Ok, today was an eye opener...£16.50 to wash clothes...and really not that many. So, the equivalent of $33.00 to wash clothes. Ouch. Chris thinks he can expense it since we are not in permanent housing, but wow! How do people live here without a cost of living adjustment like Chris has? We complain about the cost of things, but really Chris' company has been very generous with us, so we don't think we will actually lose money, but we certainly aren't going to walk away with extra in the bank.
Anyway, we looked at 5 properties today, one was just part furnished (didn't really have enough for us to live in it), another looked like the people just one day decided to leave a couple of months ago. Strange. There was even jars of change around the house and drawings from their children on the fridge. The agent said that no one was living there, but I don't know if that was really correct. Anyway, they didn't have a bathtub, and they had a pond in the back yard so that one was right out.
There are three that we would consider. The first one we saw is along the river Medway in an affluent neighborhood. It is really nice and close to the Cathedral and all the good stuff in Rochester. The only problem with it is that it isn't available until July, other than that it is perfect. We are trying to talk with them to get it earlier, but they have a child in school so, we don't think it is likely. Next there was a place slightly farther from work, but it was a nice home. The family has moved to Australia and are renting out their home as an investment. It was nice and close to a park. Teri liked this one second over the first one we saw. But, Chris likes the second one better because it comes with a grounds keeper service to do all the weeding and grass mowing. They are also very flexible and we can ask for things. They are going to provide a wide screen TV and a new bed already. But, it didn't have a dryer and we will probably want to ask for that, some linens, bedspreads, and cable connection for internet. The last place that we liked was very close to work and was very modern. It was missing some things we would like to have, but would serve fine we think and we can rent some items I'm sure, but it is way up a hill and Teri wasn't so sure about that if she is going to be pushing a baby stroller.
We think we are going to follow up on the first one and see if they will pull in their date at all, if so, we may just wait for it. But, the second one is very tempting if they come through with agreeing to a dryer, queen size bed, linen, and installing cable if they don't have it. Oh yeah, the first place has a king size bed, so that is a big plus. Apparently, we have some real pull with landlords because my work is paying the rent and it is more or less guaranteed and regular and landlord like that.
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