Estate agents seems to differ from one to the next

We found a house, but the agency were uncontactable when we finally got in touch they said it had gone. Balls.

Phil's dad relunctantly agreed to give us money for removals. With us not going with a removal company we thought we could get a quote of around £250. WRONG! £500 is what we were quoted. That's a hell of a lot for a man with a van. If Phil acts as a second man to lift they can reduce this to £450.

So now all we have to find is the house. Estate agents seems to differ from one to the next. Some agents are saying that we can't get a place unless we view it, which is out of the question. Some are saying that on top of the six months rent we need a deposit. Others aren't fussed.

The agency we're going with are quite alright. They know that we can't go and view so they said that they'll send us as many photos of properties as we need.

There seems to be a lot of houses on the rent market in our price range which is good. But we're a bit worried about the pets. So we might just say that we have a dog. Phil thinks it's having a German Shepherd Dog which may cause us problems because of the press the breed recieves.

Personally I think it's the amount of pets we have [3]. The dog should be no problem. He's extemely sociable, doesn't bark constantly and is crate trained when we're not home.

Hopefully we can find somewhere in the next couple of weeks then I can start looking for work. Phil still has hopes to find any type of job within two weeks of us being in our new home. I'm still worried that the move might not be the right time with the economic climate still on it's arse. But there are plenty job offers coming in to my inbox, I'm desperate to get a foot in the charity sector. I think I'm also going to set up a print stall on a weekend just to make some extra cash.

Fingers crossed that everything is coming into place!


Edit.

Apparently it is the dog. Fulfords said if he was a small breed there'd be no problem because landlords hate big dogs.

Phil might go down other routes which means that our savings could be open to being stolen by corrupt landlords.