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YES, we did it!!!

Today, Saturday, we drove around to go and see flats. A day, actually two days later then what we would have liked, we started hunting for a flat.

Absolutely everybody told us to check out Craigs list to find a place, which made MH very determined not to find a rental flat on there. And he was right, the rent was higher on there then what we found.

We took a practical approach to our first flat over here; close to the office, cheap as poss and clean. The flat is modern and in a complex. I can’t really describe the whole thing cos it is v American but it has a feel of like an hotel.

Walking between the flat and the office is max a 10 min walk

The flat is a 1 bedroom, 1 living room + with an small extra office space with open kitchen and good size bathroom. The company that owns the flats will paint it and put in a new carpet before we move in. I am a wood-floor kind of girl but I can live with a carpet that is brand new.

The flat has some sort of AC for heating as well. There is also a communal patio and gym. Washer/dryer room on each floor (not as good as the UK standard where we have it this in our flats). The price is just over $2,000/month plus utilities.

Naturally, after have been in the US for about 4 days, our credit score/history is basically nonexistence. The only thing we had to do was to pay a full months rent in deposit, which very reasonable. Plus they will pay us interest on the money.

And uhm, we have not actually paid the deposit yet but the flat has been signed on to us. We could not use out credit card so on Monday morning MH will go back be a Cashier Cheque.