House!

[j4]

addedentry and I have the keys to our house! Well, some of the keys. The estate agents gave us the front door keys, & told us that all the other keys were in the house. They're not, as far as we can tell.

I say "as far as we can tell" because it's entirely possible that the keys are lost/buried under the skipload of junk that the seller and tenants have kindly left us. Books, clothes, furniture, bottles of vodka, a broken bong... basically all the cupboards are still full of crap. Ugh.

So, as twittered, we're going to be there on Sunday afternoon clearing stuff out. It's not exactly a party, but if anybody's at a loose end and feels like helping us sort things into piles ("recycling", "bin", "what the holy fvck is this" etc) then they will be very welcome & we will reward them with beer and/or cake (or equivalent local currency). Also, you'll be welcome to take any of the junk if you want! (I'm not promising some kind of treasure-trove here, but, y'know, books is books.)

If you're planning to take up this generous offer :-) please email/txt one of us for the address.

Comments

[aldabra]

I think there's a legal definition of vacant possession which includes having moved the crap out. Photograph it, in case you can claim costs back from someone.

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

I should be able to pop along for a few hours. What time do you think you'll get there?

(Owen mailed me the address.)

[kake]

Hurrah for house!

[k425.livejournal.com]

Can't help from here, I'm afraid. Do you get to count the house as "one in", though?

[hairyears.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for the house!

Alas, I have only just read this, and it's too late to trundle over from London.

[arron-shutt.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on getting your own place! Bit worried about the sort of people who lived there before given the images and items of stuff that have been turning up. It sounds like they were evicted rather than leaving of their own free will.

You're not liable for any of the bills and summons that are lying about are you? I'd hate for debt collector/baliff people to turn up on the doorstep expecting payment/confiscation of property..

[vinaigrettegirl.livejournal.com]

if you still need a hand and might be taking a day off work to do stuff i could help on Weds or thurs - e-mail me.

[crazyscot.livejournal.com]

Have you changed the locks? If not I would strongly encourage you to change them - all of them - ASAP.