For fuck sake!
Who would have thought finding a place in seven days would have been so hard.
Well we haven’t done it yet, most of the week was wasted trying to find a three bedroom place - until the third guy wanted to go it alone, he said he would be very demanding and wanted to live on his own. Fair enough, so we used the remaining time looking for 2 bed places.
Confirmed one really nice place, ready to get the contract to sign and what a surprise, it’s been taken by someone else. Today we looked around two places, neither really very good, the first one had a really nice landlord and the place wasn’t too bad, but not that good really either. Was more like a student gaff. Second, I can’t put my finger on why it wasn’t good enough - but it wasn’t really where I want to live.
So tomorrow morning - the last day we have accomodated here in Belgium, we look at another in Schuman. Nice district, near the EU building. 7th floor - I hope they have a lift. I really hope this is a nice place. If not, I will stay on for a few days out here, get a hostel somewhere. Maybe Leuven because it’s cheaper than the city centre itself, and I’d like to visit it too.
Just… what a massive drag this has become. Disappointment after disappointment, being let down by annoying, lazy, rude or unprofessional estate agents and homeowners, or just the houses themselves.
I really hope living here isn’t this hard, that would be massively shit.
So now to tidy this room up, pack my things, reconcile all the people I’ve emailed for tomorrow to chase them up so we can get more viewings, look at hostels for tomorrow night, rearrange my transport home, get 4 hours sleep and get up to view this place. Moving is well fun!
3 months ago