Flat-hunting in Cornwall: round two

I feel somewhat better this morning than I did last night when I found out that my chosen flat wasn’t going to be mine after all. I had already booked a removal van! It was one of those moments when I wished I wasn’t doing this on my own.
However, in the light of day, things […]

Flat has fallen through!

Just heard this evening that the landlords have decided to accept someone else’s application over mine. I had no idea there were other people in the frame. I am pretty gutted about this.
I could go straight to my number two choice, which was in Penzance. But Newquay is where I really should be and I […]

Found a flat in Newquay

I have taken a flat in Newquay! Very excited and pleased to have got somewhere at last. It was the last place I saw on my flat-hunting trip and the only place in Newquay that was suitable for me.
Ironically, I didn’t get this flat through an agent. It was advertised in the window of the […]

Things to know about flat-hunting in Cornwall

The last couple of days have been an improvement on my disastrous arrival. I have met up with a couple of friends who live in Penzance and seen a few properties in the St Ives area. I have a few viewings on Monday in both Penzance and Newquay but it’s all going down to the […]

Flat-hunting in Penzance

I am in a hotel in Penzance, looking out over the pretty harbour on a calm, sunny evening. But it’s been a stressful 24 hours. Flying Ryanair is enough to raise anyone’s blood pressure at the best of times, but our plane was not able to land in Newquay last night because of bad weather […]