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Living Arrangements

Living Arrangements

Okay baby, tell me for real. Where do you want to live?

Have you… bought the apartment yet?

I buy and sell all the time. It doesn’t matter. I just want to know where YOU really want to live.

Did you end up buying an apartment in the Jewel Residences?

Yes…

Okay, so that is FERNANDO’S apartment. That is not “our” apartment.

It’s Fernando’s?!

Yes — It’s where Fernando goes, “Hi AD! It’s Fernando! Let me take you on a tour of my apartment in Gold Coast, Australia.” Big smiles — no wife, no girlfriend.

What…

LOL… Okay, maybe his mother and sisters can be there?!

Ummm… Why is this in your Vision?!

Because it’s flashy. It’s where people would EXPECT Fernando to live anyway. And it’ll be all done up by a professional. And perhaps Fernando does use it for industry dinner parties. Invite a music producer and an agent, or whoever he might collab with to meet there for a casual hang out. Nothing dodgy! But just — like a showroom, really. It’s not a place to LIVE. It’s Fernando’s show room.

I see…

So where are WE living?

Also if I do want to hang out there I will but it’ll be low key.

Of course. Maybe they’ll think you’re the housekeeper.

OMG please no…

Okay nevermind. We’ll buy a different apartment in the same building and that’ll be YOUR apartment when you want to use it.

Yeah that sounds better…

Anyway… ummm… I’m also thinking where my mother would want to live…

Where does she want to live?

Near Harbour Town?

Okay?

Okay so she lives there and we live… somewhere else…

You don’t wanna live near Harbour Town?

Not really……………

Okay…

I don’t want to say where I want to live exactly but I have it in mind and it’s a nice complex.

Is it luxury?

It’s not cheap, but I don’t know if it’s as ‘upper’ end to be classified as ‘luxury’ — ?!

Okay… why do you want to live there?

I think it’s quite low key and secure… you could probably even walk around as Fernando and nobody would bat an eyelid.

Oh…?!

Yeah, I really don’t think people will care. And if you really randomly have a fan who spots you — I don’t think the internet would even believe those photos were real?! They might think it’s AI?!?!?! Like, “Ah this girl just edited this for clout” — they’re just not going to believe it?!?!?!

Why not?!

It’s just so random!?!?!?!?!?!!?!!!

Especially if the fan spots you when you were “supposed to be” somewhere else in the world at the same time?!

Ahh… I see… (smirks)…………

And it’s not “luxury” enough — I think your fans would expect you to live in the Jewel Residences, not that place. But it’s not like, a place that’s so cheap it’s not secure. It’s quite secure. But it’s not that uppity. It’s really chill…

You want the really chill but secure place.

YES.

I don’t “need” the luxury — it would be NICE but I don’t need it. Okay maybe I will borrow Fernando’s apartment for a dinner party with my own friends.

No, you will host your friends in YOUR apartment of the same building. We will live there when you feel like a luxury weekend with ocean views.

Okay fine. So you’re buying two identical apartments in Jewel Residences?!

OF COURSE. Then if you are ever photographed going in or out — you are a legitimate residence of one of those apartments, you have nothing to do with Fernando!

Oh………………….. (oh yeah, that makes sense)……………………….

And if Fernando is spotted going in to that apartment?!

HE LIVES THERE. HE TOLD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST!!!

(LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL)…………. ^0^

(Sigh) — What about his sisters?!

They can share an apartment there too. As a holiday place. They’re not living there all the time, they don’t live on Gold Coast. It’s just a holiday place.

Fernando can say to AD, “I bought another one exactly the same below this one for my mother and sisters to share.”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH……………………

Okay fine, whatever.

So… we’re not actually living “with” your mother?

We are just a phone call away. I can easily drive to her, Harbour Town is not that far from where I want to live. Everywhere on Gold Coast takes 20 minutes.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You sound like the Dad from Clueless!!! “Everywhere in LA takes 20 minutes”

IT’S THE SAME FOR GOLD COAST.

LOL………………

Okay actually it’s not when I think about it, sometimes it can take 45 minutes from one end to another………… but generally speaking, the places I’m thinking of are only about 20 minutes away from each other. We are in this general “20 minutes zone” away from each other. That’s still considered living CLOSE to my mother. Okay, anything more than 30 minutes away is too far.

I see. Okay. So her “granny flat” is 20 minutes away.

Yes.

And she’ll be fine?

She LOVES Harbour Town. If you buy her a luxury place near there, she’ll be in her happy place.

I see… (making notes… scheduling appointments with real estate people…)

What does she like? Does she want a house? Apartment?

I don’t know… she says she wants a house but to be honest, I think the upkeep is too exhausting. I think apartment makes more sense. But that’s always my preference. I could be projecting.

She thinks a small house would be good.

Does she want like those… retirement village places?

I… don’t know… we haven’t talked about that…

Oh…

Depends on her health — inevitably?! — I don’t know!

Hmmm… (making some other notes)……………

My Dad likes having a house. He likes this house because we have enough land for growing some shrubs and plants. Him and my mother have that in common. They like plants. They’re green thumbs.

OH, i SEE….

Yeah — they’re not big on pets, but they like plants.

I think we’re the opposite.

Yeah………..

I mean plants are nice but I want someone else to take care of them. Actually book a service.

Sure?

We’ll deal with that later, it’s not important.

No…

I’m really curious where our actual apartment is and where am I keeping all my cars?!

The cars are in the BIG HOUSE. We are NOT buying multiple carpark spaces at our apartment. Okay — FERNANDO — can just lease some for the AD video shoot but that’s NOT REAL. He’s just moving his cars from the big house to the carpark of the luxury residences and then organising with the residence people to set aside 10 parking spots for him to film this advert with AD so then the apartment building itself also gets some AIR TIME and social media clout so really it’s more of a sponsored collab!!!

(Hysterical giggling!!!)

(Sigh)… it all comes back to… advertising money…

(Nodding, smiling)…

Are you okay with marrying a walking billboard?!

(Chuckles)… I guess I have to be right?! I guess the walking billboard will help pay for all this random stuff that my mother wants as well?!?!?!

(Chuckles)….

I’m still curious to see like, what’s the vibe of the place you want?

Ughhhhh……………… lemme find some images…………………..

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This isn’t the exact one I want, babe. It’s just the vibe… it’s not even the location.

That’s cool… I think I get it… you want a really peaceful space…

Yes………………….

I know you don’t want that one because the number starts with a 4…

TRUE!

But it’s like $1.25 million for a 2 bedroom apartment?!

Yeah — that’s like… expensive but not “luxury” for Gold Coast?!

Right… upper middle class?!

I don’t know anymore… lol………… I don’t consider it luxury?! Oops — did they say luxury on their website?!

How much are the Jewel Residences?

Like $3 to $5 million?! There’s one listed for $6.4 million?!?!?!

Oohhh… I see… Fernando will get the $6.4 one then…

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…………………….

No he won’t!

He won’t?!

He’ll get a $5 million one for himself and get the $6.4 million FOR HIS MOTHER AND SISTERS.

Ahhh… I see… yes, that makes sense…

And you’ll buy ME a $3 million one… I don’t need the $5 million…

(Smiles)…

Show me… the $6.4 million…

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Hmmm… interesting……………

LOL……………….

Are you really gonna buy it?!?!?!?!?!!!?

(Smirk)… I’m in a shopping mood today…

Shopping before your fashion show?!?!?!!

(Giggles)…