Comments on: Something Personal

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:33:39 +0000

Thanks Monika Yes men really have to make out their simple cold is life threatening. I guess it allows them to justify staying in bed and feeling sorry for themselves

By: Monika @ The Writers Manifesto

Monika @ The Writers Manifesto — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:55:48 +0000

Woohoo,

I'm real happy for you guys as you are the person who deserves it most Sarah.

I had to laugh about your man flu description. It is funny how guys becomes wusses when they have a little something wrong.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:04:00 +0000

I can well believe the difference. Afterall, renters won't make the agents as much money. At least we've got sorted now and these agents seem pretty nice. Get the keys on Monday

By: Granty

Granty — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:54:41 +0000

There is more to renting than meets the eye and it is shocking how different you are treated, when looking to rent rather than buy (from my experience).

We were going to rent after one purchase fell through but when it came to the costs of references/administration/etc, we decided to find another place to buy (quick!) and not have to repay survey/mortgage fee's and the like.

Our solicitors were useless and took some pushing, mind. Can't complain to much though, a fairly nice cheque turned up from them the other day; not entirely sure what it is for (got a rough idea from costs I queried) but am not going to question!

Good luck with it all, hope you get settled soon.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:56:17 +0000

It is a bit of daylight robbery considering the credit report is free (as I've done it myself!)

However, the good news is we got the house so the fee hasn't been wasted!

By: ses5909

ses5909 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:48:07 +0000

Those estate agents just make a killing on fees don't they? Sorry to hear about the house and hopefully the next one pans out. What a PITA.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:29:48 +0000

Hi Guys, sorry I was away all yesterday in Cardiff.

@Matt – I've never known renting to be this hard. The moving is the easy bit, but sorting out somewhere to live has become so much harder.

@Jem – I don't envy you! As for being messed around, it just goes to show how ignorant people are. Oh and any mention on my plugins would be very much appreciated

@Jalaj – It still is. I've always had 2 blogs on this domain and the front page (for about 18 months) has displayed posts from both sites. In fact you've commented on both blogs

By: Jalaj

Jalaj — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:01:47 +0000

Your site earlier used to be
http://www.stuffbysarah.net/ais (after ais.sarahfreelance.co.uk) and now it's /blog… isn't it affecting traffic?

By: Jem

Jem — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:23:54 +0000

Sorry to hear you were messed about and didn't get the house you were after. Karl and I will be looking for somewhere bigger in the new year and I'm dreading having to go through that fuss all over again. I'll spare you a second rant about estate agents!

I'm thinking of doing an entry on WP plugins and I'll probably find time to give your new one a mention as its relevant to the topic.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:46:04 +0000

Renting and sorting it all out is so stupidly expensive and tedious its easy to forget your the customer!

Only one agent got back to us and we had to push them, to be fair, they got us sorted and we moved in within 2 weeks to our new place.

Jade wants to move again back to Kidderminster, but I dont think I can be bothered with all the hassle just 6 months after doing it all.

Wish Dave well for me, man flu is deadly, and I hope you are looking after him well.

Tis a womans place after all!