So I’d contacted the estate agent we’re renting through on Friday morning to request another month’s extension to the lease in order to minimise stress. No bother, she’ll let the landlord know, happy days.
Lunchtime today, a phone call from landlord: “how do you get internet there, as I’ve got some AirBnB people coming on Wednesday from Brazil – are you taking your internet with you?”
Me: “Argh. But, but…”
There ensued a discussion where it became clear that the estate agent hadn’t bothered to let the landlord know of our intentions, and had assumed that because she didn’t have any viewings lined up, it meant that we’d be grand.
The landlord called back sometime later and said we’d be ok for another month, so hopefully that’s the case now. The bog house isn’t finished yet, and the ESB still don’t have the wiring certificate from the electrician, so are refusing to schedule an engineer to come and move the meter (thus bringing us the wonder of electricity).
We’ve settled on a kitchen layout with the builder, and hopefully clarified what we want doing with the sockets and switches elsewhere.
Aaand relax…
If anyone’s interested, my internet solution is pretty cheap and cheerful to run month to month (no contract). I’ve got one of these Huawei boxes that I use with Three Ireland’s €20/month mobile broadband SIM, that provides unlimited 4G data (regardless of what the terms and conditions state). Note that the same deal definitely isn’t available in the UK – they do check which device you’re using the SIM with there, and sharing it to provide home broadband is right out. I did try. Also, the “feel at home” thing that Three UK do to allow you free data roaming doesn’t apply to 4G, so that didn’t stay for long as a solution.
In our rental property, I can easily get 40Mbps down (sometimes nearer 60) and about 10Mbps up. If you compare that with something like TalkTalk in the UK, for £20 a month (and a commitment to 2 years of it) you’ll get up to 17Mbps down. One of the few things that’s cheaper over here.