House hunting...

...Is an enormous pain in the proverbial arse.

ESPECIALLY when there are six people to fit into one building.

We were offered a six bedroom house in Aldershot complete with lounge, garden, dining room, master bedroom with en suite bathroom and two garages on the side of the house. It all seemed so perfect. The landlady was lovely, and the whole area was rather twee and sweet-looking. Con's:
◊ The housing area is right on the edge of an industrial estate, parallel to a dual carriageway.
◊ The majority of the locals seem to be chavvy yobs.
◊ Transport between that particular area of Aldershot and Farnham is ridiculously irregular and inconvenient.

In addition to this, the housing list comes out on the 28th of March- which in my opinion, is crap. The majority of students are still on Easter vacation time, and it means that people who would have otherwise been organised enough to sort out their houses earlier on a first-come-first-served basis (which to me is both fairer and less ridiculous than releasing all details in the same day, and fighting tooth and nail past engaged phones and stressed landlords to find somewhere to live,) don't get the chance.
PLUS three of the six of us are either abroad or filming on location for their courses on the date the list comes out. Keira's trip abroad being compulsory- and cleverly organised to cover the most hectic house-hunting time.
ARG.

Completely drained. Plodding around Aldershot in gale force winds all day getting dirty looks from locals is NOT the way to spend a day. Also, am frustrated and enraged about how badly organised this whole system seems to be.
We are adults. We are competent enough to trawl through estate agents and landlords in order to find suitable student housing. So why, WHY, are the accommodation department hoarding this information until the last minute, before throwing students a myriad of phone numbers for prospective landlords creating more stress and chaos than is necessary?

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