Yesterday, my wife and I signed a contract for a new apartment. It was rather fast, but we found one that we really liked and decided that it was worth the extra money to move early (our current contract runs out on January 6, and our new one starts on December 8).
The apartment is about the same size as our place now — 50sqm, give or take — but is older and set back from the main road. It is, however, slightly closer to the subway station, which is what’s important in our public transportation-centric lives, and in a very quiet neighborhood. It’s also cheaper than our current rent — 1850 RMB versus 2200 RMB — and far cheaper than the 3200 RMB our current landlord wanted to charge us for next year. The landlord is an older couple, and the wife if ludicrously nice and accommodating, a sharp contrast to the cheap, unhelpful bitch to whom we currently pay rent.
Since the apartment is so close to our current one and we have plenty of time before we have to leave our current place, we’re going to move our things ant-like over a couple of weeks, depositing a box or two during our daily after-dinner walks.
I’m really looking forward to having a new place.What I’d really like is to be able to get to know the neighbors, but I’ll have to wait to see what kind of reception the lumbering 老外 is going to get.
