Bursting!

I have been checking the real estate webpages constantly, waiting for my UK flat to be listed. Nada. I was getting annoyed. Then the agent called. He has already shown three people through (!) and one has offered the asking price (!!)

To say I'm stoked would be an understatement. He also wants a quick settlement and hopes to be all done and dusted by Christmas. Insanity, said I, 'tis but four weeks till law firms close for the holidays... but even mid-January would be lovely.

It does make me wish more cheap Australian homes would appear. But I think I'm resigned to renting and saving for a while. Here's hoping my conveyancer is at least telling the truth when claiming to be fast.

And good news #2, we have a flat to rent! I'm over the moon. I'm also really skint after paying the deposit and advance rent. So skint I'm not sure how we will manage until Centrelink get their shit together and process my claims for income support and family payments. I'd call my mood half stoked, half anxious. Fortunately, family have offered a lot of things we will need. 🙏