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My boyfriend and I were supposed to move into our new flat this weekend, but now the landlord is on vacation?

My boyfriend starts his new job this Monday. We were looking for flats last week, found one, put the holding deposit down, filled out all of the forms, background check, credit check, etc, which has all gone through.... and we're waiting to hear back about exactly what day we can move in (they said maybe June 30th). Having heard nothing yesterday, we called the office that was handling our case, and they said that the woman in charge of our flat is on vacation until next week. We then called the real estate office that showed us the flat and has the keys, and they said that they'd look into it ASAP.

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I'm just wondering what to do here because my boyfriend doesn't have any experience with moving or the apartment hunt as he's been living in his first and only flat for the past five years. I, on the other hand, have moved and apartment hunted a few times, as well as having some past experience as a letting agent, so I sort of know my way around these tricky areas. However, the lease is going to be under my boyfriend's name, and he also has a deeper voice than my female one which sounds more convincing on the phone lol.

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It would just be really inconvenient for us to have to move into an air b n b for a week given that we're moving 7 hours away from where we are now, and still need a van to bring the stuff down. Plus, we need to have a move in date so that if we have to book a hotel or something, we know when we'll be able to check out!

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Should we be more persistent? In one past case, the landlord actually let me move into an apartment even before my background check was done because, well, they just knew that I was a good candidate. In this current situation, my boyfriend and I are pretty ideal tenants... would it be reasonable to ask the office if we can get the keys now? The background check passed, credit check passed, etc.

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