We've been renting this house since early 2011 for £550 per month. Most 3 bedrooms go for £500-550 around here. At first it wasn't too bad but I am disabled with a variable mobility illness and had to leave work. LHA is only £415 per month for two children and I am finding it a massive stretch to afford the extra money every month.
The back garden has a rat problem as we live behind barns and next to a restaurant. One chewed through the back door frame and lived in the kitchen for a month before he finally ate the poison. I have two DD's 6 and 3 and the landlord just said get rid of it or pay for an exterminator as it's a common issue due to the location. We've found two others in the garden since but none in our kitchen now we've blocked the hole up. Landlord hasn't replaced the door or door frame so we've just blocked it up.
The boiler is safe but so old that in the cold weather we end up paying £60 on a meter for heating. It isn't justifiable so we're mostly very cold. This doesn't help my joint and muscle issue or my two babies.
We live opposite a pub that has got very loud and rough in the past two years. There are loud screaming matches and physical fights every weekend, sometimes even in our garden. I got a dog to make me feel a bit more safe with the DD's but it's still quite unnerving.
I can't afford to move privately. Since we rent through a friend of a friend we didn't have to pay a bond to move in so we get nothing back and my benefits are stretched so thin I'm in debt already. All my family are elderly or broke and can't help. I've just applied to go on the housing register but I know that can take forever
I just feel fed up. Autumn is coming and I don't have enough from income support and child tax credits to cope decently now let alone then. If I stop paying my rent or get into arrears our landlord will evict us and I can't risk that as we have nowhere to go. Just the thought of having to give away my dog breaks my heart
I know it's not really AIBU but I guess I'm asking AIBU to feel like this
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honeyandhim · 25/08/2014 04:31
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