Thursday, August 21, 2003
Well, here we go. Everyone's into this weblog thingy (I flatly refuse to use the horrible word blog) so I might as well get stuck in.
Who am I? At work, a web developer (soon to be Learning Technologist) of some 12 years experience in UK Higher Education, firstly at the University of Hull then, after they made me redundant thanks to external funding for my post being pulled (thanks a heap, Prof Mike "Pineapple" Kelly of www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk), as a 'freelancer' (trans: working for crumbs on small websites and seeing the overdraft swell), and shortly at the University of Nottingham's School of Nursing.
As a person, I have a pretty damn varied field of interests, and go through a wide variety of moods, these days mostly of darker shades. But that's another day, another weblog.
Right now, my major concern is no longer finding a job, but finding somewhere to live. I'm trying to sell my house in Hull and buy one in Nottingham, but am running into the usual house-buyer's blues. In subsequent entries I'll try to detail the aggro involved in house buying, not to particularly enlighten anyone who's experienced in the so-called 'property market', but for two audiences:
Until today I had buyers for my house, but they pulled out for reasons I might go into later. I'm committed to buying a house in Nottingham, but need to flog mine first, so chances are, even if a buyer magically materialises tomorrow (unlikely) I'll be waiting until mid- to end-October to move into the Nottingham house. In the meantime I've got to find some digs to live in as my job in Nottingham starts on 9th September - this can either be easy but not cheap, or cheap but not easy. Either way, I'm going to have to cough up for my existing mortgage and rent for digs, and I'm not very liquid right now...
Ah well, more in later days.
Who am I? At work, a web developer (soon to be Learning Technologist) of some 12 years experience in UK Higher Education, firstly at the University of Hull then, after they made me redundant thanks to external funding for my post being pulled (thanks a heap, Prof Mike "Pineapple" Kelly of www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk), as a 'freelancer' (trans: working for crumbs on small websites and seeing the overdraft swell), and shortly at the University of Nottingham's School of Nursing.
As a person, I have a pretty damn varied field of interests, and go through a wide variety of moods, these days mostly of darker shades. But that's another day, another weblog.
Right now, my major concern is no longer finding a job, but finding somewhere to live. I'm trying to sell my house in Hull and buy one in Nottingham, but am running into the usual house-buyer's blues. In subsequent entries I'll try to detail the aggro involved in house buying, not to particularly enlighten anyone who's experienced in the so-called 'property market', but for two audiences:
- People who are thinking of getting on to the 'housing ladder' but don't really know what's involved.
- Myself in the future so I can remind myself of the sheer time-consuming, blood-pressure-raising aggro involved in house transactions.
Until today I had buyers for my house, but they pulled out for reasons I might go into later. I'm committed to buying a house in Nottingham, but need to flog mine first, so chances are, even if a buyer magically materialises tomorrow (unlikely) I'll be waiting until mid- to end-October to move into the Nottingham house. In the meantime I've got to find some digs to live in as my job in Nottingham starts on 9th September - this can either be easy but not cheap, or cheap but not easy. Either way, I'm going to have to cough up for my existing mortgage and rent for digs, and I'm not very liquid right now...
Ah well, more in later days.
