Went to view those flats yesterday afternoon. We found the place ok, it was once a large Georgian house that has been converted into 8 flats, turns out there were 3 empty. She took us into the first one and I was immediately put off by it's location - the very first door on the groud floor! I thought it would be too noisy. I knew before I got there that the bedroom, although separate from the living area, did not have a door to it but there was going to be an archway between both rooms. Se said that some people put a curtain pole up and curtains to separate the rooms, I thought this a good idea but for some unknown reason I was not keen at all on this flat. The kitchen was small, but big enough for one person and the bathroom had a state of the art shower!!! It's like a tardis, apparently as the landlord has not put baths into any of the flats he's gone to town on the showers. The final thing that put me off that place was the mould growing in the fridge (it's not a good idea to keep the thing turned on with the door shut if you've not cleaned it properly! Other than that, it was clean, tidy, but just not me.
We then went up to the second floor and into another one bed like the one I'd already seen but the kitchen and bathroom were in a different place and even though the living space was slightly smaller I almost immediately couls see myself living there. There were gorgeous views of the hills, it was a lovely sunny day and it was so bright in the room which made it seem larger than it was. The bathroom in this flat had a large window which was nice, the only room without a window is the kitchen (mum said to get a nice picture up in there to 'brighten' it up)!! We spent ages in here then went off to the 3rd floor, top of the house to see the last flat.
This one was advertised as a 2 bed, when you got onto the top step you either went left to the open plan living space and kitchen with the bathroom off it and to the left were 2 bedroom. There were different steps and levels all over the place! It was not to my liking at all. When I said I didn't like it the agent asked why..... I explained what changes could be made and if it looked how I was describing I'd be tempted.
We decided to go back down to the one on the second floor for another look. I decided I wanted it so I've paid my holding deposit and provisionally said I'd be looking to move around the 1st June. I did some thinking today and have decided if I can sort everything out over the next few days then I'm aiming for the 28th May....... It's soooooo exciting.
I'm not 100% sure I'm ready for this, but it's worth giving it a try and mum has said I can always come home if it doesn't work out for me. Think she's just a bit worried what with me not really going anywhere to see people, lack of social life and me being on anti depressants. Guess I won't know until I try. It'll be nice to have my own space again and maybe concentrate on doing what I want to do when I want to do it and find myself again.
