I need help, advice, a virtual cuddle and maybe a bit of a bollocking.
I've never posted before, so patience please.
I met the love of my life (corny I know, but absolutely true), 4 years ago. I had two children already, my gorgeous girl had just been diagnosed with a severe epileptic syndrome. A previous bastard had stripped me of every bit of confidence, so to meet someone as amazing as this was a godsend and terrifying.
Anyhoo, all went swimmingly, he's a natural father, works unbelievably hard for us all and we were overjoyed to be expecting our own bundle (read mini dad). Whilst pregnant, my daughter suffered a series of epileptic crises', went from bad to worse with seizures in excess of 200 per day. So, we got our heads together and decided that for the future, we needed to find a house which could later be adapted for her needs. Found said house, I had the deposit saved and he took out the mortgage. All wonderful, worked tirelessly to renovate; I was still tiling just five days before my youngest goblin arrived. In the meantime, my daughters' condition was becoming more and more desperate, so we looked to securing finance to pay for wet room installation and a downstairs bedroom in the event she should need a wheelchair. Don't get me wrong, with this condition, Lennox Gastaut Syndrome, the outcome can be shattering, but we're a strong family and I felt stronger for by being proactive.
Then started the shit storm. The neighbour, who had seemed odd, ramped it up, and began a hate campaign against us. The police had to be involved, the Antisocial behaviour team, local neighborhood watch etc. it then transpired that she's done it to every other tenant that has ever lived here, but they just buggered off because...well,they could. But we've bought it, so now, we're stuck in a house that were utterly miserable in (the situation has been going on for two years), we can't carry out any of the planned works for my disabled daughter because the house is worth sod all,my kids are terrified of her,my man is working endlessly to pay for a mortgage on a house that is in negative equity.
We immediately started legal proceedings against the seller as he was well aware of the issues this woman has caused, and this looks set to roll until next March at the earliest. A surveyor has told us that in order to sell the house, we would need to reduce the price by AT LEAST 30%, so the bank is saying we can't sell unless we stump up the deficit, in cash.
I've ended up on diazepam, because I'm an anxious wreck, the stalking continues, the police are saying until she physically harms either myself or one of my babies then they can't take action because although her behaviour constitutes stalking, it's a grey area because she lives there. To top it all, my tiniest has had her first seizure.
So my actual question, and thanks to anyone who actually had the stamina to stick around through that, is should I find somewhere rented for me and the kids? Because right now, I feel like I can't take anymore