its late, nearly midnight again, and am tired after another day of house hunting - how quickly things change from hell to perfect back to hell again....
so the first place we went to was great position, only 3-4 mins walk from station, but on a quiet street. position, position, position, so we say, lets bite the bullet and take it. ring up real estate agent to put in request, and get told that we are actually 2nd in line. hmph. so while waiting to hear back if the people 1st in line are going to take it or not, we look at another RE agent. and they have a terrace house 20mins walk from the station.....but we look anyway, and it is GREAT! IT HAS A (granted, small) GARDEN!!!!!! It is just like having our own home! We love it, we want it, we apply for it, and TURN DOWN the other place that is 3-4 mins walk from station - think about the family and living environment yadi-yadi-yah.
About to pull into sushi train for a celebratory dinner when we get the phone call. our application has been rejected. why? It's all because of me! Apparently an Aussie girl who is fluent in Japanese and has lived in Japan for nearly 10years and who's visa is all above board and who has worked for both Japanese and Aust government organizations is not a suitable tennant. well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me. it is alright to play a piano in the place, but not to have a dirty foreigner in there! (rolls eyes till they nearly fall out of my head). so here is my "all the things I wouldn't do as a tennant, so I think they should let us stay in the terrace house" list:
I wouldn't:
* walk inside with my shoes on. I cant even do this at home in Aus anymore
* bring over my whole family and remotely related relatives into Japan to live with us
* have a bon-fire/hungi(sp?) in the middle of the living room
* cook smelly food (I hardly cook at all, lol!)
* throw the rubbish out on the wrong day, or not separate it
* and any other stupid reason that they can come up with, I reckon I wouldn't do it!
So the house-hunting saga continues.
BIG *SIGH*
Saturday, 29 March 2008
hmph!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Oh my gosh that seems so unfair!!!
ReplyDeleteHow frustrating for you. I'm surprised that with your husband and child being Japanese they won't permit it..
So sorry to hear about it. I really really hope that this happened because the perfect place is still waiting to be found!!
Why the house hunt?? Hope there is some silver lining soon - and of course that Kyla has a lovely birthday tomorrow. Happy Birthday Kyla!!
ReplyDeleteCan I be a real pain and ask you to copy and paste your template HTML into an email to me. I am still having trouble getting page elements and have read so many blogspot help sites I am going insane. Nothing is working.
Talk to you soon.
Happy house hunting - and shame on the real estate people for gaijin-slamming you. I got that at the first apartment I looked at in Beppu. No Japanese passport no keiyaku.