pacific azabu mansion!

The sun was shining and it actually felt a bit like spring. Shimizu-san must have been getting sick of showing us apartments, because today each apartment was better than the next. Minamiazabu 3rd was a little house down the street from our place. It had a huge basement, a giant master bedroom with walk-in closet, a good kitchen with all the trimmings, nice living-dining room, and a loft. Two toilets and a Japanese bath, too. Hiroko liked it, so we were off to a good start.
Next was Pacific. Just in Azabu-jyuban, across the street from the Korean embassy. The building is old (1971) and the floorplan looked lame, but when we looked at it, the place was amazing! Seems the owner himself planned on moving in, but half-way through the remodelling decided to live somewhere else. Beautiful floors, giant (GIANT) living-dining room, the whole south wall is double sliding glass doors, 2 small bedrooms and a third room that opens into the living room, brand new kitchen with a counter to the dining room, lots of smart closets, and a toilet lid that automatically opens when you stand in front of it. 7th floor, south facing, and the building is in from Sendaizaka Street because of the parking lot, so it's quite and full of sunlight. Behind it is the temple and graveyard, in front is the Korean Embassy, so there are cops all over the place 24/7 and no one will ever build something to block the view or sun.
This was one of the first floorplans Shimizu-san sent me, but the floorplan was the old apartment before the remodelling, and I don't think anyone's gone to see the place since it's been on the market. The location, price, and design makes it a steal, but the floorplan is so bad everyone (including me) just blows it off. Asked Shimizu-san to put in a offer on this place, so we'll see!
Also saw a couple of other apartments. Two nice 'foreigner' places just down the street: good carpet, high ceilings, two toilets, but the kitchens were kind of lacking and compared to Pacific they weren't really big and open. Then we checked out Flats K in Nishiazabu: very clean, almost sterile, but nice places. And finally a huge place on the top floor of a building right on Kottodori in Aoyama. The living-dining room was even bigger than Pacific, the kitchen was an open counter, and the entire roof was a balcony. Had a big master bedroom with a big closet, and another big but funky-shaped room. Two toilets and a Japanese bath (old but usable.)
Hopefully Pacific will come through, but if not there's still hope.