Well, it’s that time of the year, again. This time, though, it should be a bit more permanent. I’m moving, with my girlfriend Fiona, to a nice flat in Dulwich (‘the poshest bit of South London’, as my Dad said). It’s an unfurnished flat, so we’ve had to do grown-up things like buying a bed [...]
Have spent the entire afternoon looking for a house/flat in Walthomstow (because it’s cheap but on the tube). Amusingly, all the estate agents seem to be on one small stretch of road. Having had appointments with four of them this afternoon, I feel I can make some sweeping generalisations: All estate agents, without exception, dress [...]
Hmm. We’ve got a large cupboard of about the same size going too…
One of my flatmates has gone home up north for the Christmas break, and decided to lock his door whilst he was away. Unfortunately, he seems to have left his alarm clock on. So, at 8AM this morning, we were woken up by the sound of Virgin Radio at a loud volume. It’s still playing [...]
In my last house, in Hackney, we had a mouse problem, for most of the year. There were droppings everywhere, and if you stayed up late you could see the little bastards scurrying around out of the corner of your eye. And no matter how hard you are, how rational you are, or how used [...]
So, I’ve finally moved myself from Hackney to Kentish Town. The move took a lot longer than expected and was pretty stressful, what with having to clean the old house and pack all my possessions, getting the estate agents to finally let us sign the contract and get the keys, moving all my damn stuff [...]
I had a problem: I’ve got too many books in my house and it’s going to make moving difficult. I had a solution: Sell them on eBay! Most of the books I want to get rid of are junky thrillers (which I’ll most likely never read again), so I thought it might be easier to [...]
Workmen are digging up the road right outside my house. They started early this morning with a loud pneumatic drill (the guy wasn’t even wearing earmuffs). Luckily, my bedroom is at the back of the house where the noise isn’t too bad, but it’s still pretty annoying to be deafened every time I leave the [...]
I’ve been given a copy of the tenancy contract that the lettings agent for my new flat will expect us to sign in a few days time. It’s seven pages long, and full of stupidly long sentences that make no sense. Here’s an example: TENANT’S OBLIGATIONS (d) Keep the.(sic) interior of the Property and all [...]
I haven’t blogged for a few days now, and my last post was really just a link. This is mostly because I just haven’t had the time, even though with uni finishing and no summer job found yet I just have bags of free time. I’m spending quite a bit of my time working on [...]