Desperate here .... student son and a friend have apparently taken on a rental for next year - I was very worried as the deposit is very high. He didn't the money - and neither did we. Against my strong advice, he seems to have opened up another bank acc and got himself an o/d. I said I'd speak to his new landlord and try to come to some arrangement - perhaps paying him cum my pay day. Something.
DH rang landlord today who said - this isn't a student house so DS will be paying full whack from start of June (and he'll still be paying present landlord - that goes on till the end of the Summer so there'll be a couple of months overlap). I'm used to the concept of the Summer retainer (DS got caught up in a 3 + month retainer with present room) - but this landlord implied that as this isn't a student house, DS and his friend would be paying full rent from start of June. A period where is no student loan - little prospect where we live of DS earning that much - and DH and I have other kids and a big mortgage and a modest joint income.
I don't know when DS signed an agreement - could have been a while ago because the deposit was paid in two bits - some of it a couple of weeks ago and the rest today. When DH rang, he was told that DS and his friend had just come in and paid the rest of their deposits and that was that.
This landlord had student rentals - has he seen two gullible lads and decided that this is isn't one?
DS reluctant to speak with student housing - such a struggle persuading him to go be rationale - to budget - to understand that if you sign in haste, you may repent at leisure.
I am sick with worry. Actually quite poorly now anyway but this is the last straw. We've emailed/left messages for DS to phone - he isn't. At this rate, I'll have to sell computer - take on extra jobs (and I work bloody long hours as it is) etc etc - If he bails out, he could be sued?
Just how liable is DS right now - can, if he saw fit, this agreement be rescinded? Many thanks for any advice.
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RoseWei · 27/02/2013 21:33
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