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Well, as of this morning I have a house in Cambridge. We signed the contracts (which are ...detailed, but not particularly onerous), got the keys and set up the standing order to pay the rent, and now the house is pretty much ours. It's furnished, with a lot of things the landlady has provided, and we popped out and bought most of the missing bits today. Unaccountably, this does not include a vegetable peeler, because apparently nowhere in Cambridge sells ones I like.
There are a few issues I need to raise with the letting agency, mostly relating to the security of one of the external doors and the fact that the doorbell does not work, but for the most part I'm pretty happy with it. Once I've raised my list of issues, I wonder who the letting agency will think is more anal, me or the landlady... Given the place has fire safety posters, smoke alarms and fire extinguishers everywhere, she probably still wins.
Ah well. That's sorted, and I have a work contract in my bag to read and sign tomorrow. Things are coming together. Tomorrow I go back to Brighton, and finish putting things in boxes, then start moving in earnest. For now I have a new bed, and some Egyptian Cotton sheets. Tomorrow can wait :)