Tomorrow
was the day that I was to go into the estate agents and set everything up for
renting the house that we'd seen on Saturday. But that has all changed.
Firstly,
this morning I received a call from the lady that I'd spoken to on Saturday
with her wanting to take all my details and get the admin started. However, at
the time that she called, I was just about to commence my annual manual
handling training, so I told her that I would call her back at lunchtime.
Lunchtime
came and went with me completely forgetting to call her, and I was busy
teaching this afternoon. When we had coffee, I noticed that I had
two missed calls and a voicemail. One of the calls, and the voicemail, was
from the estate agent that we had seen the first house that we wanted to rent
with. The voicemail was telling me that the people who were supposed to be
moving into the house last Saturday hadn't actually done so and the landlady
(who lives in Cyprus) had been in touch with her to tell her that she had
decommissioned the other two estate agents. The house was therefore available
to rent, but she needed me to call her back urgently if I still wanted it. I called straight back and she told me
that she had already spoken with Julie, who had said yes on my behalf.
I then
telephoned the other estate agent who had been letting the house that we saw on
Saturday, and told her that having had a long discussion with my son, we felt
that as it was extremely likely that the let would only be for six months, and
neither of us wanted the upheaval of a second move so soon after this one, I
had changed my mind and decided not to go ahead with the let. She did call me
back almost straight away to ask if I would be interested if she could
speak with the landlord and guarantee that the let would be for a year.
I haven't
called her back as yet, and probably won't if I'm honest. Both Drew and I felt
that the house that we saw a week ago was the ideal place and both of us were
disappointed when we were told that it had already been let.
Now it’s just
getting everything ready to move. It’s still not a move that I particularly
want to make, but at least it's the house that I wanted to move into, rather
than the second choice. When I got home this evening, I wrote my notice on this
property and Julie will deliver it for me tomorrow. The big advantage is that
the estate agent that we rent this property through is the same one that we
will be renting the next one through, so many of the admin checks etc. that
increase the cost of the move won't need to be done, as they were completed a
year ago.
So the
plan is to move into the new house on the 24th April, clean this place up on
25th & 26th, handing the keys back on the 26th, and then to Twickenham for
the Army v Navy rugby on the 27th.
Busy
times ahead!
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