Finding a flat and getting paid
Yay! I got paid on Tuesday, so I immediately went looking for somewhere to stay, somewhere closer to town. I have had a great time staying with Keith and Anne, but the 1.5 hour commute both ways was starting to get to me. 3hrs + at least 9 hours at work... makes for a lot of work related activity.
So I lined up three interviews, two in Camden and one in Bayswater. The first Camden one was on Tuesday night, and it went alright, but I don't think I was enough of a party animal to impress the two girls I met.
On the wednesday I got a call from a second Bayswater place and slipped it in between the second Camden place and the first Bayswater - this was a place i had been persuing for a couple of weeks with no luck and was by far the cheapest of the lot.
So I went to Camden, and no one was there! Shortly after, one of the guys turned up, but he was the guy who was leaving, and had already handed in his key. So we both stood outside chatting for half an hour before I had to leave for the cheap Bayswater place.
I got to the cheap Bayswater place, which is located 3 mins from Paddington station and 5 mins from Lancaster gate and Bayswater stations, and received a call from the Camden guys, just as I was approaching, to say sorry and organise another interview on Sunday.
Anyway, I went up to the cheap place and met Liina and was immediately impressed. Very clean, not to small. It was cheap because they'd sacrificed the lounge for a third bedroom - so the rent was 1/3 instead of 1/2. Good size bathroom, smallish kitchen but overall really nice.
Liina and I got on quite well and she virtually offered me the spot there and then, so I was very excited when I made it to the fourth and final place, about 15 minutes away near Queensway.
This place was way more expensive, but not any bigger. I met the person who was leaving, but not the person I would be living with, and was put off a bit by the person I met because of his smoking; but then I wouldn't be living with him, would i?
Anyway, I went out to dinner with Jo after all this and in the middle of that got a call from Liina offering me the place. So I woohooed for a bit before making my way home.
Went over on Thursday night and paid some deposit, then stayed there last night having taken about half my stuff (my clothes) from Keith and Annes.
I am off today to see a movie, then go to Keith and Annes to stay the night and thank them for letting me stay, then back tomorrow hopefully with all the remainder of my stuff.
So I lined up three interviews, two in Camden and one in Bayswater. The first Camden one was on Tuesday night, and it went alright, but I don't think I was enough of a party animal to impress the two girls I met.
On the wednesday I got a call from a second Bayswater place and slipped it in between the second Camden place and the first Bayswater - this was a place i had been persuing for a couple of weeks with no luck and was by far the cheapest of the lot.
So I went to Camden, and no one was there! Shortly after, one of the guys turned up, but he was the guy who was leaving, and had already handed in his key. So we both stood outside chatting for half an hour before I had to leave for the cheap Bayswater place.
I got to the cheap Bayswater place, which is located 3 mins from Paddington station and 5 mins from Lancaster gate and Bayswater stations, and received a call from the Camden guys, just as I was approaching, to say sorry and organise another interview on Sunday.
Anyway, I went up to the cheap place and met Liina and was immediately impressed. Very clean, not to small. It was cheap because they'd sacrificed the lounge for a third bedroom - so the rent was 1/3 instead of 1/2. Good size bathroom, smallish kitchen but overall really nice.
Liina and I got on quite well and she virtually offered me the spot there and then, so I was very excited when I made it to the fourth and final place, about 15 minutes away near Queensway.
This place was way more expensive, but not any bigger. I met the person who was leaving, but not the person I would be living with, and was put off a bit by the person I met because of his smoking; but then I wouldn't be living with him, would i?
Anyway, I went out to dinner with Jo after all this and in the middle of that got a call from Liina offering me the place. So I woohooed for a bit before making my way home.
Went over on Thursday night and paid some deposit, then stayed there last night having taken about half my stuff (my clothes) from Keith and Annes.
I am off today to see a movie, then go to Keith and Annes to stay the night and thank them for letting me stay, then back tomorrow hopefully with all the remainder of my stuff.
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