Following up again
Found a new flat. Further out of town (which = sad because I ♥ this neighbourhood) but bigger, warmer, lighter, two bedrooms, fireplaces, awesome kitchen, a little garden, free parking...
In short, epic win.
We viewed like three other places today. One was quite nice except for the extremely passive-aggressive sign in the hallway, in all caps, that pretty much said WE CAN HEAR EVERYTHING YOU DO. IF YOU ARE NOISY YOU SHOULD NOT LIVE HERE. Another was OK but cold. The final one was terrifying; it had a miniscule bedroom at the back, a tiny bathroom with a ridiculously high ceiling that gave the impression of sitting at the bottom of a well, a kitchen with an extractor fan but no cooker, and the biggest living room I have ever seen. It was completely unfurnished except for a single wooden chair. In the hallway were several framed posters of the Queen, a St George's flag, and a vaguely nationalistic prayer. Clearly the house of a serial killer.
Anyway, yay, and I'm stupidly relieved to have got this sorted out, and I promise to post something soon that is related to actual fandom or something similar.