There are five apartments for sale in my 90-apartment building right now. Our house is on Slussgatan, known as "SJ-huset" in Malmö, as the two buildings here were originally built for the people who worked for Statens Järnvägar (the train service) one hundred years ago. We have the awesomest common yard around, easy, with cherry blossom trees, wild strawberries and a playarea for the kids. All of the apartments are two rooms and kitchen but vary a little in size, and a lot in prices since one is in need of a renovation and one has just been perfectly polished with a brand new high tech kitchen, built in espresso-machine and all. One of them is located right above us, and that's where I'd like you, dear music fan, to move in.

See, our upstairs neighbour is a musician, or at least a dabbler (never spoke to them so I don't know what they actually do for a living). The first nights that I slept here, when we had nothing in our big white bedroom but a bed I lay awake listening to all the new sounds a new place has. Then I picked up on some music, I couldn't tell where it was coming from but it was very jazzy-like and soothing, a keyboard, a base some guitar. I fell asleep as if this was my personal lullaby. I'll miss that!

Now, our apartments aren't the kind of paper-thin walls where you hear everything from the neighbours, quite the opposite in fact it's very quiet around here. But the ventilation shafts sometimes carry sounds from other apartments like any old building does. I hear the soft notes of music from upstairs sometimes, and someones phone ringing when I'm in my office - which is bizarre that ringer must be set on extra loud. I never hear voices, someones TV or anything else really. Seems I have selective hearing lately as I sometimes don't even hear when people in the same room as me ask me a question, go fig.

However, we have heard chairs in the kitchen upstairs being moved in and out of place and couldn't figure out why that particular noise was so loud. Perle does not like it as dinner-time upstairs coincides with her going to bed right underneath, and then their dinner ends and she'll wake up wondering if the sky is falling when they move their chairs out, then she begs to sleep with us in our room. Now that I've peeked at the for sale ad pictures (Oh my! Nosy neighbour! Me bad!) I know why we hear that so well, the kitchen has tiled floors and wooden chairs. So whomever buys that place, I really hope that you like a little bit of classic kitchen rug "trasmatta" or have those soft felt things on the feet of your chairs... I know what I'm bringing you for your housewarming gift anyway. Because we can't have our daughter sleeping in our bed when she's a teenager. ;)

Looks like a pretty good buy too, not too pricey and the apartment is well kept with a clever built in bookshelf on one wall. Also, we have the perfect sun on this side of the building, morning sun in the bedroom, afternoon sun in the living room and kitchen. So won't you be my neighbour? Musicians welcome!

The apartments: The one that needs renovation, The super styled newly renovated, 3rd floor walkup, 2nd floor walkup and a 4th floor walkup.