21/08/19
My landlord is trying to sell the flat. Linda, the estate agent, leaves a voicemail. ‘Good morning. Just to make you aware that __________ has booked to view the property on blah blah blah at blah blah blah.’ As always, Linda finishes with, ‘Ooh, and Nick, as it’s booked for after 5pm, would you be OK taking the viewing yourself?’
My stomach turns.
What worries me most is that my lovely diminutive rented home of two years could possibly be taken away from me and to some extent, how come I’m doing Linda’s job for her? I’m suspicious of the switch from the initial business tone to the casual here-comes-the-weekend coolness.
Anyway, my stomach turns.
I love these three rooms (‘Cosy 1 bd apt, close to beach‘). My landlord is fair and my neighbours, too. It’d be an unsettling drag to have to leave. The mental and physical upheaval is a psychic burden.
No one ever seems to know what to ask when they view a property. I’m not such an expert but over the last year I have had some experience.
“Is it any bigger?”
“Is there no TV?”
“Are there any… issues?”
Dad would find the whole process baffling! He’d want to know, oh, something -something about the provenance of the leasehold, or, you know, the foundations or … er, the plumbing? I don’t know.
I do know that it would be a long, long lifetime before he asked, as today’s potential buyer did, “Is that the bloke from Talking Heads?” (It isn’t. It’s Mark E. Smith).
No doubt Linda would have been equally qualified to answer such enquiries?
Is this fiction or non. Regardless, it’s nice storytelling. If nonfiction I think you should tell Linda to take a flying _____.
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You’re right, of course, Jeff!
But, Linda don’t know her arts from her Elbow.
Thanks.
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We’re moving too, after 16 years in our apt. Adventure, but hard work, and a number of unknowns.
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Eee. Lots of stuff to move. Hooray for the adventure, hard work and unknowns. Peas x
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Moving sucks, especially when it’s not by your own choice. Good luck Nick!
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I agree with Jeff! Perhaps you should tell the estate agent that you are billing her for your time to show the flat. I hope you find a better place to live.
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Is it any bigger? Really? How hard did you have to bite your tongue to avoid making a sarcastic remark?
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Jeeves with show you the west wing…
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