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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, | + | 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. |
- | [[https:// | + | The agent started taking photographs of every room and my courtyard garden. Without asking first. |
Or even talking to me. Because who am I, other than a lowly private renter, unworthy of even a kindly 'Good morning' | 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, |
It was the landlady. 'The viewing is cancelled but there is another one at half past one.' | It was the landlady. 'The viewing is cancelled but there is another one at half past one.' | ||
I dared to express my dismay, my upset at the constant intrusions. Yet another no-show; another day when I was unable to do as I pleased. | I dared to express my dismay, my upset at the constant intrusions. Yet another no-show; another day when I was unable to do as I pleased. | ||
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How is this allowed? | How is this allowed? | ||
- | Here is more information regarding [[https:// | + | 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. |
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, 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' | 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' | ||
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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 [[https:// | + | Why? Because, at 64, I am perilously close to retirement. |
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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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, [[https://evigetir.com/evden-eve-google.html|EvDEn EVe NAkLiyat]] 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, a few weeks later, I saw it up for |
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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When I moved in, it had no heating, laminate flooring and a fuse box that was 26 years old. | When I moved in, it had no heating, laminate flooring and a fuse box that was 26 years old. | ||
- | The washing machine broke and there was no tumble dryer, though the lease bans putting up a washing line. The roof and windows still leak. Exiting the front door on a rainy day is like braving Niagara Falls (I have videos). | + | The washing machine broke and there was no tumble dryer, though the lease bans putting up a washing line. The roof and |
I know it was idiotic to spend tens of thousands of pounds of my own money on it, but I work from home and needed heating. | I know it was idiotic to spend tens of thousands of pounds of my own money on it, but I work from home and needed heating. | ||
The bathroom was mouldy and having a hot bath is my one luxury. | The bathroom was mouldy and having a hot bath is my one luxury. | ||
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'How many dogs do you have?' she asked me, craning to look at the two (out of now four) who had come along for the ride. | 'How many dogs do you have?' she asked me, craning to look at the two (out of now four) who had come along for the ride. | ||
- | Me: ' | + | If you have any questions regarding where and the best ways to utilize [[https:// |
She showed me round and it was lovely. 'It will come unfurnished.' | She showed me round and it was lovely. 'It will come unfurnished.' | ||
I couldn' | I couldn' | ||
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- | Aaaaargh!!!!! | + | [[http:// |