Have had enough can't see way out

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Posted last week. Just has a phone call and the owner is 'toying' with the idea of selling the house (thatc we rent( or putting another bedroom or two in the attic space to sell once value improves
Were here till Feb but someone coming to do first valuatuion on fri abd could be on market in Nov. They'll shoe people round while we're out at work.

We're all so upset and have no bloody clue how to find somewhere else in time that will take a family and a dog.

I know we were si lucky in finding here

Children are upset add they are settled and I can't fix it. IM a shit parent who can't even provide a roof over their head

I want to end it. I've been battling depression and anxiety and I've fucked yup my life so massively and I'm letting my children down so badly. We'll be homeless in a couple of months.

No idea what to do next

Fucking livid. They didn't turn up for the valuation. So had to chase again. Waste of time off work

And the house viewing we had booked for today was cancelled an hour before because it was let on Wednesday.

So when we finally got hold of our lamdlord we're stuck until Feb while they're dicking about deciding.

Feel so hopeless and helpless. My life is on hold. It's shit. I'm shit.

You should have listened to me when I said refuse all visits whilst you enjoy the rest of your time there. It's legal and makes life far less stressful for you.

The tenant’s right to live in quiet enjoyment is a statutory right. Failing to give tenants that right could lead to landlord prosecution for harassment. Statutory rights cannot be revoked or overwritten. So for example, if your tenancy agreement states that the tenant MUST allow for viewings during the last month of the tenancy, it probably won’t make a single bit of difference- it cannot be legally enforced.

It is shit, you are not. You're doing your best in difficult circumstances and taking sensible steps to solve the problem and the only reason you can't see that is because you're looking at it through the fog of depression. Any luck with the docs today?

No luck with the doctors (my fault) as I left it too late. I have got a counselling appt sooner than planned though so that will be something

Josiah we agree with you. It is ruining the enjoyment of our time left. They are still insisting that they only have to give us 24 hours notice to access the property and that's that.

Now one of the ones up for rent I phoned about said that we can't view yet as the current tenants are still in so viewings can't start until they've vacated . So if that letting agency can be reasonable why can't ours?

As it is even though the house looks perfect on paper we can't do anything as were stuck here until Feb. Not being able to get on making plans while he decides. So our 2 month notice will be due to be served on Xmas eve. Merry Christmas kids

Just really worried that nothing will be up for rent in January. On the plus side if the house hasn't sold they'll put us on s rolling one month contract. ......

Buying your own place even if it is not near where you grew up would at least give you some control over your environment.

If your dh travels around the south then he really could live anywhere during the week. Also if you did move to a much cheaper place you wouldn't be paying out huge money on renting.
You could then start saving and at a point in the future look to move slowly back down south.

Having friends and family around is great but if you are not in a steady home and you risk the same thing happening again and again you need to take back control.

It would have to be somewhere super cheap to buy (like 80k) and even then I'm not sure how we'd be able to afford that AND pay for somewhere to stay during the week. And moving the children from their school, family and friends - no. We may have secutity but we'd all be as miserable as hell. I can absolutely see what you're getting at though.

So going tthough the contract we cannot leave early and we HAVE to allow viewings at 24 hours notice. @Josiah do you know where I could find something to say that this isn't legal? Tried to contact shelter yesterday but their helpline was closed.

I need to sleep. And I need to stop fretting as I'm unable to do anything until after Xmas effectively. It's crap that we might miss something. I just need to switch off from it. But I can't. Is all consuming.