Step 4—Waiting for a response
The next step is probably the most painful, because there is nothing else you can do but sit and wait to find out if your application has been successful. Although it is good to show the landlord or agent that you are keen by enquiring about your application, if you do this too many times they will begin to think that you are a bit of a pain.
If you haven’t heard back in a reasonable period of time, you may like to call just to check that you definitely have lost out to someone else. This will allow you to stop wondering, move on and to start looking again.
My friend Pip, who is 23, has recently moved out of home. She lived at home for the whole time she was completing a degree in primary school teaching. The year after she finished she was placed in a school that was at least an hour’s drive each way from her parents’ house.
After commuting from her parents’ place for the first school term, she decided she had to move closer to work. Luckily she had two friends who were in the same situation, and they decided to move out together. They were after a three-bedroom flat, with two bathrooms being a bonus.
They decided on three suburbs that they would really like to live in, and were determined to find a place in one of them. For four Saturdays in a row, the three of them got up really early and got the paper first thing. They then called each other and worked out which flats they were going to inspect that day.
They put in five applications and just missed out each time. They didn’t give up, though, and their sixth application was accepted—for a three-bedroom place with a main bathroom and an ensuite. When I spoke to Pip, she told me that the way to succeed was just to be persistent and continue to put in applications— and just keep on thinking that in the end your turn has to come.
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