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What we have been working on, and things worth knowing.
What a Malé rent does not include
The rent is the number people compare. The bills are the number that decides whether they can afford the flat, and nobody asks about them until the second month.
Why we describe a flat by its floor and its ward
Two facts carry most of what a flat in this city is worth, and one of them is routinely left out of the advert entirely.
Buying land on an island, and what actually changes hands
The price is agreed in one conversation. What is being sold, who has to agree to it and where the boundary is takes rather longer, and it is the whole job.