Hi all,
It's been a good while since I've been on mumsnet (glad to be back
) but I thought this might just be the place to ask for some advice!
We returned to the UK a while back having lived abroad for a long time and we found that getting a place to rent was almost impossible (no credit rating, no references in UK, not on electoral register etc etc) but we took the only place we could find and have been here since.
Our letting agent has just announced that he has advised our landlord not to renew our contract (I don't want to give details on here because we are now taking legal action against the agency for their appalling treatment and service) leaving us with nowhere to live at the end of the month.
This has come as a shock to us as despite the property having many problems over the last few months, we have managed to work through most of them and we were given no indication that the landlord would not renew.
So we are panicking now as we need to find somewhere within the next few weeks and we are going to come across the same problems again. We have only been back in the UK for a year and were abroad for ten years before that so none of the agents will touch us.
Does anyone know of anywhere that people advertise their own homes to let? I have had a look around but can find very little and have checked the local papers etc. but it seems to be mostly rooms and small flats to let.
I would be really grateful for some advice, suggestions or anything really as I'm not sure where to turn
Thank you as always