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| I always knew it would. It had been lurking in the background as I tried to carry on, make plans. I knew that it would all end, swiftly. Not with a whimper but with a bang. | I always knew it would. It had been lurking in the background as I tried to carry on, make plans. I knew that it would all end, swiftly. Not with a whimper but with a bang. | ||
| I'd been told there was a viewing planned at the cottage I've rented since 2018. | I'd been told there was a viewing planned at the cottage I've rented since 2018. | ||
| - | It's been up for sale since April. I learned it was going to be put on the market in February, when the landlady turned up with little warning, an estate agent in tow. | + | It's been up for sale since April. I learned it was going to be put on the market in February, when the landlady turned up with little warning, |
| - | The agent started taking photographs of every room and my courtyard garden. Without asking first. | + | [[https:// |
| - | Or even talking to me. If you have any concerns pertaining to where and how to use [[https:// | + | Or even talking to me. Because who am I, other than a lowly private renter, unworthy of even a kindly 'Good morning' |
| The viewing was scheduled for 11.30 am (there had been a few). I walked my dogs early, then raced up a steep hill to make sure I was back in time to tidy. | The viewing was scheduled for 11.30 am (there had been a few). I walked my dogs early, then raced up a steep hill to make sure I was back in time to tidy. | ||
| At 11.45, my mobile rang. | At 11.45, my mobile rang. | ||
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| How is this allowed? | How is this allowed? | ||
| - | We are protected at work if we are sick or lose our jobs, but when we rent a home — and surely a home is integral to our health, productivity and sense of belonging — we can be thrown to the sharks. | + | Here is more information regarding [[https:// |
| Surely, there is more to being a landlord than having me pay your mortgage when I have paid the rent on time and looked after your property? | Surely, there is more to being a landlord than having me pay your mortgage when I have paid the rent on time and looked after your property? | ||
| - | A lifeline was dangled in front of our poor, | + | A lifeline was dangled in front of our poor, cold noses last month when Michael Gove — since appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities under Rishi Sunak — voiced his support for Boris Johnson' |
| Mr Gove knows as well as anyone that it isn't the workshy who end up renting. | Mr Gove knows as well as anyone that it isn't the workshy who end up renting. | ||
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| The misery, the uncertainty. | The misery, the uncertainty. | ||
| Goodness only knows how families with school-age children cope with the disruption, the endless reading of meters and changing of suppliers, the redirection of post, the changing of council tax and on and on and on … It's all so unbelievably stressful. | Goodness only knows how families with school-age children cope with the disruption, the endless reading of meters and changing of suppliers, the redirection of post, the changing of council tax and on and on and on … It's all so unbelievably stressful. | ||
| - | I can't help but suspect this gross abuse of human rights has never been at the top of the political agenda because the vast majority of politicians, | + | I can't help but suspect this gross abuse of human rights has never been at the top of the political agenda because the vast majority of politicians, |
| (Image: [[|]]) | (Image: [[|]]) | ||
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| But to be in your 60s and to be renting, as I am, after a lifetime of hard work, is infinitely worse. | But to be in your 60s and to be renting, as I am, after a lifetime of hard work, is infinitely worse. | ||
| - | Why? Because, at 64, I am perilously close to retirement. | + | Why? Because, at 64, I am [[https:// |
| I did manage to get a mortgage offer before the current crisis but, even then, the rate I was offered was nearly 5 per cent and the maximum term I was allowed was 12 years. | I did manage to get a mortgage offer before the current crisis but, even then, the rate I was offered was nearly 5 per cent and the maximum term I was allowed was 12 years. | ||
| There is no hope of a partner on the horizon to split bills with. | There is no hope of a partner on the horizon to split bills with. | ||
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| But storage proved so expensive that, one by one, I had to sell everything on eBay. | But storage proved so expensive that, one by one, I had to sell everything on eBay. | ||
| Imagine my shock when the landlord, a year or so later, said they'd bought a holiday home in Devon and were coming for their furniture. (This is why people buy DFS sofas.) | Imagine my shock when the landlord, a year or so later, said they'd bought a holiday home in Devon and were coming for their furniture. (This is why people buy DFS sofas.) | ||
| - | I moved out in 2018, | + | I moved out in 2018, tired of neighbours calling the landlady to tell her I hadn't put my car in the garage and my dogs were barking. |
| That same year, I rented a one-bedroom flat in North London at more than £3,000 a month — to save on hotel bills for work. | That same year, I rented a one-bedroom flat in North London at more than £3,000 a month — to save on hotel bills for work. | ||
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| I was again evicted, for no reason, in 2019, having spent a fortune moving books, magazines, clothes and my desk 250 miles. | I was again evicted, for no reason, in 2019, having spent a fortune moving books, magazines, clothes and my desk 250 miles. | ||
| (I know the names of the nice men at Watson Removals; I even know the birthdays of a couple of them.) | (I know the names of the nice men at Watson Removals; I even know the birthdays of a couple of them.) | ||
| - | She said the flat was being sold but, a few weeks later, I saw it up for rent again on Rightmove at an escalated price. | + | She said the flat was being sold but, |
| She wanted to withhold some of my deposit as the cheap-looking fairy lights were no longer on the balcony. | She wanted to withhold some of my deposit as the cheap-looking fairy lights were no longer on the balcony. | ||
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| Aaaaargh!!!!! | Aaaaargh!!!!! | ||
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