Hey everyone
Today, I can complete a 3 week search for a flat for me and Smiley to be together, cost me alot of energy, sweat, stress and nearly some blood also
So the last weeks I found how stressing it is to find something decent to live in here in London, for a good price (I guess a "good price" is just how you feel it is off course), but I have seen places... well... one place in particular, if you put something like that on the market in Belgium you get prosecuted for it, and people in London really still pay alot of money to live there, amazing.
First thing that went wrong for me was the use off an agency
Not gonna say what agency cause I am sure they only worked in the guidelines set up for them, and probably how most of them work here in London but it did gave me a stressy event.
I found a really nice appartment with them (close to Elephant & Castle for those that know London*), a place we (me and Smiley) feel we could pay when we were together.
But the thing is, She is not here for another month so I didn't wanted to give her name on the contract, also cause if I did I would have to pay £75 fee for her name so they would do a background check on her... and she's in the US.
And at the end, although all was going well the agency told me that they can't rent me the place based on my income.
The thing is that I have a job here, to be considered as being "temporary" although I work 6 months for them now, and... even worse... the agency could not take in consideration my freelance time cause it doesn't give me a fixed income that I can proove off
They said I could get the place if I was willing to pay 3 months deposit... aaaargh...
I got so stressed out... what does it proove when I pay 3 months deposit for the place? does that all the sudden proove that I can pay the place for a year?
The coming days I decided never to use an agency in London again, their rules are sooooo out dated and when you use one, all they do is hold you down in your search for a better thing.
I had it before with a job agency also, it's really ridiculous.
So I had to start it all over again, and the two weeks after were really busy.
At the end Smiley, in her time after work (and abit at work... shhh) searched for places on the net (on gumtree and Loot) and mailed them to me.
Then when I got home I found them in my mailbox ready to call them and see if they were any good.
So it's a good thing she could check up websites like that, on that time since it goes really fast here in London, most things, when I called for them were already gone
But we did found something... although not all our wishes came true, one of Smiley's wishes couldn't be more on it than this place.
She said it has to be close to easy public transportation in and out the city and... well
this place in Camden is what we got (link to Google Maps)
Right next to Mornington Crecsent tube station, any closer and we would be living inside that building itself (although that would be cool hehehe).
Now I just have to wait to get broadband there again
So that's the reason why I won't be online for a week or two from tomorrow on.
The good thing is that they have cable there so that's what I am getting.
Next weekend will be a trip to Belgium also, to get some more stuff to our place now and then... just a few weeks more before Smiley will arrive
