Learning Curve

Top Floor Flat

Since we have always owned our home, we have had no experience renting. Not in the US and certainly not in the UK. Consequently, we had to deal with a pretty steep learning curve when securing a place to live here in Edinburgh.

We needed a UK bank account even though we are US citizens. Then we needed periodically to transfer money from the US to our UK bank. Thankfully, that can be done without the traditional $50 (or more) international wire fee; we do it using the Wise online transfer company for only $10. And since utilities are not included, we had to arrange for gas service, water service, electric service, and internet service. We also had to figure out how to pay the property taxes. By the way, our two bedroom flat is shown in the picture:  top floor, end unit, with windows on all three sides.