onlyemma's Diaryland Diary
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'Reasonable price, all inclusive single room. Very secure.'
The London house-hunt is in full swing.
I've been scouring those websites like a madwomen, checking out anywhere within a reasonable price range and though I've seen some places I like, there have also been adverts which really didn't fill me with much confidence at all. For example; here's an advert I contacted purely for the location of the room and not the landlord's linguistic ability or flare for promotion:
"double room in NW5, 5 minutes from tub"
Tub? No capital letters and not even a full stop at the end of the sentence. I'm writing this from memory, so he probably didn't even put that comma in there.
So from just this alone, I have visions of this landlord being an unshaven heavy-set man in an ill-fitting suit, sitting in an internet cafe. He was probably interrupted whilst typing, obviously advertising some corrupt rooms where the tenants will be made to grow weed/store cocaine/ sell their bodies. I rang him anyway.
He did actually sound a bit shifty and like he might've been in a pub. When I told him I was enquiring about a room his response was, "...oh". Though despite all this subtle dodginess I'm viewing an apartment at the weekend. Hope I don't get raped!
Anyway, back to the internet search and yesterday I saw an advert which I thought was absolutely brilliant, I almost rang them just to ask to be their friend.
"Nice double room in good location with all mod cons and a fridge 5 minutes from Kings Cross".
A fridge 5 minutes from Kings Cross? That's a hell of a way to go to get a glass of milk!
My mum loved that one.
This morning's find has to be my favourite so far though. I found somewhere that looked pretty decent and legit, so clicked on the map to see where it was and to do the usual check for the nearest tube station/ amenities/ the distance from Camden, stuff like that.
This is what I got:
Look closely...
Holloway prison?
I'm viewing it on Saturday.
12:53 p.m. - 2008-03-10
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