its certainly not good news we haven’t found a place to move to yet, but the house hunting continues to be entertaining.

we walked in to a house the owner hadn’t seen for months and the previous tenant had trashed. our new zealand sponsor announced to the owner

“its grotty here.”

i may not have known the full meaning of grotty at the time, but i knew it wasn’t complimentary. instead of being insulted the owner sullenly agreed.

bloody candid, honest folk these new zealanders.