We're moving into our new house this weekend, as planned.
Of course, the house is not the one we expected to move into. Apparently the landlord was using our lease agreement to bid up the price on their current tenants. So even though he/she "agreed" to lease the house to us, they never really intended to do so.
We found this out on Tuesday, which meant we had three days to find a new house. A quick glance at the listings indicated approximately nothing available for a family of four.
Fortunately, we had the assistance of one Katie Aungles, who knew someone who was selling their house, talked them into renting it to us instead, and then found us an entire house worth of furniture for 4000 pounds. Which will be delivered on Saturday. Needless to say, Katie is way up on my list of favorite people right now.
If you're keeping track at home:
1) Guitar stolen at Heathrow/Dulles? Check!
2) Relocation consultant fails to arrange for transportation from London to Nottingham? Check!
3) Relocation consultant fails to inform temporary housing that we're coming? Check!
4) Relocation consultant fails to arrange for a bank in the UK? Check!
5) Payroll deducts my cost-of-living increase from my salary instead of adding it? Check!
6) Landlord rents house out from under us? Check!
On the bright side, I got a truly excellent haircut today, so at least I have that going for me.
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