My letting agency has cocked up - again!

[Amanda]

As most of you will know, we are having to wait for an eviction notice before the council can rehouse us. Well, it went to court today. We have been told by the council that if all goes well, then the judge would stamp the forms and we would have to be out of here in 14 days. Then the council would have to find us somewhere.

So, the letting agent has just rang me. We were issued with a notice to quit dated 6th April, posted to us and we received it on the 7th April. It says that the contract expires on the 7th May, so we have until the 7th June to vacate the premises. As we had nowhere to go, we went to the council and they said that we needed an eviction notice. It has taken this long to get to court, and guess what happened?

The judge said No!!!

He said that we should have received the notice on the 6th April and not the 7th, so this would give us 2 full months. As we had it on the 7th, that is one day short of 2 full months. Seriously. They have said no because of 1 f***ing day! I am furious!!!

DH is at work, I have rang him and he is also furious. I then rang my mum and burst into tears. You know what about? The fact that all my pre-pregnancy clothes are packed into bags round my mums as I thought we would be moving before then. Now I need to go and sort through 6 bags of clothes so I'll have something to wear after the birth! That's whats upsetting me more than anything.

Sorry to moan (yet again!), but I needed to have a rant and DH isn't home from work until 10pm.

 

[cassi]

AWW huni what a nasty man!!! im sorry, i hope it goes better for you in the long run

cas xx

 

Oh hun that's bloody rubbish I'm so sorry you're being put through this shit it's not fair on you at all

 

[Amanda]

The owner of the letting agent has just rang me again and we may have a not strictly legal way around this!!

She needs to wait for the paperwork from the court to make sure that this is the only reason that they are not granting the eviction order. But if it turns out that this is the reason, she asked me if I would be prepared to say that the notice was hand-delivered to me on the 6th, and not sent in the post so I received it on the 7th. I have said yes to this, so fingers crossed we can get it sorted. Otherwise, they have to give us another 2 months (and the one day ) notice, then it has to go to court again, so we could be looking at being here another 4-5 months. I'm prepared to do a little white lie if I need to just to hurry this along, do you think this is wrong?

If I do tell this fib, we will be back in court in 14 days, and then hopefully moving 14 days after this.

 

[mummykay]

that sucks!!!!!

i was told by the council to stay in my old flat (the lease ran out in july)until they evicted me once id had my baby in august - this is infact illegal and then the stupid woman told me i was makin myself deliberately homeless by not stayin there!!

hope everythin gets sorted tankett, u dont need this stress now of all times!!

 

[hayley]

lie, lie and lie again if you have too... stupid bloody red tape.. Can you not lie a little more and say your DH has thrown you out... personnal problems - you can't live with him... then they'd have to house you even quicker.. depends who's name is on the lease... Fingers, toes, eyes - everything crossed for you!

x

 

[Yvanne]

no tankett do wot u need 2 2 get a house, if the letting agency woman is prepared 2 lie 4 u then go ahead!! just make sure shes genuine bout doin it, the last thing u need is 4 her 2 back out of saying it all the best chin up!!!

 

[Jo]

Aww hun, thats awful for you.
LIE LIE AND LIE agin, as long as it is not the same judge, would he remember???

did you go to court and say owt?

If not your prob fine

LIE

 

[Jaidy]

This is making me sooooo angry...as you know im in a similar situation to you Tankett and I think its so bad that people that try to do things properly and by the book get no joy. It seems if you do all the wrong things like commit crimes, take drugs etc you will get a place as priority but anyone trying to do it right like me and you just get tossed in the pile.

Just lie Tankett, it has to be done. For the sake of you, your hubby and the baby, dont give a toss about them, they havent helped you so dont feel guilty about lying.

 

[Amanda]

I didn't go to court today Jo so it shouldn't matter if we get the same judge, thankfully! I was told by the council that if I showed up pregnant, the judge would probably rule that we would have to stay in the house for at least another 6 months as we've never missed a rent payment and have been here over 2 years.

So I'm hoping that I can get away with just writing a letter saying it was hand-delivered. I really can't cope with going to court.

 

[lauramumof2]

Thats shamefull of them, over 1 day.

 

[Melanie]

I would lie about the one day difference hun.

 

[lisa31]

Just pm'd you!

I cant beleive your having to go through all this weeks before your due to have a baby (which is stressful enough on its own)

I hope things sort themselves out soon

L x

 

[hayley]

if they need you in court can you not send someone else on your behalf... say your sick or something... it's so bloody wrong! if you was a smack head, robber or some other kind of low life you'd get first class treatment... if you was here illegal you'd be in a 4 bedroomed house by now!!!!! gets me so angry!!!!

x