Chicken / Egg / Chicken

OMG I’ve bought a new flat!

Or at least my offer has been accepted. It seems these cows will soon become a familiar site as I wait for the train in Pitäjänmäki. I haven’t made it back to the centre of Helsinki – vain hope that that was! – but at least I’ll be sneaking back inside its borders, if only just.

Everything seems to have happened so fast. A couple of weeks ago I was idly browsing the property pages, thinking I’d better sell this place before it’s too late, and here I am with a new place! Now all I have to do is offload this one, and preferably before the end of August.

It’s the old chicken and egg dilemma: buy first or sell first? I’ve chosen to buy first, simply because suitable properties are in such short supply and the lady at the bank was nice to me and gave me that option. Still, I can’t help but wonder what treacherous pothole is awaiting me round the next bend…