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  • zzzLazyDaisy
    zzzLazyDaisy Posts: 12,497 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    OP, this sort of thing is typical of what happens when you try to deal with things like this at a distance. Ask anyone who has ever had to buy or rent a place in a town miles away from where they currently live.

    The best advice is to get a room in a shared house / lodgings, put your personal possessions into storage if necessary, and then start looking around for somewhere more permanent when you get there.

    If you really must play their games, at least shop around and get a cheap rail ticket for the journey.

    I hope your employer is understanding about you taking all this time off work!
    I'm a retired employment solicitor. Hopefully some of my comments might be useful, but they are only my opinion and not intended as legal advice.
  • wnoktnwbr
    wnoktnwbr Posts: 83 Forumite
    zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »
    I hope your employer is understanding about you taking all this time off work!

    I am self employed for now. I'm moving to become employed, hah.
  • 19lottie82
    19lottie82 Posts: 6,033 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    OP can I be really nosey and ask what area this flat is in? I'm just tempted to see what 2000 pcm will get you for your money !
  • debrag
    debrag Posts: 3,426 Forumite
    yeah I'd like to see this amazing flat.
  • Beckyy
    Beckyy Posts: 2,833 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    You have a lot of patients, andmoney. I wouldn't be too chuffed at how disorganised it's all been if I were you!
  • wnoktnwbr
    wnoktnwbr Posts: 83 Forumite
    once I have signed and confirmed the place is mine I'll post the information on the place.
  • Strapped
    Strapped Posts: 8,158 Forumite
    wnoktnwbr wrote: »
    oh boy oh boy oh boy.

    So I had an appointment re-arranged for today, bought my tickets. ONCE AGAIN they've pulled out, this time same issue as the first time, tenant refuses to let the viewing take place.

    re-arranging for monday now. starting to think I'm on a hidden camera show. 3 times so far.

    :rotfl::T You've caught quite a few with this thread.
    They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -- Plato
  • 19lottie82
    19lottie82 Posts: 6,033 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I live in Glasgow and here is what that kind of cash can get you, rental wise.

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-31028452.html?premiumA=true

    (not really decorated to my taste, but lovely property, all the same - and the rent includes a gardener!)

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-31746388.html

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-32814820.html

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-20704773.html
  • sooz
    sooz Posts: 4,560 Forumite
    3 sets of train tickets wasted! :eek:
    Hope you are buying refundable/changeable ones now.
    How much has this flat cost you so far? If you add that to your budget, you can get somewhere MUCH better ;)
  • wnoktnwbr
    wnoktnwbr Posts: 83 Forumite
    sooz wrote: »
    3 sets of train tickets wasted! :eek:
    Hope you are buying refundable/changeable ones now.
    How much has this flat cost you so far? If you add that to your budget, you can get somewhere MUCH better ;)

    The first pair of tickets were only refundable for the outbound journey, the total cost of the tickets was £256 and I had £160 refunded, so I lost £96 on those. The second pair were £369 and I couldn't get those refunded because I had used them, I was only informed that they had cancelled after I had boarded the train. The third pair for today were fully refundable, wasn't making the same mistake a third time ;-)

    So I've lost £465 and about 5 hours of my time so far. Well, if you consider the time I spent adjusting my schedule to make the time for train journeys I've lost about 10 hours, maybe more.
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