I am now...

[serina_ds]

ALL MOVED INTO MY NEW FLAT!!! Woohoo!

I have just gotten the curtains finally bought and hung today. Mirrors have been put up, and the place has had a thorough going over by the cleaner.

All of a sudden, it feels cosy and homelike.

There are still areas that need to be dealt with - mostly minor bits that require a little more work than expected - but overall, I'm pretty happy. Other than still needing to find another flatmate, of course. I'm hoping that someone wonderful will pop up wanting a room soon, whether male or female. I don't want to feel anxious, or lose this lovely feeling of being comfortable in a brand new place, but the finances won't hold out forever. I need another flatmate!

But for now there's just me. My current only flatmate will be moving in on Sunday. Until then, I will sit and absorb the quiet and tranquility of my brand new flat. All by myself.

Bliss...

Comments

[pir.livejournal.com]

How much are you asking for the room, btw? I know a couple of people who might want to move more in this direction but don't know how much they can afford.

[serina_ds]

It's going to be around £550 a month - all inclusive, bills, council tax, phone, broadband, Sky TV, the lot. I've been told that's a reasonable sum, to not have to deal with anything except rent.
And if you did manage to find someone who wanted to move in, I would shower you with huggles!

Btw, it's odd that though we live so close now, I haven't seen you in ages! See you soon, yeah?

[pir.livejournal.com]

Yes! Things have been busy... drink or Pembury sometime?

[emma]

Hello! I'm a friend of Pir's and he pointed me in your direction since I'm thinking about moving. I'm having a nightmare at my current place, a tiny 2 bedroom flat rented through Black Katz (*spit*), and my current flatmate will be doing his own thing once we move, which will be a mutually agreeable time in the relatively near future as we're now on a rolling monthly contract. We were thinking early May, but that may well be flexible. I'm not sure whether it would be soon enough for you though, if you've been there for a few weeks already and would need a third more quickly to cover the money side of things.

I'm living in upper Holloway at the moment and I'm not entirely sure I want to be as far out as Walthamstow, but I know P + M there, as well as someone else. And I work near Oxford Circus, so it would be easy to get to work, just taking a bit longer than it does right now. It turns out £550 is my absolute upper limit, but for rent only, so rent AND everything else for that, in a newly renovated place without dodgy management agencies, is quite an attractive prospect. I might even be able to *gasp* SAVE money for the future!

Anyway, I just wanted to say hi. P tells me he doesn't think we've met and I'm not sure I know of you from the info on your LJ, but I can see you know a couple of the same people. I'm also not sure how useful this comment is since I'm being a bit vague and noncommittal and practicalities might not work out or line up, but there's not much harm in commenting anyway :)

[serina_ds]

Well hi there! Always glad to meet a friend of P's.

In terms of the room, I've just (literally about a week ago) gotten someone in. They might need a bit more space though, as they're thinking of moving in with their fiance, in which case I will definitely let you know!

However, I have just had a thought...there is another flat in Leyton which has a couple of rooms open. Very nice (I lived there for a year and a half!), it would probably be around £560-650 a month with bills included. Again, no dodgy management agencies - it's owned by my parents, above my dad's accountancy firm, and there's a few girls in there right now.

If you're interested, I can let you have some details. The rooms are free right now, so there's a possibility that they might be gone by May, but they're not being advertised (it's only for friends and employees of my dad) so they might still be free by then.

Let me know if that's helpful!

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Ooh, have fun.