Ok, so the current tenants of the flat I supposedly had agreed on do not appear to want to leave just yet but I can’t seem to extract whether they are still going eventually and if so when. This leaves me rather cross about being led up the garden path and stuck in limbo land in terms of finding a new pad.
I have resumed flat hunting but can’t find anywhere as nice for an even remotely comparable rent which is both reassuring in that the more I see the more the place I picked appears pretty amazing but it's also intensely irritating as it means I can’t move flats before I change job and it’s unclear whether I get this flat at all. Ultimately it’s all a bit depressing because if I don’t get this one then, unless something else special comes along, everything else is going to be second choice (by quite a wide margin based on experience to date).
So at the moment I am trying to work out whether it’s best to wait for the number one choice or give up and find somewhere else. Because of timescales on starting job and giving notice on my current place I have to decide one way or the other now and can’t do both because if I wait I want it to be somewhere worth waiting for but if I ditch it I also have to find somewhere else immediately otherwise there is no point not waiting. But then again there’s no point waiting for something that I’m not going to get (if that makes sense – it does in my head).
Thus far the other places I have seen have either been nowhere near as nice (for various reasons) but similar in terms of rental payments or comparable in niceness and way more expensive.
Here’s the shortlist of alternatives that I’ve seen:
One bed in Ruislip – right next to tube station and high street but noisy and with no parking.
Two bed in Ruislip – a fair walk from the tube station with the kitchen from Trainspotting and a dubiously giant porno mirror covering one entire wall of the main bedroom.
One bed in Maidenhead – really nice flat with fantastically massive balcony out back but over half an hour walk to the train station which is too far.
Two bed in Maidenhead – student dive looking flat outside a fish and chip shop (which is better than a kebab shop I guess) with a cat infestation, oh, and it majorly smelled of feet.
Two bed in Maidenhead – immaculately presented, great location, unfortunately squeezed into the size of Ford Transit (and not even one of those ones with the extra roofy bit on top).
Two bed in Maidenhead – Kate’s old flat (which makes it a bit weird actually) which is nice but way more expensive. I really can’t afford or justify paying extra for the classier area.
One bed in Amersham – stay where I am and wait and see if I get evicted.
I have another viewing today in Maidenhead and two viewings in Ruislip tomorrow; we’ll see how those go. Heaven forbid I am going to have to start considering looking at places such as Langley or South Harrow (but never Slough).
I have resumed flat hunting but can’t find anywhere as nice for an even remotely comparable rent which is both reassuring in that the more I see the more the place I picked appears pretty amazing but it's also intensely irritating as it means I can’t move flats before I change job and it’s unclear whether I get this flat at all. Ultimately it’s all a bit depressing because if I don’t get this one then, unless something else special comes along, everything else is going to be second choice (by quite a wide margin based on experience to date).
So at the moment I am trying to work out whether it’s best to wait for the number one choice or give up and find somewhere else. Because of timescales on starting job and giving notice on my current place I have to decide one way or the other now and can’t do both because if I wait I want it to be somewhere worth waiting for but if I ditch it I also have to find somewhere else immediately otherwise there is no point not waiting. But then again there’s no point waiting for something that I’m not going to get (if that makes sense – it does in my head).
Thus far the other places I have seen have either been nowhere near as nice (for various reasons) but similar in terms of rental payments or comparable in niceness and way more expensive.
Here’s the shortlist of alternatives that I’ve seen:
One bed in Ruislip – right next to tube station and high street but noisy and with no parking.
Two bed in Ruislip – a fair walk from the tube station with the kitchen from Trainspotting and a dubiously giant porno mirror covering one entire wall of the main bedroom.
One bed in Maidenhead – really nice flat with fantastically massive balcony out back but over half an hour walk to the train station which is too far.
Two bed in Maidenhead – student dive looking flat outside a fish and chip shop (which is better than a kebab shop I guess) with a cat infestation, oh, and it majorly smelled of feet.
Two bed in Maidenhead – immaculately presented, great location, unfortunately squeezed into the size of Ford Transit (and not even one of those ones with the extra roofy bit on top).
Two bed in Maidenhead – Kate’s old flat (which makes it a bit weird actually) which is nice but way more expensive. I really can’t afford or justify paying extra for the classier area.
One bed in Amersham – stay where I am and wait and see if I get evicted.
I have another viewing today in Maidenhead and two viewings in Ruislip tomorrow; we’ll see how those go. Heaven forbid I am going to have to start considering looking at places such as Langley or South Harrow (but never Slough).
2 comments:
I like the sounds of the two bed with the porno mirror.
Don't forget me and Andrew can come and help you with our extreme decorating 5k1llz.
You know you are not the first to suggest the one with the porno mirror was a good idea.
And I whilst I appreciate the offer I don't think I will get to be doing too much decorating on account of it being a rental job.
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