Dear Parents, We desperately need your advise or opinions please help.
So we used to live in Hounslow, but were looking for buying a house near a very good school in Harrow which has a very close proximity to a very good school and to be honest that was our primary criteria for buying the house in that area. So we finally agreed an offer..and somehow after paying a huge rent for 2 months got the agreement to rent the same property till the completion completes. This rush was all due to the deadline of the school admissions. So we moved to our dream home, although rented for now and submitted the revised application with new address which was just 10 houses away from the school and DD got the admission letter that she has been accepted..All good so far !!!
The day we got the letter, next day we found the property has some unwanted guests..and it was rats..we called in the pest control and they say its a big infestation we are talking about that could take months to clear up but still no idea what impact they have done so far to the structure etc... Now my panic attack started as we have 2 kids..one 4 which is due to Reception in September and other one 2 months old. After long discussions, we are planning to pull the plug of the sale as I cant stand the house which has infestation and on top of that we moved to new house as it was good built and needed no work but now lots of work we can see coming our way which is dangerous to my children lives..house is inhabitable at a moment with the kids..the landlord didnt disclosed any such issues, we specifically by co incidence ask the estate agent before we put an offer about rat or mice infestation and he clearly said no they are not aware of it.
My question hence..we are now lookout for a rented flat (given the fact we sold our old house so no shelter at a moment) ..if we rent any flat in the same area but in most likely case it will not be same proximity to the school as there is nothing in the market as close to the school as this house was..will my DD be removed from that school admission ?
We will still be inside the admission area and we will still be on lookout for any property to buy close to the school but at this stage we dont know. Please advise what should we really do, should we move to rented flats which is little far than the current house or should we move to hotel till we find something to rent or to buy within same distance from the school.
Please throw your opinions or if you know any authority we can speak to..like council themselves or anyone then please suggest.