Now, sit down and prepare yourself. The apartment looks like sh*t, we know. The lovely woman we bought it from, Olga Fyodorovna (87 years old), has lived there 55+ years. The last “update” was about 20 years ago. So, everything is in pretty crappy shape.
We are OK with this. We will start from scratch on the renovation, and the “destruction” crew is ready to start working next week. Everything will go, some walls might even come down. I’m hoping to add a window in the kitchen, but that will depend on how much such a “reconstruction” will cost us – not for the labor, but, rather, for the city permits and various associated bribes. So, here are some of the first photos of our new property! I really like this photo, with Olga Fyodorovna. She’s one of those people that you instantly adore, she just has a lovely aura about her. She wished us many years of love and happiness in our new home.
Entryway
The first room, which probably will be our bedroom
Kitchen/living room (this is the largest room, so we’ll probably make it a kind of great room)
2nd room, behind the kitchen. Probably will be office/guest room. 
The full set of photos are on Flickr.
Like I said, it needs a little work. 🙂 But it’s ours!
Anka in Kyiv 