Moving House

This has been an interesting week. Over the weekend I decided that I can't afford to continue paying what I'm paying in rent, let alone pay more. So on Monday I told Kirsty that I would be moving out as of the end of February. I set up a profile online to find a new sharehouse and started contacting people. I heard back from a good number of those people and set up times to view places. On Wednesday I had my first viewing, and although the place is really small, I quite liked it and the area it's in. The guy living there said I could have the room if I wanted it and I said I'd let him know by Monday as I had some more places lined up to see.

On Thursday morning Kirsty and I talked again about the housing situation and she said that she doesn't want to stay here either and pay the higher rent, since we actually don't have a leg to stand on in fighting the increase. (Our new oven and stove top, while electric, are a good brand. We looked it up online it the landlord spent about $2600 on them. We'll be sending cookies. We've come to realize that while the landlord is pushy and has boundary issues, he's not completely evil.)

So today we are going to go and look at some rental properties and see if we can continue to live together. The most likely bet is that we'll get a 3 bedroom place and bring in a 3rd person. We still have to figure out if we are going to give notice on this place at the end of the month and take a leap of faith or wait until we have something lined up.

I'm still looking at the sharehouses that I had already agreed to see. I looked at a place yesterday but it wasn't a good fit. I've got 2 more places lined up to see on Saturday. It's possible that within a week of having decided to move out, I may have the who what when where and how sorted out. At the very least I'll have the who and when figured out.