pmsumner

My advice would be to talk to your line manager/TL/whatever the hell you call them. Outline the situation - say you had plans to move south anyway eventually (frex because your gf lives down here ;) and had hoped for a transfer, but now the flat yaddayadda. See if there's any chance they'd accept you down here with the experience you'll have when the flat lease ends. If yes, move (and obviously we can help organise things this end). If not, find another place there. Third option, find another job and move here anyway. Also check with the agency you rent with, see if they have any really short term lets - in Edinburgh I know for sure they did 3-month lets for professionals.