WOW, if anyone has ever said that househunting is easy, they are a bit misguided (or otherwise really lucky!) I have had a really stressful week, the first one since being in Chester when I just wanted to go home! At the start of the week it was all going really nicely, we had a group of us willing to share together, getting to know each other a bit more by going out and things, which was really nice. We started looking on the tuesday, and saw an amazing house that just felt right at the time, we were all really up for getting it, but then things happened, and the landlady seemed to be messing us around a bit by saying that we needed to pay an extortionate amount of deposit, £540 to be precise... without seeing a finalised contract. We were told not to hand any money over until having signed a contract first, so we were apprehensive, but willing to give her the benefit of the doubt cos of the amazing value of the house and what it had to offer. All the other houses we had seen seemed like boxes and sheds compared to this one. It really met everything that we wanted in a house, and was reasonable. Then one person wasn't sure about it, so he dropped out. And I felt weird about the house, I also felt like we were being a bit fleeced by the landlady (it was either that or that she didn't seem to know what she was doing, which could also have been true) It just wasn't sitting right with me. But everyone else seemed to be fine about it still. Then I pulled out, and left everyone in the lurch, which I know I shouldn't have done, (they're ok about it now, and respect the fact that I told them rather than not telling them at all and living there just because.) I also had been offered a room with a gorgeous house, from a friend from CU, who I get on with really well. So I thought that I would take that one instead. I mean, I don't know all of the people that I will be living with next year, like I would know all of the people that I wanted to live with...so it will be good to get to know them, but a bit scary too. The house is bargainous for what it is. And as the people will be moving out next year (cos they are in the second year now) I might be able to persuade some other people that I know better to move in with me in my final year. Who knows?!?
I know that my friendships with people have been tested this week, but hopefuly they will have been made stronger. I think that this will be the case. I did actually want to go home this week, or to Manchester but this has put things back a bit.
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Hey, sounds like you did the right thing - shouldn't put money down until you have the contract. I'm no expert, but our deposit was only £200 and that was Oxford.
Its a right pain doing houses - it seems simpler just to do the easiest thing for everyone else, but I did that and it turned out to the worst year of my life!
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