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Thursday, August 9, 2007

Whew we finally got our accomodation settled. Got the shock of our lives this morning when Chloe gave me a call and said the landlord was going back on his word and not renting the house to us! So last minute! and no prior notice at all... and that kuku Adrian din bother telling us at all the past few days! We rushed down in a rage and he said another agent had offered to rent out the house for a higher price for the owner.

Jialat.. we had done all our documentation stuff with this address, and were going to move in on Friday.. then this bombshell! We tried to argue with Adrian but he said he cud do nothing cos the agreement we signed tied us down but not the landlord! Wat kind of law is dis mah!! Stoopid UK laws... buay tahan their systems.. really so brainless!

In the end we had no choice but to offer a higher price and hope for the best. Meanwhile we started looking at other apartments, halfheartedly.. after all the effort we've put into looking for properties we just couldnt accept the fact that we had to do it all over again. Luckily after a pretty long time (rem how slow things move here) the landlord finally called back and said he accepted our improved offer. Actually I'm still pretty sceptical about how true this whole episode is.. we were in Adrian's office the whole while, and he did not once manage to get hold of the landlord to tell him about our new offer. He left a voicemail, but did not tell him how much we're offering. Yet suddenly this phonecall came saying the landlord had accepted our new offer le.. sounds suspicious doesn't it how the landlord suddenly knew how much we're offering.

After waiting 1hr for our contract, kuku Adrian told us to wait for his call to view the house again, and off we went wandering around town again. Paced up and down along High Street till almost 5, then figured that Adrian must be up to no good again, then went back, just to find (pretty much expected) that he had already got news, but conveniently forgot to call us again.. irresponsible guy. We wouldnt be able to see the house today, gotta wait till tmr, so its yet another wasted trip le. Haiz well at least we finally got the landlord to commit le.

Haha sorrie to be complaining so much.. but this long drag and the regular bang sairs from Adrian are really getting on my nerves.

Well at least we had a proper lunch today! We kept our cheese and onion rolls in our bags and headed for the Spoon and Moon restaurant to give ourselves a little treat. Had pasta and meatball for 3.25pd.. the meatballs were pretty good, but the pasta was rubbery! Better than our "Reduced to Clear" instant meals from Tesco anyway. The fish and chips Jieli and Yingyi had was pretty nice too! And we managed to kope many many packets of various sauces so we can save on them when we move into our new home haha!

Aniwei feeling pretty bored again.. watching Anaconda on tv and waiting for my laundry to be done. Faster wash all my clothes now before the sun runs out and we can't hang them out to dry! Hopefully tmr brings better luck with everything. We'll finally be going to the new house again (I pray) and hopefuuly the landlord kept his promise and left us all the stuff he promised to leave behind. I can only hope for now...
Okie.. laundry done le.. time to hang them out.. till my next entry.. ciaoz~



senz posted at 12:07 AM

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