I made an interesting typo when setting my facebook status - I wrote "I'm still wainting to hear about my flat". Am I waiting, or wanting?

I've put a holding deposit down on a room in a house-share. It's a one-off opportunity - unlike many buy-to-let properties, this one is homely and in a lovely location. One of the tenants is a friend of the landlord, and he seems to be an interesting and friendly guy. The problem is that he arranged for a foreign student to rent one of the rooms temporarily, but it seems the agency he went through got the student to sign a three-month contract, *without* the authority of the landlord. So now the landlord wants to rent the room to me, but can't get the student out. The agent I'm dealing with can't get hold of the landlord or the landlord's friend, and it may be that they are avoiding his calls because of the situation with the contract.

I went up to London yesterday to meet my agent and see some other properties. The ones I saw simply confirmed that the flat in Winchmore Hill is unique, and worth holding out for. I don't want to have Angel around to stay if I'm living in a dodgy buy-to-let property, with no character, in a run-down area, and with unfriendly house-mates.

But am I hoping for too much? Am I 'wanting' it so much that I'm convincing myself that it will work out in the end? Do I believe it will work out simply because I wish it so? "It is easiest to deceive oneself..."

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