I saw three flats today and one of them was awesome. I won't go into details since we don't know yet whether or not we will get it. Our hope is that Jim's company will sign the lease for us and we can just have the amount that they are giving us each month for living expenses taken directly out of his paycheck. The typical way to pay the rent around here is not to send a check, but to have the money debited from your bank account and paid directly into the landlord's account. Of course, we don't have a bank account here and we can't get a bank account without a permanent address. And even then, we may not get one, as we don't have established credit here, etc. etc. So we are in somewhat of a quandry when it comes to paying rent--can't really hand a landlord who is in Australia a wad of cash every month.
We also have sub-par credit cards. Here all the credit cards have chips implanted in them, so they are just scanned and no signature is required. Our credit cards don't have this newfangled technology, so we have had several experiences of not being able to use them at all. Just a heads up for all of you potential visitors. Be prepared to have cash along, too.
We are learning a lot about the practical sides of life here in England as well! We're blundering our way through it all.
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