Today I transferred 700.000kr from my account to that of the lady who own(s|ed) the apartment we are buying. That is most of the second payment, according to the contract. The reason I'm not paying the full amount, is because she hasn't yet fulfilled her part of the deal - the broken window was supposed to be fixed before we got the keys, but she still has yet to find a carpenter. So we're using 150.000kr as a carrot.

The real estate agency isn't best pleased: they think the carrot is too big. But what do I know about how much it costs to replace a window on the fourth floor? And for that matter, what do they know about it? They also resent the fact that I was unhappy at them on the phone yesterday - but I don't think there's really much they can do about it . . .

Unnur and I are spending most of our evenings in the apartment, slowly but surely making progress with the paint job. We've also met some of our neighbors, a young couple living on the 2nd floor. They were really nice. The guy happens to be a cop - does that mean we don't have to worry about the neighbors calling the police if we have rowdy parties - as long as we invite them? ;-)