After we arrived back in London on 15 April we were able to stay at Mandy & Aaron’s (whom we met last year on Busabout) house for 10 days while them and their super nice flatmates, George & Bridgitt, were away travelling.
It was so great having our own space and they left us their laptop so we were to set to look for a flat and a job for Niki. I had luckily already secured work and was to start on Friday the 19th (and I’m still working at the same place now a month later!). Niki had a bit of a hard time finding a job paying a decent rate, or one that didn’t mind him taking August off or leaving at Christmas, so by the time we had to move out of their house we were still half jobless and flatless! This was very frustrating for Niki as he just had to spend hours a day stuck inside, no money to spend, trawling the internet and not seeming to get anywhere. We went to stay with Spence (Lee-Ann’s british boyfriend, whom she had to temporarily leave behind!) who is an absolute star, letting us have his bed whilst he slept on the couch and putting up with us for a week in his tiny flat. (THANKS!) Luckily on the Tuesday Niki got offered a driving job starting Thursday, and we also found a flat to move into the following Monday…what a relief!
Niki works for a wine company and does warehouse and delivery work. Usually working 7am-2.30ish but a few days ago, started work at 1:30am (craziness!) to beat the traffic out of London, drove all the way out passed Plymouth & Exeter, stayed away overnight and got home at 5pm the next day! Adds a bit of variety to the job I guess =) he’s also been told he gets a wine allowance every month and the team seem really good so he is happy. They know he wants August off and will be leaving before Christmas so that is thankfully the last job hunt he will need to do over here!
We have signed up until 6 Nov in our flat. It’s a nice flat above a shop on the main street with plenty of shops only 2 mins away. Our room is pretty small but we have a decent size living room which is great, and it’s only a 5min walk to the tube, which goes straight to my work! (Takes about 30mins) We’re living with an aussie couple who are pretty cool, yet a few days ago dropped the bombshell that they are breaking up so will need to get out of the lease… We’ve only been there 10 days! So they are looking to fill their room and really it shouldn’t make much difference to us, hopefully they get another kiwi/aussie couple in… will keep you posted!
It was so great having our own space and they left us their laptop so we were to set to look for a flat and a job for Niki. I had luckily already secured work and was to start on Friday the 19th (and I’m still working at the same place now a month later!). Niki had a bit of a hard time finding a job paying a decent rate, or one that didn’t mind him taking August off or leaving at Christmas, so by the time we had to move out of their house we were still half jobless and flatless! This was very frustrating for Niki as he just had to spend hours a day stuck inside, no money to spend, trawling the internet and not seeming to get anywhere. We went to stay with Spence (Lee-Ann’s british boyfriend, whom she had to temporarily leave behind!) who is an absolute star, letting us have his bed whilst he slept on the couch and putting up with us for a week in his tiny flat. (THANKS!) Luckily on the Tuesday Niki got offered a driving job starting Thursday, and we also found a flat to move into the following Monday…what a relief!
Niki works for a wine company and does warehouse and delivery work. Usually working 7am-2.30ish but a few days ago, started work at 1:30am (craziness!) to beat the traffic out of London, drove all the way out passed Plymouth & Exeter, stayed away overnight and got home at 5pm the next day! Adds a bit of variety to the job I guess =) he’s also been told he gets a wine allowance every month and the team seem really good so he is happy. They know he wants August off and will be leaving before Christmas so that is thankfully the last job hunt he will need to do over here!
We have signed up until 6 Nov in our flat. It’s a nice flat above a shop on the main street with plenty of shops only 2 mins away. Our room is pretty small but we have a decent size living room which is great, and it’s only a 5min walk to the tube, which goes straight to my work! (Takes about 30mins) We’re living with an aussie couple who are pretty cool, yet a few days ago dropped the bombshell that they are breaking up so will need to get out of the lease… We’ve only been there 10 days! So they are looking to fill their room and really it shouldn’t make much difference to us, hopefully they get another kiwi/aussie couple in… will keep you posted!
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