Flat Hunting Nightmare
If you've been following my blog, you might have noticed that my past few entries have been rather short and there is not much elaboration on what's happening lately. Oh well, life has been busy. What with? The latest, is flat hunting.
In this big big city, there are loads of properties to let. The moment you open up the latest lettings newspaper, or run a search online, you will find loads of lettings. You can find a place in matter of days. However, the biggest headache is to find the right property within your price range which is in good condition, at the desired location. No doubt London lettings are abundant, they all seem to have something missing or carry flaws if you look carefully.
So how have the husband and I been going about our flat hunting you might wonder? We have set a rather simple search criteria:
1) 1-2 bedroom flat, in clean condition
2) Not more than 10mins walk from the tube station
3) Accessible to local grocery shops - Sainsbury, or Tesco, or Asda
4) On the north western area, preferably on the northern line
After viewing 6 flats in Camden Town, 4 flats in Golders Green, 4 flats in Docklands' Isle of Dogs, we were still without a decision until yesterday. *SIGH*... is it us? Or is it really that difficult to find a nice place?
We went on to view 5 more flats yesterday in Docklands, within the Isle of Dogs area. On the 4th viewing, the husband went really really detailed in checking the place. At that moment, I knew that it was the flat we're gonna take. It felt right somehow.
We ended up choosing a 2bedroom flat, located approximately 5mins walk from the nearest DLR station, approximately 10mins walk to the local grocery store Asda, and approximately 30mins to both our work place. The flat appears in rather new condition, in a nice & quiet neighbourhood, and the living room overlooks the docks and in the background we can see Canary Wharf on a clear day.
*Phew!* That was a tough job indeed.
So now it is the document processing period. The property agent is working on preparing the contract, getting the flat ready etc. Hopefully things would be smooth for our move next weekend. *Fingers crossed*
In this big big city, there are loads of properties to let. The moment you open up the latest lettings newspaper, or run a search online, you will find loads of lettings. You can find a place in matter of days. However, the biggest headache is to find the right property within your price range which is in good condition, at the desired location. No doubt London lettings are abundant, they all seem to have something missing or carry flaws if you look carefully.
So how have the husband and I been going about our flat hunting you might wonder? We have set a rather simple search criteria:
1) 1-2 bedroom flat, in clean condition
2) Not more than 10mins walk from the tube station
3) Accessible to local grocery shops - Sainsbury, or Tesco, or Asda
4) On the north western area, preferably on the northern line
After viewing 6 flats in Camden Town, 4 flats in Golders Green, 4 flats in Docklands' Isle of Dogs, we were still without a decision until yesterday. *SIGH*... is it us? Or is it really that difficult to find a nice place?
We went on to view 5 more flats yesterday in Docklands, within the Isle of Dogs area. On the 4th viewing, the husband went really really detailed in checking the place. At that moment, I knew that it was the flat we're gonna take. It felt right somehow.
We ended up choosing a 2bedroom flat, located approximately 5mins walk from the nearest DLR station, approximately 10mins walk to the local grocery store Asda, and approximately 30mins to both our work place. The flat appears in rather new condition, in a nice & quiet neighbourhood, and the living room overlooks the docks and in the background we can see Canary Wharf on a clear day.
*Phew!* That was a tough job indeed.
So now it is the document processing period. The property agent is working on preparing the contract, getting the flat ready etc. Hopefully things would be smooth for our move next weekend. *Fingers crossed*
2 Comments:
ya...I remember last year how me and my hubby look for the rite place for us. We FOUND and waited for a month for renovation. $$ running staying in hotels.
Good luck with the flat hunting. I hope you find what you want soon.
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