house hunting

I am being tormented by land agents!!!

I want to move closer to the university, not only because it is close to uni, but because all the research facilitates in the city are on that side of the river, so it'll continue to work when I have finished my degree.

I found a nice enough house, small but tidy and one hundred thousand less than the house I'm in now. BUT, it also has a train track in the backyard! So, I have to weigh my options, and hope to find something similar in a area with no train, or P lab next door. This, as you can perhaps imagine, is easier said than done.

Oh, but I went back to have a second look, mostly to check out the neighbor hood. Now a have land agents calling me daily, wanting me to formally register my interest, all the better to bully me into buying by warning me that some possibly fictional other buyer is looking to make an offer.

The guy called while I was at work, and I told him I was at work and wasn't able to talk. So what does he do? He blah blahs at me about registering my interest, and explains what that means, like I've never bought house before, and carries on like I am the one inconveniencing him. I never said I was keen. I never said I wanted to do anything more than have a second look around, that is a long way from asking where to sign!

so angry. I hate feeling bullied. Especially when I know that it is all because I look so much younger than I am!

ggrrr