{"id":1057,"date":"2009-01-22T14:25:35","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T12:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.basbasbas.com\/blog\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2009-01-22T14:25:35","modified_gmt":"2009-01-22T12:25:35","slug":"finally-found-a-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.basbasbas.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/22\/finally-found-a-flat\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally found a flat!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"So I finally found my flat for the time to come. I moved from Istanbul to Sofia, Bulgaria one and a half week ago and have been flathunting each day, but it took quite a while to find something.<\/p>\n

I lived here one and a half year ago and prices were quite low, but to find something decent near the center for a reasonable price is very difficult now, especially for a foreign student.<\/p>\n

What an awful process. Going from flat to flat, waiting for agents, replying to online ads for apartments that have been given out already, saying yes to a flat to find out that they’d rather have a Bulgarian living there and not a foreigner. Saying yes to a flat to hear the next day that they are only interested in people for a long-term stay. Seeing all corners of the city, resisting agents’ arguments on why some nasty remote suburb is a great place to live (which it is not).<\/p>\n

What a painstakingly exhausting process. Hence the pic, from Flickr by hiromy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Well, yesterday I found my apartment. I still have to sign the contract later today, but it looks like all is well, but you can follow my Twitter feed<\/a> to get an update when everything is all done, or wait for the next blog post.<\/p>\n

The flat is quite close to my old apartment where I lived up until a year ago (how time flies), although my old apartment had a much better location. It has a separate living room and kitchen, although I prefer the two combined because I’m lazy, plus I like to listen to my DJ sets<\/a> or other music while I’m cooking. A bedroom with a nice double bed; bigger bedroom than the last one, for those in the know. Since I’ll be spending a lot of time at home behind the computer, to write my final thesis, I wanted to make sure I’d be comfortable at least. Now I’m sure. A video soon!<\/p>\n

Below are two videos of my old flats, the first one is of the flat I previously lived in in Bulgaria, the second is the flat I shared with 3 other students in Istanbul.<\/p>\n

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BasBasBas.com is about my life abroad. I regularly write about my adventures in Istanbul, Bulgaria and travels in the region. If you\u2019d like to stay up to date, you can subscribe to my RSS feed<\/a> or get email updates in your inbox<\/a>. You can also follow me on Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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