Tidies up after self … Check
Cooks … Check
Fancy coffee machine … Check
Bakes hot cross buns at Easter … Check
Has ‘better work stories’ … Check
Can probably fix your computer … Check
No (known) major personal hygiene issues … Check
Yet still, no flat for Simon. Maybe I need to show more leg.
I’ve never spent this long looking for a flat before, and I’ve also never had to find a flat with complete strangers with whom I have no previous connection. So far it’s been a rather demoralising experience, filled with awkward conversations and feigned enthusiasm (there are some really weird people out there looking for flatmates).
It feels all too similar to looking for a job. The main difference is that when you get turned down by a flat, you know that it’s for entirely personal reasons, rather than a mismatch of their requirements and your qualifications, which at least serves as a conciliatory excuse when job-seeking.
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Sorry to hear. Perhaps you could check out this website:
http://www.gumtree.com/cgi-bin/list_postings.pl?posting_cat=1&search_terms=N12&min_price=&max_price=
I mean, it’s a little outside the Bombay hills, but it’s commutable.