Breakthrough?

Not to count chickens before they hatch, but we think we've got a new tenant in the UCV.

The new carpet installed this week made the place look a whole lot better and although still far from perfect, the place was finally ready to be shown - at least to a highly motivated renter with a little imagination and some patience.  Fortunately, we found just such a person - a young man who manages the restaurant just up the road (walking distance).  He understands that some repairs and upgrades (kitchen linoleum, the laundry room doors, etc.) won't be completed until after he moves in and that he'll have to be the one to let the contractors into the unit, but he's willing and ready to sign a lease (and more importantly, pay the first month's rent and security deposit).

I may look back on these words with rueful irony, but I think this might work out.