How to rent a house in 30 easy steps:
1) Find one you like
2) Go and see it on the outside (get the wrong house, but like the street anyway ...)
3) Go and see the right one with the house agent.
4) Decide you like it, put down a deposit.
5) Find people to share it with.
6) Hear from the land agent that the owners decided to rent to another couple.
7) Look for other houses.
8) Wait about 6 weeks.
9) Hear from the land agent again - couple's references turned down - conversation ensues:
"Do you still want the house?"
"Yes, but let me talk to the others."
"Others - do we still want the house?" "Yes," "Yes," "Yes" (from someone new) ... and silence from the last one.
10) Look for a final person.
11) Find lots of candidates - Me (send lots of photos) : "Do you want the house?", Them: "Yes,", Agent: "Sorry, we can't let to someone who hasn't seen it in the flesh"
12) Find more candidates, and make times with the agents to see it. Me:"Do you want the house?", Her (Swiss): "Yes," Agents: "You need to pay the year's rent in advance ..". Find another person (Polish) - Me: "Do you want the house?", Her: "Yes," Agents: "We don't like getting references for Russians."
13) &^%$*@
14) Get email from Romania from girl who saw the house the first time round. Me: "Do you want the house?", Her: "Yes", Agents: (silence).
15) Write email presenting 4 girls in full time employment and ask to be submitted for the house. Awat response from agents.
16) Continue with the awaiting thing.
17) Phone the agents just in case the email went astray. "Sorry, agent #1 has gone on holiday." Bite nails, as two of us are going away at the end of the week.
- Posted by flyingkiwi on 13/08/2006.
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