Well, the next few weeks are going to be interesting, both for us and maybe even for you if you have ever wondered what it was like to find, and move into, a new house, on Symi within four weeks.
Our landlady is getting married soon and needs her dowry house back; it was always a possibility of course, and not unexpected. We have, after all, been in this house for 11 years now. As Neil says, it’s the longest place he has ever lived in. Meaning, as I pedantically point out, the place he has lived in for the longest (‘length of time’ is implied).
So, from today (Monday) onwards we shall be house hunting. Funnily enough we saw a place in Pedi the other day and noticed it was for rent, though it looks big and cold and dilapidated somewhat from the outside. But we’d rather like to stay up here in the village, or as close to it as possible. We know of a house for rent on the main road, but it has no outdoor space suitable for Jack and he’d be squashed as soon as he went out for a wee as the only cat friendly place is across the road, and he is deaf So that’s out. Shame though, great view; but it also needs some work doing inside apparently as it was half built as a taverna.
We also know of the ‘Little Blue’ house where Rebecca Grant stayed when she was here filming. But as I remember it, it is too small for us. That’s going to be one of the problems. The house we have now has a conversion on the back which gives us the sitting room. So we have the saloni chock full of dining table, piano, desk, shelves and trunks; the bedroom full up, the moussandra now Neil’s office full of his stuff from the shop, the sitting room bulging at the seams with DVDs and other entertainments. Finding something as spacious (and as affordable) could be tricky.
We have already been offered a stop-gap house (thank you, you know who you are!) if we need it, though we’d have to store out things somewhere. And to think, when we first arrived here we had two rucksacks and a laptop.
Anyway, this tale could get boring or to could get interesting, but I will keep you posted as to progress. And of course, if you know of a place to rent, preferably in Horio (though we would consider elsewhere though probably not Yialos as we’d like to stay close to the village), that’s not a silly price and that would be long-term, and I mean years and years, then do drop me a line. Thank you. Right, off to make some phone calls now…
