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by Kip » Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:19 pm
So it turns out this whole moving thing is more trouble than I'd expected. Why I continue to expect things to be easy I'll never understand. Aside from all the routine moving stuff that comes with me, Kristi & 2 kids trying to move everything over, we have to transfer our existing utilities, etc. To get the power switched over, I have to:
1.) prove I'm going to be living in the new place with a signed, notarized lease*
2.) pay any outstanding balance on that address from previous occupant
3.) go back and have them turn off my existing power at the old house
4.) but not before taking a final reading on the existing meter
5.) after taking the reading, they can cut off my current power...and then I have to go back to the office and get the final bill (and pay it)
6.) then, and only then, will they go back and turn on the power at my new place.
I'm expecting a minimum of 3-4 days without power in either location. 7-10 days is far more likely. Thankfully, my upstairs friends are in the US at the moment and I can use their power during the days between service. I can't wait to see how this plays out for the water company and phone/cable/internet....
* - "notarized" doesn't mean a lot here. Both the landlord and I signed the lease, and the realtor took it with her. She brought it back the following week notarized. Neither of the signing parties were present for the notary.
White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise....