Moving house

April 22, 2008

After seven years in the same sharehouse, I’m finally moving out with my partner. It’s been a long time and it’s amazing how much stuff I’ve been able to throw out – I’d estimate that the ratio of keep:toss would be about 1:3 as I’ve been pretty ruthless. We’re moving to a place in Essendon, just near Windy Hill. Just in time for the big ANZAC day AFL match so it could be an interesting time for a Collingwood fan so deep in enemy territory…

Surprisingly, it wasn’t too bad applying for the house, even in Melbourne’s current real estate climate. We looked at about seven or eight, but this was the first we applied for, even though it was the upper range of the budget. We got it first shot, taking most of the stress off our backs. A tip for people looking at real estate agents in the Essendon area: check out Sheryl Upton, they have been fantastic, which is a big wrap for a real estate agent. Brad Teal, our existing real estate agent, on the other hand has been absolutely appalling and should be avoided at all cost. Cannot wait to move so we can be finished with them.

The downside is the amazing amount of time it takes to connect an ADSL service with iinet. After tomorrow, it sounds like I will be internetless for about three weeks. I just hope that there’s some friendly neighbourhood wifi in the area I can ‘borrow’ for a while.

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