Preparation for Leaving (and Official Move Date)

By Colin

I have an official announcement for moving: My ticket to the U.S. is booked for June 26th.
I think my final day at work will be this Saturday (5th), and the next 3 weeks will be complete bedlam with getting everything else fixed before I go.

My visa expires July 7, so my time was running down. The visa lasts for six months, but they start it at the date of your medical exam instead of the date you're actually issued the visa.

My preparations are now well under way.

I have started to sell larger things that I won't be able to bring with me.  DVDs and CDs are being taken out of their boxes and the boxes thrown away.  I've used the boxes that blank CDs come in to store the discs, saving a lot of room and weight.  Aside from a lot of digital media, my main items for shipping are a few books and a couple of smaller electrical items.  These should fit in one or two medium sized boxes.

I have also had some good news regarding the flat.  I thought that under my Co-Ownership terms of agreement that it was impossible to rent, but since the flat had still not sold after a few months on the market and a reasonable reduction in price, I contacted Co-Ownership regarding my situation.

I attended an interview at their office and was told that I could rent the flat with certain clauses in place (permission from my mortgage lender, a legally drawn up leasing agreement with the tenant, proof that it had been on the market for a certain period of time and so on).

I'm still waiting for a form from the lender, but from what their man told me on the phone, he sees no reason that I would be turned down, which is a big relief.

If anything else of note comes up soon, I'll post another update!