Sometimes happen quickly. Even more quickly than you expected or maybe even wanted, but then I try to think there is a meaning to it; to stop you from hesitating and thinking too much about it. All of a sudden I seem to have an apartment in Stockholm. A completely legal, fist hand contract for a rental apartment!! For those of you who are not familiar with the housing market in Stockholm I can just inform you this is something very rare and difficult to get by. It is like in a real socialist society, meaning that you either have to queue for it for 20 years, have good connections or pay bribes to get it. I did neither. I have been queuing, but only for seven year so I guess I was a bit lucky as well. Ok, it is not in the very city centre as I would have liked and it is a bit more expensive than other similar apartments, but nevertheless it is just outside the very centre, with good public transport very nearby and the reason for it to be expensive is that it is completely new. It actually does not even exist yet! I have only seen the building site and 3D-projections of it. At the same time as I signed the contract I got to choose wall paper, colour and the tiles in the kitchen and the bathroom. Cool eh!? (Although I had very little time to make the choice and very limited selection so I am very curious to see if I really will like what I have chosen.)
It all happened so fast and I had to make the decision very quick as well as signing the contract. I have had some agony about it as I still don’t have a job in Stockholm and might not even have a job at all after December. But on the other hand; I will be able to move into the new place only in March so there should be ample time to find something. Wow… fascinating and a bit scary, but it is about time I get out of The Small Town and get on with my life.
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