With the going to Canada plan gaining momentum, I have had to take stock of everything I own and sift through 25 years of living in one place.
I will be renting out my flat while I am away so have to decide on which furniture I want to store and what I want to sell.
I took pictures of the furniture I want to sell and loaded them up on 2 sites, and have managed to sell all 3 of the large items I put there.
One piece was an old Ikea dresser/buffet hutch which I put up for a very affordable and reasonable price. I got a buyer pretty quick and the pick up was scheduled for that night.
They buyers husband turned up after work, alone to move the dresser downstairs into his van/lorry. I repeat, alone..
Me: Err its heavy, you will need someone to help you
Him, scratching his head, trying to lift it, looking around : Oh hmmm, no one at home to help me?
Me, thinking ok, this is definitely a farce.. but lets see: "sorry my son wont be home till very late"
(no point telling everyone i lived alone)
Him: can lah I can try
Me: it has glass on the doors, Its heavy, there is a slope and your trolly is a bit small and you have to lift it onto your van/lorry
Him, thinking hard then says - "ok let me call my wife"
He calls the wife - "Eh, its Heavy! "
i assume she asks me to help him, to which he replied "there is only her, shes a woman! and its heavy!"
To cut a long story short, he said he would come back the next night with someone to take it...
and so I waited.. and waited... he didnt come back.
The next buyer of the same dresser:
I decided to not take the chance again of leaving it up to them to decide if they could carry it on their own and texted the guy before they came
Me: please bring a trolley and at least 2 people to carry it.
Him: can it be dismantled
Me : No it cant
he turned up with a friend, no trolley and with a tiny evening bag sized tool box to dismantle it..
what is wrong with men! why dont they listen
I also have had a stream of prospective tenants walk through my flat.
My posting for a tenant on the app is listed very clearly that tenancy to start in August 2021. One would think people will read the ad before asking me questions but no, that would be asking too much of people. Everyone wants the flat in June..
One guy came with his cousin/brother/relative... everyone had a different story on how they were related.. He didnt come in to look at the place but his cousin/brother/relative walked through on his own as the other guy was on the phone... and they were late for the appointment.. and again " can move in in June?"
I had to chase them away as I knew I wouldn't be renting my place to them
One lady came with her feng shui master... and she spent a total of 5 mins looking at the place and asked no questions. They discussed something in Chinese and left... I guess the feng shui wasnt right for her.
Another lady pissed me off as she kept changing the day to see the flat, then moved the time on the day 2 times and then when the time of the appointment came and went.by an hour and she hadn't turned up, I messaged to tell her not to bother.... I got told I was nasty. and she is still messaging me on the app to ask if the place is still available...
It has been quite an experience and I still havent found a tenant.. so it is going to be a few more weeks of dealing with people that dont listen. Wish me luck and patience please.
