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Will my children be home in our rented home?

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George345 · 29/05/2014 20:58

Hi,

Just wondering as we privately rent and can't see us ever being able to own, so will my children grow up happy once they know we live in a house that technically belongs to someone else!! Will they see it as there home? Anybody had parents that have rented there whole life or anybody in same position as us that can't see being able to buy? Many thanks xxx

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George345 · 29/05/2014 20:58

Sorry feel its there home/house! Meant to say in title xxx

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LeMousquetaireAnonyme · 29/05/2014 21:01

Of course they will! what a ridiculous question!
Home is where the heart is, your children will be happy if your are there (when young enough) and happy.
Anyway "your" house belong to the bank not you if you have a mortgage so not so different!

BackforGood · 29/05/2014 21:03

Of course they will - won't be something that goes through their minds. In fact they wouldn't know if it were owned or rented anyway.

OldLadyKnowsSomething · 29/05/2014 21:04

We've rented this house for over a decade, dc are in their 20's. They expressed surprise that dh and I might move (downsize) when ds2 finally moves out, so yes, I think they regard it as "home." Our previous private rental was about 6 years, and we chose to move, which is probably different than if you have to move every six months... :(

How secure is your tenancy?

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George345 · 29/05/2014 21:08

Thanks for all your replies! Yeah ofc pier I totally agree home is where the heart is and I treat any house I lie in as it was ours anyway! Just a bit concerned but n hint to worry about I suppose! Just being a silly moose :) thanks again everyone xxx

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Kewrious · 29/05/2014 21:13

Not from the UK. My parents lived in a rented home their entire life. They moved when I was 25 to a home they inherited from my grandmother, ie a non rented home. The two rented homes I lived in were/are to me my 'real' homes. Where they live now will always be my grandmother's home. It is all about memories and associations with a place.

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George345 · 29/05/2014 21:13

Where we live now we've lived in for almost 2 years decorated how we want etc... And yeah it's a 6 month tenancy and then it just keep going until landlords want us out or we want to leave! But we have brought up the security aspect to our landlords and they understand this and they said that this is there pension fund (and there in late fifty's I'd say) so got quite a few years here yet :) xxx I thought I heard that they were going to make it law that tenancy agreements are made more secure for tenants? I may have heard wrong :) xxx

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George345 · 29/05/2014 21:14

Sorry last message was suppose to say in there late forty's not fifty's xxx

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OldLadyKnowsSomething · 29/05/2014 21:17

Nick Clegg has said something about improving the rights of tenants, but I wouldn't be holding my breath. Sounds like you have good lls, though, that's promising. :)

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George345 · 29/05/2014 21:18

Yes I agree it's about the happy memories that you make with your children and where your living in is where the memories are made so they will look at it as there house/home! Thanks everyone you've made me feel a lot better! I think when you just see "mortgages" people "owning" you worry ! Xx

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George345 · 29/05/2014 21:25

Yeah they are! I think that makes it all the difference! When you find a good one hang on to them :) " oldladyknowssomething" I take it you have decorated and treated it as your own then? Xxx

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RCheshire · 29/05/2014 21:48

For children thankfully renting vs owning is a bit of a meaningless difference. My eldest calls our rental home and loves it. He knows we are looking to move to a new house we will be buying. It will be a little wrench for him leaving his 'home' (rental) to move somewhere that isn't yet home (bought place).

Don't worry about it at all. Renting's only an issue for children if you're getting kicked out every 6 months.

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George345 · 29/05/2014 22:15

Yeah I agree and so many families have no choice to rent! I'm happy renting as I look at it as ours anyway as I'm sure most renters do. In my experience of renting I never have only lived somewhere 6 months!! Most landlords want long let's xx

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KierkegaardGroupie · 30/05/2014 23:38

We are about to move to a new rental after five years I a rental we have loved and brought both babies home to, and suddenly we are excited to be renting...we get to move to an excellent school area, live in a house we could never afford to buy and an area buying would be out for us...renting can be great...you have such flexibility to just get up and go....our kids do not know the difference. Stop worrying.

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George345 · 22/06/2014 16:37

Thanks for all your replies! I feel much better now :) xxxc

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