And we are back, back again...

Here is our family blog "Summer in Munich, Antwerp, Vilnius (III)." Our original plan was to spend 6 weeks in the summer in Munich with the kids. Early in the spring we did our research, learned the town plan, and contacted some agents. They suggested waiting until May when more options would open. But in May these options failed to materialize. The best one was someone called Wallace Burrus who offered a 4-bedroom apartment for a 4500 Euro on the German Craigslist. The only issue was that Wallace was willing only to work together was if we sent half the payment down with the Western Union. And then he would share his full contact information with us. We do a lot of dumb things, but that’s where we drew the line, panicked, and switched our plane tickets to Antwerp.

In contrast to Munich that required some fishing out of the agents, who incidentally take 40% portion of your monthly rent as a commission, Coco’s site (http://www.antwerpflats.be/hoofdeng.htm) was one of the first ones that came up when we looked. After dealing with Wallace it was like a breath of fresh air. Coco had not one, but 3 options, and ultimately suggested the child-friendly 4 bedroom on Italiëlei 155 for 2500 euros. She was communicative and responsive, and even provided her full contact and bank info for the wire transfer of the deposit. Now that was a deal and a bargain too.

Ultimately, however, as seen from the next post, we still ended up going “the usual” route. But hopefully, just like the sequels in the movie theaters this summer, this one will be Oscar worthy :)