So my husband got the keys to the place we live in now, 11/11/11 which I thought was so cool. Once I got here, I asked him to find out if we could have a little kitten. The agent said no, the landlord doesn't allow it and neither does body-corporate. We sneakily brought in our little muppet last year and at every three month inspection muppet and I go for a drive somewhere and waste 3 hours. It's very tiresome but right now we don't have the money to buy a place so we have to rent until I get a job and we can buy our own place. Well our lease is up and my husband told the agent we got the papers in the mail and we are considering the lease, and then asked the question can we have a pet cat. Within the hour an email was received stating the landlord again said no, and so does body-corporate. So now we have to move to a place that is pet friendly and that's hard to find with our single income status. One thing will be good is that the new place will be pet friendly and I won't have to hide all the cat things and disappear for hours. It's going to be painful changing the address with all my correspondences from the US. I get quite a few magazines from the States and that's going to be a bitch and a half. Plus I have to notify Australian Immigration, so that my permanent residency papers get mailed to the correct address or else everything I did before was done for nothing.
Things about this place I will miss. The view, from the kitchen and living room facing west, I've seen such beautiful sunsets. In general I like this apartment. Some things I won't miss, are the other tenants, #2 and #4 to be exact. #2 has had it out for us since day one. We tried saying hello and she just turns her head (she owns her unit) and what I like to call the fuck-wits in four. They have parties, they are loud at the wrong time of night. Now don't get me wrong I'm not talking about before midnight, but rather after midnight, going on two or three in the morning they come home drunk and are talking at the top of their lungs. #2 likes them? but not us? Seriously I hope they rent out this place to another young couple that love to party and make noise throughout the night. Plus they can deal with the wasp nests that are being built on our balcony.
On that note, I'm glad we're leaving. The new place will be pet-friendly and muppet will be able to sit on any window ledge he wants because he won't be a "secret" but rather a proud muppet on his own window drinking up the sun.
