Posting here as it’s a lot busier..
We viewed a house a couple of days a go and we loved it, like reaalllllly loved it. Only problem is the estate agent told us another 11 people have been interested in it too, so I fear our chances are slim.
We have been renting now for 6+ years and have a very good relationship with our current landlord so gaining a positive reference is no problem. We have two young children (4 and 1) we do have a medium sized 12 year old dog who literally sleeps all day but the landlord of the new house does accept pets. We don’t smoke, we don’t drink and we’re in our early 30’s. We want this to be a long term let, our next home we want to be in for a very long time.
My only worry is my partner has been out of a job for 2-3 months as his mom early this year was diagnosed with cancer and needed to be cared for quite extensively (it’s been a scary time for us all) so he took on essentially being her full time carer.
She is now doing much better and he’s been in a position to find a job, which he has and starts in two weeks time. It’s a very good job and with both our incomes combined annually we earn almost double what the estate agents expect in order to rent this house.
Anyway, we sent in our application immediately as soon as we received it (sent it yesterday afternoon) and along with it I did write a little cover letter as I wanted to introduce ourselves. I know it’s 50/50 what people think of cover letters but I did want to mention what we loved about the house and why we want to move etc. I also wanted to write about my partners new job that he’s starting. I did also attach an email screenshot in the application of when he was offered the job to prove it is real and what not.
Argh I don’t know, I’m a very glass half empty kind of person and I’m just trying not to get my hopes up really as I know it will be hard to look better than 11 other people that could potentially be applying! 😩