Woman Who Never Watched Soccer Loves New Condo With Epic View Inside Stadium

Woman Who Never Watched Soccer Loves New Condo With Epic View Inside Stadium

Noemi Oberhauser was never a fan of soccer despite living in the country that invented it.

And she never had any intention of falling in love with the global game either, even after she toured a $1,550-a-month apartment in West London and marveled at the almost complete view of a Premier League stadium pitch from her window.

She simply thought it was “a cool place to live” and moved in.

“I was actively searching for that apartment and some of the flats were available,” Oberhauser said, referencing a block behind the stadium’s East Stand. “The view is amazing. I never watched football before I moved in. I was never interested in it. Now I’m a huge Brentford fan.”

Brentford FC are one of 6 clubs from London that play in the Premier League—England’s highest division of professional soccer. Over the last four years they’ve captured the hearts of many neutral fans for their plucky underdog spirit mixed with a remarkably advanced strategy of buying players and planning out tactics using data.

Their home field, called the Gtech Community Stadium, is small but raucous, and Oberhauser can see almost the whole pitch from her West London window, with just the goal at the end closest to her out of view.

She recently celebrated her three year anniversary at the flat: she “absolutely loves it” and would “never move out.”

“I’m hoping maybe to do some presenting in the future if everything works out,” said the singer-songwriter. “I’m really happy to see the team do well.”

On the topic of presenting, she holds binocular watch parties for her friends, and was even featured on ESPN.

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“We have a pair of binoculars to look at the players. My friends think it is pretty cool.”
Noemi will also put the TV on so they don’t miss the action at the goal they can’t see from the window. A season ticket on the East Stand could cost up to £495 a year.

Noemi recently worked with the Brentford FC marketing team and attended the Player of the Year awards in May, as well as featuring her flat on ESPN Brazil.

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“The first match of year was the first of January versus Arsenal and I hosted a massive match day party with all my friends,” she said. “ESPN asked if they could come round and do an interview.”

She said everyone in the apartments is sent an email from reception on match days to remind them of road closures and noise. But Noemi doesn’t mind the noise; no, not at all.