Just looking at a sounding board really to get things off my chest
Had a thread a few years ago when I was going through a divorce and only seeing my daughter at weekends and how it was destroying me and the support I got from here was amazing.
Moved into the flat I am in now in 2018 in a lovely village in York, its close to work, have an allotment and made loads of friends here. Just over 2 years ago my daughter came to live with me full time, as her mother thought it would be better for her. Since then I've been honestly the happiest I could ever been. My anxiety and depression cleared right up. My daughter is 7 now and everyone compliments me on how much of a good job I'm doing as a single parent and how she has changed so much and clearly so much happier living with me.
This morning I received an email from my letting agents saying the tenancy is due for renewal the end of July, did I want to renew, which I replied yes. They have just replied to say:
Your landlord has informed us that he is looking to sell the property, meaning unfortunately he can’t offer a renewal.
The branch will be in touch to discuss ending the tenancy.
I am absolutely devested and burst into tears at work and felt on the verge of a panic attack all morning.
My daughter is going to be heartbroken as she loves the village and all her friends are here. I feel like all the stability I've given her after the the turbulent times with her mother are going to come crashing down on her.
I've been frantically searching Rightmove and there is literally nothing in my price range within York.
I rang the council and they have just said don't move out and wait to get served with a section 21, but even then they probably won't be able to rehouse us. After discussing it with people they also said doing that would ruin any chance of ever getting back into private renting.
My landlord also owns the flat opposite mine. Bumped into the tenant there who said ‘hey have you got your notice yet? You will be moving soon’
Of course I had my daughter with me, so I’ve had to explain it to her. Cue lots of tears and me feeling like like an absolute failure of a parent