ready, steady, PACK
Aug. 20th, 2013 08:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
llywelaThe die is cast and lo! I am moving.
Well, in a few weeks, anyway. I viewed a flat yesterday that's pretty much ideal - not quite as central as I'd hoped for (I'm going to have to get used to the buses for my daily commute!), but bigger than I'd dared imagine I might find for what I can afford to pay: the whole ground floor of a large house, so that's bedroom, two reception rooms, a really big bathroom and a larger kitchen than I've ever had. Enough space that I'll be able to take most of my furniture with me. Nice area, lots of storage space, garden (shared with the upstairs flat via fire escape but not really used, so it'll essentially be all mine), the landlord allows pets...it pretty much ticked all the boxes. So today I toddled along to the estate agent and put down my agency holding fee, now they'll have to take up references and credit checks and whatnot, but if all goes well I'll get the keys on 23 September and move sometime shortly afterward!
I'm a bit concerned about leaving my parents in the lurch when they don't have a buyer lined up for the house, but they agreed that I can't afford to let this flat slip through my fingers, and they have a few options to play with. I worry about them, they worry about me, that's how it goes!
So much to organise now!
Well, in a few weeks, anyway. I viewed a flat yesterday that's pretty much ideal - not quite as central as I'd hoped for (I'm going to have to get used to the buses for my daily commute!), but bigger than I'd dared imagine I might find for what I can afford to pay: the whole ground floor of a large house, so that's bedroom, two reception rooms, a really big bathroom and a larger kitchen than I've ever had. Enough space that I'll be able to take most of my furniture with me. Nice area, lots of storage space, garden (shared with the upstairs flat via fire escape but not really used, so it'll essentially be all mine), the landlord allows pets...it pretty much ticked all the boxes. So today I toddled along to the estate agent and put down my agency holding fee, now they'll have to take up references and credit checks and whatnot, but if all goes well I'll get the keys on 23 September and move sometime shortly afterward!
I'm a bit concerned about leaving my parents in the lurch when they don't have a buyer lined up for the house, but they agreed that I can't afford to let this flat slip through my fingers, and they have a few options to play with. I worry about them, they worry about me, that's how it goes!
So much to organise now!
