Yes, I am unpacked and living in a lovely apartment in Oslo. But the story is more complicated. When I first answered an ad for a room in a shared apartment in Oslo in mid August, the apartment was being renovated (let's call this Apt2) and the roommates and the new tenant would move in mid October. That seemed doable, as I "only" needed to find a place to stay for an extra month before I could have my very own, very nice, apartment room in a nice neighborhood in Oslo. So, after coming back from Indonesia, I was hoping to move in to the new place. No such luck. The apartment was still under renovation but my roommates had negotiated with the new owners of the current apartment (let's call this Apt1) to let us extend our stay for an extra month. This should have taken care of the delays in the renovations. Well...
The workers that were doing the renovation in Apt2 were fired by my roommate (yes, she bought the place and we will live in her apartment) during the last 2 weeks due to not doing their work. New workers came in and... new deadline to have the apartment ready is mid February!!!! The new workers said that the old ones were crazy to have promised something that was clearly impossible considering the current state of Apt2. She told me this yesterday and asked if I'd be willing to move into another apartment (Apt3) until Apt2 is ready.
The only alternative I could think of is to find another place for myself which would mean only 1 move. My main doubt was: how much trouble are good roommates worth?? I really like the roommates I have now... But later at night, when talking to A. on the phone he brought me back to senses. Considering the traveling I'm doing in November and the move-out deadline of Dec 1st for Apt1 means I would have 10 days to go through ads, find time to see apartments, go through lease signing etc, and move! Impossible.
So it was an easy answer, mostly because I don't have alternatives and will be traveling most of November anyway... I agreed. My roommate said she will look for places and hopes that it would not be too hard to find something. Since she's Norwegian and has had experience dealing with real estate I really hope she's right. Otherwise I am homeless starting Dec 1st. But even in the best case scenario this means that I am moving twice in the next 4 months!! Just the thought of packing and unpacking again and again are exhausting! Guess the bright side is that my stuff won't even have time to gather dust!!
UPDATE: My roommate informed the next day that she already found a place for us!! Yay! It's good to live with well connected people!
Puxa, Simone! Desejo sorte com este processo...
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