Hi lovely,
I had actually sent you that little message on Instagram the other day but also thought I would just email you with a success story from a couple of years ago, before I really had an understanding of the law (and managing to over complicate things for myself with this knowledge in the process hahah) which might be a good example for people (including myself now) with letting go, detaching and allowing things to happen without force.
So basically, I moved to a different country for my boyfriend at the time as he lived and worked there and I wanted the change of moving somewhere new.
I remember my first proper trip over in 2021, right before I moved. I had been a few times before but never really properly explored or taken it all in.
We went a walk up this beautiful hill which had a very fancy block of apartments that overlooked the sea, the port and the town from above. I remember saying to him “I’m going to live there one day” and his response was “that’s where the rich people live. So probably not”
I remember being so determined as that was my dream place, I just felt in my heart at that moment that that’s where I was going to live someday no matter what.
At the time the apartment that he lived in and I was moving into was in town and from our balcony we could see up to this apartment building that I loved so much.
Anyway, none of these were ever up for rent as they were so sought after and the housing market is like anywhere at the minute, absolutely horrendous.
some time passed and it was clear that our relationship was probably not going to work out long term. It got to the September of 2022 and our lease was up in the November! In a last bid to save the relationship we thought that perhaps finding a new place to live would support our relationship and help it work out (spoiler, it didn’t. He’s a narcissistic prick)
So we began looking at apartments and there was nothing anywhere!! We almost gave up to the point where we were considering just staying where we were but I was still checking all the estate agents everyday and would you believe an apartment in that building that I absolutely loved came up. I remember sending it to him and the rent was super reasonably priced for the place, the size of the apartment and the current market.
My boyfriend at the time said there would probably be no chance that we’d get it but he’d give the estate agents a call anyway and arrange a viewing. Well, it turns out an old friend of his was the letting agent that scheduled the viewings so we got a viewing I think that same day. I remember going to the viewing and saying to the letting agent immediately, “we’ll take it” his response to me was that there were already 3 applications in and one person was offering to pay a full years rent, up front. After hearing this I felt a bit downhearted because I wasn’t in that financial situation and I thought that when it came to it they’d choose that money aspect as it would be the easiest and least risky option for the letting agents and the landlord.
I didn’t let this discourage me though and I just kept thinking that we would get a call and that it would be ours. We got our application forms in by 0900 the next morning and we received a call that afternoon to say that we got the apartment!!!
The letting agent had put in a good word to the landlord and we’d been chosen to be the new tenants.
Everyone plays a role, if our relationship hadn’t been rocky then we wouldn’t of been looking at alternatives. If our lettting agent hadn’t been an old friend of my boyfriends then they probably would of picked the man with the years rent up front because there was no one to plead our case and our reliability.
Anyway, we moved in, my boyfriend absolutely hated it and I loved it and it really felt like home to me. We end up breaking up and I’ve lived there ever since and still do and I’m the happiest and most grateful person for it. I have an amazing community of neighbours and my landlord in the 3 years I’ve been there has kept the rent the same, which for the current housing crisis is now below market value for a 2 bed apartment, let alone in the area! All this because he said he’d rather keep a good tenant than increase the rent.
I was thinking the other day about things I’ve manifested to help me continue to trust in the law and myself and this was by far one of the biggest ones and you guessed it, I did it without even trying and didn’t think about time, how it was going to happen, if it was going to happen. I just unknowingly detached from the outcome with the end goal in my mind.
That whole year, every-time I looked at that building from our previous apartment I always had the same thought “I’m going to live there one day” and it’s only now that I have more understanding that I see everything leading up to it was to get me there, even if at the time it was unfavourable – such as our relationship being far from good.
Wish I had this same under complication with my SP journey but that will all fall into place too, exactly how it needs to. Haha.
Anyway, I’m so grateful for where I live and the path that got me there no matter what. I have a gorgeous two bed, two bath apartment and I feel like the luckiest single gal for it 🙂
Hope you enjoy the read.