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3 houses in 3 years

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OneCoralCat · 14/08/2025 17:42

Just a moan really 😫

My landlord called today to say he was going to be putting the house on the market.

We have been served section 21 notices in May 22, May 24 and now August of 25. Never done anything wrong just landlords all wanting to sell. It’s utterly exhausting and I’ll be so sad to leave this house, I really love it here.

As a single parent to 3, with a dog, it’s almost impossible to find somewhere to take us on each time. It has been the most stressful 3 years and I really thought we were going to be here for a good while. I know things change but I specifically asked this landlord if he was planning on it being a long term let 😭

I wish more than anything we could have a home of our own where we didn’t have to move again 😔

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Ymiryboo · 16/08/2025 07:43

MotherPuppr · 16/08/2025 02:57

This is terrible advice, if the OP isn’t eligible for council housing then she’s at the mercy of the private rental market and no decent normal landlord with a property of a good standard is going to let to someone who has been the subject of a court order - even if she dutifully pays her rent while waiting to be evicted the court order will come up in her credit check and she’ll be blacklisted by all but the slummiest landlords who let to anyone without doing checks and “turn a blind eye”.

I do not know why people always get advised to wait to be evicted - I appreciate you won’t get help from the council if you’re deemed to have made yourself homeless but I’m sure OP’s end goal is not to become eligible for the council waiting list and languish on it for 2+ years while living in a bedsit with 3 kids, having had to rehome the dog. 🙄

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That isn’t what I am advising. I am advising that she have a professional look to see if the landlord has lodged the paperwork properly and if he hasn’t, you can take him to court the section 21 be cancelled until what ever issue is resolved and then he can reissue. None of this is a quick process so can buy the OP a lot of time to look for somewhere

Ymiryboo · 16/08/2025 07:49

Ymiryboo · 16/08/2025 07:43

That isn’t what I am advising. I am advising that she have a professional look to see if the landlord has lodged the paperwork properly and if he hasn’t, you can take him to court the section 21 be cancelled until what ever issue is resolved and then he can reissue. None of this is a quick process so can buy the OP a lot of time to look for somewhere

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Which is much better advice than “just buy a house “ as if OP hadn’t thought about it and exposes the amount of privilege on show on mumsnet

LT1982 · 20/08/2025 21:46

OneCoralCat · 14/08/2025 17:42

Just a moan really 😫

My landlord called today to say he was going to be putting the house on the market.

We have been served section 21 notices in May 22, May 24 and now August of 25. Never done anything wrong just landlords all wanting to sell. It’s utterly exhausting and I’ll be so sad to leave this house, I really love it here.

As a single parent to 3, with a dog, it’s almost impossible to find somewhere to take us on each time. It has been the most stressful 3 years and I really thought we were going to be here for a good while. I know things change but I specifically asked this landlord if he was planning on it being a long term let 😭

I wish more than anything we could have a home of our own where we didn’t have to move again 😔

Could you look into buying this house from the landlord? At a discount as they wouldnt be paying estate agent commission, losing rent during an empty period or have the hassle of third party buyers.

Skipton do a no deposit mortgage based on rental payment history, so worth exploring with a mortgage broker

Momstermash94 · 20/08/2025 21:54

I'm in the same boat, 3 house moves in 3 years because of the LL's selling up every time. Its so disheartening as it never feels like you have a place to call "home". We're packing up to move at the moment and I actually said to my DH recently that I almost don't want to unpack when we move as it feels pointless when it gets packed up and moved again year after year and I feel like we might as well live out of the boxes. I only have one DD and no pets at the moment but I know its hard to find somewhere to rent with pets so I feel for you, I had that issue a couple of years ago and it was so tough finding somewhere. I hope you find a lovely long term let next time around where you can be happy.

We're hoping to buy in a couple of years and I really hope it happens for us so we can have some stability and finally have a place that feels like home

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