We moved in on Wednesday. When we arrived there was no one to meet us at the house. But it was unlocked as apparently there are 3 workers still working on the bathroom. They will be there for at least an other week apparently. Of the 3 toilets in the house, luckily one them
does work. The washing machine unfortunately did not. It was filled with smelly water, and when we started it it flooded the utility room... The kitchen has a nice fridge/freezer with ice-cubes in the door. Unfortunately that was leaking water too. Most of the rooms of the house where finished, but as our beds are being sent from Norway we were staying in the guestroom, where we have rented furniture. However that room plus one of the other had no ceiling light. The house was supposedly cleaned by professional cleaners, however it was really dirty still and there were dead insects in the lamps (where there were lamps, which was not in every room).
It has been really warm in London the last two days. Yesterday was about 32c. One of the newspapers wrote about a heatwave coming in with temperatures up to 50c apparently. But the workers are working on tiling the patio (well they are working on the bathroom, so there is really no progress on the patio), but anyways we cannot use the garden for at least another week.
So there is a little bit of chaos on this end at the moment. But today the movers came with our stuff from Norway, so at least now we can move into our rooms, and things will start to settle. Although we will have to deal with the ungoing work for some time still. My agent calls it a "breach of the tenancy agreement" and have filed a complaint. But that does not really help us that much...
Fingers crossed, come next weekend we will finally be able to use the garden and have things a little more settled...
I am at work today for the first day, which has been really nice. Although the tube ride in was an experience I dare say. I came on on the second station, where all seats were already taken. After about 2-3 stops the train was so full I though there would not be room for more people on it. But apparently there was! So Monday morning I plan to try for the first or last carriage to see if those are better. The highlight of the day has been to meet my new collegues. There are so many people that I know from before, and everyone is being really nice. So I do really feel welcome. Which is always good on ones first day at a new job...
