ok now rest

Well at least most of the moving is finished. The main stuff is in the house, everything has a reasonable place (even if the lady left way more in our storage space than we liked) and we have everything sorted into armoires, bookshelves, etc.

We're still lacking internet which I find very strange (as we are paying for it!) but on the plus side we bought these Orla Kiely linens over the weekend for our new bed. The grey scribble turned out to be too dark (and green?!) for me and these linens make me feel like a princess every night.

We also have yet to put up our pictures though and find a perfect portrait of Queen Elizabeth for above the couch. But the little things will be done over the next few months, I'm not going to be too perturbed that we don't have our pirate poster or our chalkboard up (as long as it's not in the way!)

orla in battersea

the battersea apartment is ours! I've been daydreaming away about living so close to the park, so close to Sloane Square and well living with just L2 and me again. I'm also daydreaming about Orla Kiely bedding. I think it would be the perfect treat to move into the new place... (we need to have bedding anyway for the sofa bed so that bed can have the 'older' bedding). Plus Orla in London - it's mandatory!

Our bed is more country than 70s as seen above and we were thinking yellow polka dotted pillowcases (inspired by A cup of Jo) to add a punch of colour as the rest of the room is very very white!

a battersea abode

So L2 and I took the plunge and have put an offer to rent a place across from Battersea Park. It's not as simple as you think - yes they've decided that our rent offer was good enough (£5 less than the offer per week) but now we need to have enough cash for one month rent, plus six weeks deposit (which they hold and we never get the interest from...) the agency fees, the right references and more employment things that you could shake a stick at!

Cross your fingers we make it through.....

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a hunting we will go

Flat hunting that is. L2 and I are moving out of our above italian restaurant flat that we share with S and A and moving into our own place at the end of February.

We just don't know where that is yet!

London is very confusing when flat hunting. You only have to give one month notice before you move out and often landlords won't post a free flat until the tenant is long gone. Which means, most flats are available to rent 'immediately' and saying you want to wait till the end of February is a ridiculous suggestion.

So now, we've had to give notice on our old place (we agreed to two months), but we don't have a place to live in yet. We're going all out next week with viewings on Monday, Tuesday and hopefully Wednesday night. This is far too stressful to hunt for a place than it should be.

Also, most flats are managed by agencies. So you only go through an agency, pay them an £100/£150 to draw up contract papers (that look like your eight year old could forge) and an extra monthly fee. Appears they have got a lucrative idea.

The only plus, apparently it is becoming a 'rental' market so L2 and I should be able to bargain to pay a bit less to live in Battersea (our top choice), Abbeville Village or Clapham. Let's see if that is what really happens!

battersea power station

a blessing and a curse - due to the large amount always going on in London you sometimes miss something that you thought would be amazing. That happened to L2 and I this weekend as we found out on Saturday night that the last night to see the Battersea Power Station was that day. Hungry punches ensued. It was the first time it opened to the public in over 20 years and they don't know if they'll do it again.

The Battersea power station is an iconic building in London (best known for pink floyd cover- also used in the recent Dark Knight film) and you can see the top of it from my street.