AIBU to ask tenants to move before or after new baby?

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We are landlords and have a property that our son would like to move into at some point in the next year. Our current tenants have a toddler and have just told me that they are expecting another baby in November.

If you were the tenant, would you prefer to have to move out whilst pregnant or with a young baby. I know it’s not great timing for them either way, but which would you say would be easier? We can wait a while as long as my son is moved in this time next year, but then they would have a toddler and six month old baby, so it may be easier to do it sooner with just a toddler?

They’ve been good tenants so I would like to cause them the least stress possible.

Sorry forgot to make boring make sense

YABU - Get them to move before the new baby arrives

YANBU - Get them to move after the new baby arrives

If everyone had it drummed into them you buy a house before babies, renting would be for emergencies, newly settled into the country, students and relocaters.
Would solve a lot of problems

Someone on this thread said that people who rent shouldn’t have children.

also implied that all renters smoke and drink their money away.

it was heavily implied by her that renters are failing or less worthy to have a family

You actually think that everyone can get a mortgage? Mad.

Op- I’m glad it all looks like it is gonna work out for your tenents.

Who can’t get a Mortgage?

When you are childfree and earning minimum wage or above
What would prevent you from getting a Mortgage?

not exactly this was it?

But that once you have children, and cannot live in a bedsit/ flatshare (to save money on rent) , work overtime or even 2 jobs, AND have to pay childcare

You are very unreasonable to expect to also be able to save for a deposit.

Most home owners had to buy their house first, because you can't afford to do both.
It's a choice.

Very entitled to pretend you are special and should have both, unless you made sure you had the right salary for that.

Ask them.

If everyone started on a level playing field, I’d agree with you. Considering that more than half of the adults in society have no savings, there would be even less children, society has already curved the number of children being born. Society needs both wc and mc children, who else will stack the shelves and look after the children in childcare or the elderly and disabled trapped in their homes without a carer.

loads of reasons

lack of deposit (not everyone will be able to get one with something as low as 5k)
not able to pay legal fees
poor credit
a sudden illness

so many variable

????

What is minimum wage like £26k a year?

How can a single person in areas where house prices start at £180k for 1 bedroom flats get a mortgage?

They cant

i Have a friend on 32k who was basically told that he wouldn’t get a mortgage based on his partner acredit even though he had a 20k deposit. She had bad credit due to being in a accident and needing time off work.

shit happens that are sometimes not in people’s control. There are so many situations where people can’t get a mortgage.

It's a lovely idea but it's not the reality is it.

So again, you literally have a problem for every solution
Deposit £277 a month from £900 disposal income. Your figures.

Legal fees £1000 tops some new build properties will pay your legal fees for you

Sudden illness either temporary or you drop dead and you don’t need a house or long-term and you’d end up on benefits which are on minimum wage during a better position than you started in. And why would you be planning on having a baby if you’ve got a sudden illness? would be very irresponsible wouldn’t ?!

The professional poor on this thread are out in force.

We aren’t talking about single people. We’re talking about two people who have come together and decided to create a family.
So £52,000 minimum.

In 2 years her credit will be clean.
They just have to wait
But actually he could get a mortgage itll just cost them more for two years, get them to look at Kent Reliance or Kensington

How old were you when you bought your first house? Did you have any help with buying? Did you save the deposit completely by yourself? Where abouts in the country do you live?

you are being so simplistic.

it sometimes feels like no one on Mumsnet lives in the real world.

Rather than professional poor you come across as the meme about Conservative middle class people telling millenials they'd be able to afford buying a house if they stopped eating avocado toast 😬

I know you think you have the right answer, but your answer to very real current issues is "oh if they had been taught at school to buy a house wouldn't be in this situation". It's just silly.

46
No
Saved £60,000 alone whilst raising 4 children due to divorce - having spunked £50,000 on legal fees fighting to keep them.
First house was a three bed, needed - still dont have a 5 bed but we’ll get there
Warwickshire

So you had kids before you owned a house

😂😂

I dont believe that all.
You cannot avoid the fact that children need stability and the best way to ensure that is to own your own home.
Thats it.

I would give them as much notice as possible and be accomodating if they find somewhere quickly.

Yes.
Hence im speaking from experience
However I didnt rent.
Ex husband owned it

As I said
A problem for every solution 🥱

Well you literally said it in your reply to me when I mentioned thar statistically many families are now stuck in private renting.

You yourself have said you didn't buy until 46.

The fact is not everyone will be buying a home before having a family as it won't be feasible for them. This will always be the case for some. We should have secure housing as a base for everyone and it should be considered a priority. It's so lovely that you were able to buy your house eventually, but just because you did it doesnt mean everyone can. It's perfectly reasonable to think it should be a societal priority for people to have stable homes to act as secure bases for health, wellbeing and employment.