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.

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[j4.livejournal.com]

We will change the locks, but FWIW, the two back doors are screwed tightly shut (the seller claims he never had keys for them, & you certainly can't open them now), and the seller changed the locks for the front door himself two weeks before exchange (the lock is obviously new). This would seem an odd thing to do if you wanted to come back in and steal stuff! (I mean, it'd be obvious who to blame if there hadn't been forced entry.)

Also, the only things currently in the house are things which we would be only too glad for someone to steal. :-} If you know any burglars (or anybody at all) who want 20 ashtrays and a broken PlayStation 1, I'd be keen to get in touch with them.

And I think any self-respecting squatters would reject the place as being just too squalid!