The room in clapham south didnt work out , and I was somewhat in the shit. Fortunately I still had my current place as there was overlap, but I was going to marseille for the week end..So what happened ?
Well I had set on my way the evening before having arranged parking with a friend of hers nearby for 20 pounds per week. It would help me move stuff across from soth norwood. I got 5 miles into the journy and realised I had forgotten my cheque book, I couldnt do it any other way, I was thinking it was also a bad start and would sound like some kind of invented story ! and besides I would have to pay her in some other form, so I turned back. Mum said she thought I would be back !
What was interesting was how dipsy anabel (the live in landlord) was that week end in me trying to arrange things. When I had viewed the room it was unfinished and had a horrid fold down bed attached to the wall but had a separate mezzanine section. She assured me she was getting things done for the move in of monday.
I arrived after a strenuous trip and it was hard to reach her on her phone. In fact it turned out she had two mobiles one was new she informed me and she forgot she had a new phone ! So things were already a bit difficult for me and when I saw that nothing had been done in the room I was not pleased, it was not ready to move in to, but no matter move forward solve the problem I said to myself. We had a few meaningless scentences skirting around the fact that the room was a bit of a mess in its current state. She also wanted to keep my passport as security ! this was not really great for my mind ..was I out of touch also she didnt want my girlfriend staying over because of the bathroom situation !!! well this was the first I had heard of a bathroom situation. So I was about to sign the check and I was feeling that things were very wrong, the computer desk i was resting on was covered in dust, I was in a less than clean space. I said do you think we will get on better when all this money stuff is out of the way ? (she didnt seem to want to give me a receipt for the deposit either) and she said I'm not sure..
We mutually agreed it wouldnt work, shook on it. She told me I had a nice jacket and I left. What was I to do ? luckily I was still in south norwood until friday morning. And this doubling up of rent was the main drag about the room not being done, paying for two rooms and neither ideal or really liveable.
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