We first arrived in Quito with 10 bags and 4 dogs, we are moving today due to a very leaky roof and electrical hazards that we cannot get repaired due to the size of the job and our non-negotiation (unless it is in his favor) landlord. He would repair it if we stayed and signed another two year agreement. No way! It was rented in a bad condition, as you cannot ask the landlord to give you a hose and spray it for an hour or so on the whole roof to see if it leaks, and being newbies we didn't think to ask. The electricity was a, oh no,, what room doesn't have any electricity now situation, so after 7 months of fixing it ourselves and taking it out of the rent and having our land lord constantly ask us,, when will you pay the whole amount, we had the Quito municipal inspector out to see our property, showed him all the electrical issues and he wrote a report to the city. The next move was to the city lawyer's office, where he checked to see if the landlord had registered our lease, nope. We were told to register it, tell our landlord that we would be moving in 30 days and expected our security deposit back. Wait for our landlord to respond and when he did, he told us that he didn't have our security money to return. The lawyer told us to expect it and tell him that we would be staying our whole security deposit worth of months(2) then leaving unless he came with the security deposit. So,, if you were wondering why we are moving,, that's the whole story. It seems that Ecuador is a pro renter not a pro landlord situation, Hallelujah!
I thought since we rented a furnished house it would be easy to pack up like when we were in the hotel and moved to our this house. It seems that accumulation has a creep effect. I don't see any suitcases in this pile up and it seem that downsizing is still a work in progress!
I consulted our resident Mr. Calm, Sharkey Barkey and he seems to be okay with it,, he is relaxed and not worried about the move, so I thought why not take on his demeanor. We returned to stuffing into trash bags, buckets and boxes, thinking why sweat the load. The best was Ed singing "Our house,,, is in the Middle of the World, our house is in the Middle of the World." Sung to the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young song, Our house in the middle of the street. Then Ed is singing, "Our house is a very, very, very fine house, with 6 dogs in the yard, life used to be so hard, now everything is easy cause of youuuuuu." Oh well, he is infectious, off key and a wonderful partner to do this retirement gig with.
Pictures of the move to follow... wish us luck... in our very, very, very fine house,,, in the Middle of the World. Sing it with me now....
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