Tuesday, May 23, 2006

 

Wanted: Nai to snap to it!

We are currently apartment shopping. Actually, because we are moving out of state, we are managing the apartment shopping while Nai does all the footwork. Generally, I am in favor of being the peon, because then only one person (the "boss man") will generally be mad at me. Whereas, when you are the manager, all of your managees are likely to revolt (or at least that is how I imagine it, given my general lack of respect towards those in middle management.)

But, managing Nai is oddly satisfying! I mean, I pretend to be all concerned about his schedule and free time, but secretly I look forward to telling him "Call her" or "Go there." (In an effort to maintain an efficient working relationship, the "you" is understood.) Of course, delegating the responsibility to Nai of finding us shelter does have its potential obstacles. For example, in his quest for us to be next door neighbors, he may choose to neglect to mention that the bathroom and the kitchen are a shared space. Or he might overlook the woman on the first floor who is expecting triplets.

We are just going to throw caution to the wind and trust that Nai would rather not hear me bitch and moan for the next year about the apartment he chose for us. Which, given my great skills in the bitching and moaning department, he probably has already carefully considered it.

Comments:
I think a bathroom-kitchen combo is a great idea, and I shall seek one out for you. Just think of all the time you can save.

Nai
 
We had very good results form letting someone choose a rental house for us. They even drew out a floor plan for us on the computer and emailed it to us. Is Nai doing that for you? If not, he really should.

The downside was that after we moved away this same person continued to house hunt using our name. She'd go to houses costing a half million GBP and say she was our agent. It got a little uncomfortable. But she was unstable. Not like Nai.
 
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