エジンバラ家探し（その8)

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最近，子どもと夜8時か9時くらいに寝落ち，翌朝早めに起きる生活をしています．今朝も同じように夜が明ける前に起きて，ミルクティを淹れようとしたら，ウォーターサーバーの水が切れてました．12リットルの替えのボトルを持ち上げたら，，，

ぴきー！！

やりました，10年ぶりの重度のぎっくり腰．寝返りもつけないし，トイレもいけないし，大汗かいてコロコロついた椅子になんとか腰掛け，いまコンピュータ前です．

さて，家探し．3ベッド物件に決まりました！ウォークスルービデオを送ってくれると言われてから30分後．

「この物件は私たちとってパーフェクトだから，内覧なしに申し込みさせてもらえないか．フロアプラン（間取り）だけでもみせてもらえたら嬉しい」

とこちらから熱烈ラブコール．するとその3時間後，

「フロアプランはないけれど，お約束のウォークスルービデオを送ります」

十分に間取りが想像できるビデオでした．そして，この不動産担当者クララさん（仮名），仕事が早い！この日は現地時間の朝7時から仕事を開始していて，11時にはビデオを送ってくれました．そして現地時間正午にはこちらの詳細情報を送り，大家さんとやりとりを開始．

「クララ，なんて仕事のできる人！！」

そして，現地時間午後1時すぎに，

「大家さんはあなたがたにこの物件を貸してくださるとのことです！」と内定通知．クララ，ほんとにありがとう！喜びをメールで爆発させて，即座に返信．日本は木曜の午後10時くらいでした．

そして，クララのメールの最後に，さらっと．

「じゃ．24時間以内にデポジット（敷金・礼金のようなもの）を銀行振り込みで支払ってね．支払い先は以下です」

な，なにー！まだスコットランドにいない私たちに24時間以内で支払えと！？無理じゃ，無理じゃ，無理ゲーじゃ．するとまたメールボックスがポロン．

「海外からの銀行振り込みには時間がかかるから，振り込み完了のスクショを送ってください．それをいただければ契約に進みます」

クララ，なんて仕事のできる人！

家を探し始めて8日目，やっと運命の物件に出会いました．さて，懸念の銀行振り込み．翌日の金曜は朝から日本のメガバンクに車を走らせるのでした．

つづく．

Recently, I have been falling asleep with my children around 8 or 9 o'clock at night and getting up early the next morning. This morning, I woke up before dawn and tried to make a pot of milk tea, but the water server was out of water... I lifted the 12-liter refill bottle and...

Peek!

I had a severe backache for the first time in 10 years. I can't turn over, I can't go to the bathroom, I'm sweating profusely, I've managed to sit up in a chair with my backside in the dirt, and now I'm at the computer....

Well, I'm house hunting, and I've decided on a 3-bed apartment! Half an hour after they told me they would send me a walk-through video, they said, "This property is perfect for us.

Half an hour after I was told that they would send me a walk-through video, I said, "This property is perfect for us, can I apply without a viewing? We'd be happy to take a look at the floor plan at least.

I made a fervent love call to him. Three hours later, I received a letter from the owner saying, "We don't have a floor plan, but we have an appointment.

Three hours later, I received an e-mail saying, "We don't have a floor plan, but we will send you a walk-through video as promised. The video was enough to imagine the floor plan. The real estate agent, Clara (a pseudonym), started working at 7:00 a.m. local time. She started working at 7:00 a.m. local time and sent me the video by 11:00 a.m. She sent me the detailed information by noon local time. By noon local time, she sent me my details and started communicating with the landlord.

What a good worker!

Then, shortly after 1:00 p.m. local time, he sent me the following message

"The landlord is willing to rent this property to you! and a notice of offer. Thank you so much, Clara! I replied immediately, bursting with joy. It was about 10 p.m. on Thursday in Japan.

At the end of her email, she simply said, "Well....

Then, "Well, you have 24 hours to pay the deposit by bank transfer. Please make your payment to the following address.

What! We are not in Scotland yet and we have to pay within 24 hours? Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible. Then the mailbox pops up again.

Please send me a copy of the completed bank transfer so I can proceed with the contract. Please send me a screencap of the completed transfer and we'll proceed to sign the contract.

Clara, you're such a good worker!

After 8 days of searching for a house, I finally found the one. Now, the bank transfer. The next day, Friday, I drove to a Japanese megabank in the morning.

To be continued.

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