Decisions, Decisions

Posted on 2005/12/14 11:19:58 (December 2005).

[Monday 12th December]
I'd told Chie we ought to "sleep on" the decision about which apartment to apply for, thinking somehow it would all become magically clearer when we awoke. Well, as you might expect, this was really just a delaying tactic, and I woke up still in two minds as to which of the two places we liked to go for.

However, during the day I spoke to the estate agents and explained my indecision. I then rather nonchalantly suggested we were only interested in going ahead with the second place if they could get the reikin (up front fees, a pet hate of mine) down from one month's rent to zero. I didn't really think this was possible, but I thought as I wasn't that desperate to take either of the two places it was a worthwhile gamble.

To my suprise the estate agents got back to me at the end of the day and said they'd give us the flat with zero reikin. This was the sign I'd been waiting for, and after a quick consultation with Chie I gave the go ahead to the agent to start going ahead with the contract.

Well of course the contract could still fall through again like it did last time, but this time we're doing it all through my company, rather than as private individuals. It is apparently pretty rare to be turned down with a corporate contract, especially with a company as high profile as mine... but no doubt there is a first time for everything! We shall just have to wait and see.

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