We never talk anymore
I'm so terrible at updating this thing.
Anyway, here I am. And I do still read my flist every day, I just don't post!
I work. I get the train. I get train rage. (£960 for my ticket for 3 months this time around, and they haven't got me home on time for two months now! And it'll be more when I renew at the end of March. IF I renew...because....)
We're probably moving to London. That's the big news. We've talked about it for ages, I've talked a bit with my Dad (he's already going to come with my step mum and stay and go to the theatre - yayes!) but this latest price increase, plus Jojo hopefully getting a job end of this month/next, will be the kicker that makes us move.
We're leaning toward Acton (not South! Ick. North, probably.). Wembley wouldn't be too bad. I really want to be North of the river, because of work, and I don't want to be out East, so it was North or West. I don't like Shepherd's Bush, so we needed to be further out than that! And Acton, whilst not wildly exciting, is affordable (sums are current rate +bills+travel must equal slightly less than potential rent + bills.) And I'd like to be able to cycle to work, therefore keeping travel costs to a minimum. Plus we're not big on the nightlife. We're old and calm nowadays! We'd just like to chill, have parks close-ish, a few amenities not too many miles away, that sort of thing.
My big renting issues are No Lower ground/garden/basement/ground floor flats. Ugh, can't cope with being at (or under) street level. Double glazing is a must. GFCH. Good transport within walking distance. Enough room to swing a cat. We'd prefer unfurnished, but a lot is furnished, so we could cope. We only own 3 book cases and a bed, really! And I'm not wild about flats which weren't purpose built, but, that said, I've seen some nice ones.
Anyway, any of you Londoners, feel free to tell me Acton is terrible/brilliant/too stabby/boring/where else I should live!
Anyway, here I am. And I do still read my flist every day, I just don't post!
I work. I get the train. I get train rage. (£960 for my ticket for 3 months this time around, and they haven't got me home on time for two months now! And it'll be more when I renew at the end of March. IF I renew...because....)
We're probably moving to London. That's the big news. We've talked about it for ages, I've talked a bit with my Dad (he's already going to come with my step mum and stay and go to the theatre - yayes!) but this latest price increase, plus Jojo hopefully getting a job end of this month/next, will be the kicker that makes us move.
We're leaning toward Acton (not South! Ick. North, probably.). Wembley wouldn't be too bad. I really want to be North of the river, because of work, and I don't want to be out East, so it was North or West. I don't like Shepherd's Bush, so we needed to be further out than that! And Acton, whilst not wildly exciting, is affordable (sums are current rate +bills+travel must equal slightly less than potential rent + bills.) And I'd like to be able to cycle to work, therefore keeping travel costs to a minimum. Plus we're not big on the nightlife. We're old and calm nowadays! We'd just like to chill, have parks close-ish, a few amenities not too many miles away, that sort of thing.
My big renting issues are No Lower ground/garden/basement/ground floor flats. Ugh, can't cope with being at (or under) street level. Double glazing is a must. GFCH. Good transport within walking distance. Enough room to swing a cat. We'd prefer unfurnished, but a lot is furnished, so we could cope. We only own 3 book cases and a bed, really! And I'm not wild about flats which weren't purpose built, but, that said, I've seen some nice ones.
Anyway, any of you Londoners, feel free to tell me Acton is terrible/brilliant/too stabby/boring/where else I should live!