a few seconds.Look...Take in the house.Feel the light.Imagine where Id put down my keys, where Id leave my shoes, where Id hear someone say, Im home.Then I walk into the living room.And this is where it all starts to make sense.Its a living room with space for life.It has room for a whole family on a Sunday afternoon.Room for friends who come for dinner and stay late.Room for a Christmas tree without having to move half the house around.Room for the happy sound of being together.I look at the fireplace and immediately think of cold days.A full sofa...Blankets...The kind of comfort you cant buy with beautiful décor, but you feel when a house embraces you.The dining area is right there.It is part of the conversation.It is part of the people in the living room, of the person setting the table, of the ones finishing dinner who still dont want to leave.Then I see the kitchen.And I realise this isnt a kitchen just for cooking.This is where hurried breakfasts happen.Where homework gets done.Where conversations unfold while someone makes dinner.I step outside for a moment and I like the feeling.Theres room to enjoy it: to put a table outside, hear children playing, have plants and breathe, without the work of maintaining a huge garden.I head upstairs.And upstairs, I begin to map out life.There are four bedrooms.Four spaces where everyone can have a corner of their own.A bedroom for us.One for each child.A home office...A walk-in wardrobe...A guest room, or