bitful

We saw a flat that we liked last night and made an offer that was accepted. I'll probably spend the morning filling in the reference form and chasing people across Europe to let them know that they might be contacted by a British agency to check me out. Strangely enough, yesterday's agent did not bat an eyelid when I explained that my main current and savings accounts are in Italy (I've just opened one here), my previous landlord is in Paris, my previous employer in Sweden and my current accountant in Italy.

Let's hope it all works out - I summon a "cross fingers across the internet for me" appeal. The flat is really nice and perfectly laid out for two single gay men: it's a split level conversion, with both double bedrooms on different floors, and not even one on top of the other, so we're going to have lots of privacy. The staircase and landings provide a lot of extra room that make the flat look bigger, and I'm sure G.'s cat will be thrilled to have plenty of stairs to roam up and down (but no balconies or garden unfortunately).

Some of the places I've seen make me want to arrange every single London estate agent neatly against a wall in front of a firing squad. A lot of compulsive liars and cheating vermin. What's wrong with them, wasting my time (and their own) by proposing unsuitable properties? I clearly mentioned what we were looking for, namely two independent double rooms, and one lady had the nerve to show us a flat where the rooms were laid out in a stupid "entrance -> front room -> single room -> kitchen -> double bedroom -> bathroom" sequence.
I could just imagine G. wanting to go to bed, going through my room and saying "Good night flatmate, good night sir… uhm… gentlemen… do you all play for the same team?"

Now Dave, you seem to be a very nice guy. Are you sure you are ruthless enough to step into the lions' den?

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