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    So, a bit of a victory today, albeit a Pyrrhic one.

    The fine folks at social services told me not to shift from my flat, come 26 April. According to them, what happens after that is that the landlords need to file for eviction in court, and the court date usually takes months. After that, by law, once the eviction order has been given by the court, I still have a two-month grace period during which I can pay back the rent arrears fully, which would invalidate the eviction order.

    So there we have it. It's neither an elegant, nor a particularly honourable solution, even though the law is sort of on my side. And it will absolutely make me feel like a complete shit-heel for taking advantage of it. But, frankly, I'm not at all keen to live under a bridge, no matter how handsome the bridges over the Isar River actually are.

    Now, I need to focus on getting a job as soon as I can, so that I can finally sort this ugly situation once and for all, and finally get my life and career back, and not have this shame/guilt/embarrassment toxic soup sloshing around in my head.

    Thanks for all of your support, QBNers. You're all lovely people!

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    • hurrah for german efficiency und process!hans_glib
    • That's great news, some breathing space you needed. Sounds similar to UK law. All the best.fadein11
    • Nice one. a bit of time and a plan is a great startFax_Benson
    • Yes try to get any job possible. Don't focus on the CD role only anymore. Try to get some loan from a private person if you can too.
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    • Good luck mate.BusterBoy
    • is your flat from one of the big companies in munich like Patrizia?mekk
    • Nah, a Pyrrhic victory would be you burning the flat down, somewhat a la Janne.

      #BurningSheds      detritus
    • Janne burnt his flat down? This is a story I've not heard ...Continuity
    • @mekk: nah, it's a private landlord.Continuity
    • 'somewhat', 'burning sheds', 'poor joke'detritus
    • What is it you do, exactly? I'm always looking for freelancers, might have something...ben_
    • Whole advertising industry is in a slump right now: https://goo.gl/K1j3i… So try to find away to work away from that. Perhaps retrain? Good luck.shapesalad
    • ^ sorry link didn't work, https://goo.gl/kd6Bt…shapesalad
    • @ben_: unfortunately, I can't freelance on my current residence permit, not even remotely, because it's contingent on me earning from a full time job.Continuity
    • Great news, was concerned.mugwart
    • Cheers, mugwart. Though the coming weeks and months will still be unpleasant and uncomfortable: the landlords live in the flat above mine.Continuity
    • But, one thing at a time, yeah?Continuity
    • Have you offered to 'lend a hand' to your landlords, if they have stuff 'needing doing'? In lieu of cash, so techincally not paid 'freelance work'?detritus
    • http://fowlercs.com/…detritus
    • what det said, not a bad idea mate... and looks good, this extra time, a breath for you, get a plan as soon as you can... all the best!OBBTKN
    • good news!renderedred
    • definitely good news dude. is there anyway of getting around the full-time work thing? like maybe getting a full-time service job, but...exador1
    • canvasing on here and other sources for 'cash' design work?exador1
    • not saying 'don't look for fulltime design work' but it seems as though you're in a jam, and any full-time is good when you need it.exador1
    • like, get a fulltime gig at a store, or somewhere, and in the meantime keep up with freelance work in cash or something, and keep applying for fulltime design..exador1
    • i guess the problem for me is not quite understanding the jam you're in... is moving back in with your folks or something totally out of the question?...exador1
    • you know...just til you're back on your feet?exador1
    • although i get the feeling you're in a foreign city...(not sure about that though)exador1
    • yeah the Tennant is king in Germany.. we had people in the last house we lived in that were there for almost a year with out paying rent before they were outautoflavour
    • @continuity - ah that's too bad. If the situation on that changes for whatever reason, shoot me an email.ben_
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