I got home from work on Friday to find a letter from the letting agency announcing that the owner is selling the house we are living in and we have to be out before the 7th June!! 
How the hell are we going to find somewhere else and move in that time?? And we go on holiday on 5th May for 2 weeks so that really only gives us 6 weeks! And there are 4 bank holidays as well, so realistically that is 5 weeks. There are no homes to rent at all in the area, and even if there was, we would really struggle to get one for 2 main reasons. We have a dog and private landlords aren't keen on them. We both have poor credit ratings. This means that we always fail any credit check. With my current house I was lucky enough to know the owner of the letting agency (since retired and sold up), and he put my retired dad down as guarantor and lied on the form saying that he had a private income which could cover the rent.
We have been on the council list for ages, and have 113 points. But we have been told that we would need a minumum of 134 points to be housed in the area.
We would love to be able to buy our own house, but it really is not feasable. I earn £23k per year, but will be having 5 months on £106 per week later this year, then paying over £500 per month childcare once I return to work. DH is only on £12k per year, and he is also trying to get back to his original and chosen career of golf course greenkeeping. He has applied for a job at his old golf course and thinks he has it. If he gets it, it may be even less money as the wages are crap (he'll be happy though
). The average price of a 3 bed semi in this area is £130k, and without a deposit there is no way we could get that much on a mortgage. Even if we could, there would be no way we could find a house, put an offer in, get a mortgage and move by 7th June!
I have absolutely no idea what we are going to do.
I will ring the council in the morning to let them know, and to fax them the notice through, but I can't see it helping. They can't just magic a house out of thin air for us, and I wouldn't expect them to. The last time I mentioned to the council that I wasn't sure if the tenancy would be renewed (last year), the lady said that if we became homeless, we would be placed in a hostel for at lest 8 months whilst we waited for a house to become available!! And I can't see them letting us take a dog to a hostel, and he is part of the family so will go wherever we go. The only hostel is 8 miles away from here, in a really dodgy area. My daughter goes to school 5 minutes walk away from our house, my job is only 2 miles away, and if DH gets his job, his cousin works there so they will car-share, and he lives round the corner from us!! Everything is so convenient here, and I have no idea how we'll cope if we end up miles away.
I am trying to concentrate on the positives. I really hate this house. The garden was dug up so bad by their dog that you can't get a mower over it and it is so overgrown and can't be used in the summer. The windows are really old and the wind blows through them. It's small. There is no bath, and I really need a bath to ease me backache at the minute. It may all work out for the better in the long run. DH said this morning that we could survive in a hostel if it meant getting somewhere at the end of it. I suppose at the end of the day, it would be a roof over our heads and that is more than some people have.
So, I've sent DH down the pub this afternoon to spend money we really should be saving for moving. We've also been to the sports shop this morning and bought us both a new England home and away shirt each to cheer us up!!
I normally have a ladies 10/12, but today I've bought mens size L !!!!! 
It's gotta fit in 9 weeks when the World Cup's on!!!
Anyway, I'm really not feeling that bad about it, I'm just annoyed and scared at what's going to happen and where we are going to go. And 8 weeks seems so close!!
How the hell are we going to find somewhere else and move in that time?? And we go on holiday on 5th May for 2 weeks so that really only gives us 6 weeks! And there are 4 bank holidays as well, so realistically that is 5 weeks. There are no homes to rent at all in the area, and even if there was, we would really struggle to get one for 2 main reasons. We have a dog and private landlords aren't keen on them. We both have poor credit ratings. This means that we always fail any credit check. With my current house I was lucky enough to know the owner of the letting agency (since retired and sold up), and he put my retired dad down as guarantor and lied on the form saying that he had a private income which could cover the rent.
We have been on the council list for ages, and have 113 points. But we have been told that we would need a minumum of 134 points to be housed in the area.
We would love to be able to buy our own house, but it really is not feasable. I earn £23k per year, but will be having 5 months on £106 per week later this year, then paying over £500 per month childcare once I return to work. DH is only on £12k per year, and he is also trying to get back to his original and chosen career of golf course greenkeeping. He has applied for a job at his old golf course and thinks he has it. If he gets it, it may be even less money as the wages are crap (he'll be happy though
). The average price of a 3 bed semi in this area is £130k, and without a deposit there is no way we could get that much on a mortgage. Even if we could, there would be no way we could find a house, put an offer in, get a mortgage and move by 7th June!I have absolutely no idea what we are going to do.
I will ring the council in the morning to let them know, and to fax them the notice through, but I can't see it helping. They can't just magic a house out of thin air for us, and I wouldn't expect them to. The last time I mentioned to the council that I wasn't sure if the tenancy would be renewed (last year), the lady said that if we became homeless, we would be placed in a hostel for at lest 8 months whilst we waited for a house to become available!! And I can't see them letting us take a dog to a hostel, and he is part of the family so will go wherever we go. The only hostel is 8 miles away from here, in a really dodgy area. My daughter goes to school 5 minutes walk away from our house, my job is only 2 miles away, and if DH gets his job, his cousin works there so they will car-share, and he lives round the corner from us!! Everything is so convenient here, and I have no idea how we'll cope if we end up miles away.
I am trying to concentrate on the positives. I really hate this house. The garden was dug up so bad by their dog that you can't get a mower over it and it is so overgrown and can't be used in the summer. The windows are really old and the wind blows through them. It's small. There is no bath, and I really need a bath to ease me backache at the minute. It may all work out for the better in the long run. DH said this morning that we could survive in a hostel if it meant getting somewhere at the end of it. I suppose at the end of the day, it would be a roof over our heads and that is more than some people have.
So, I've sent DH down the pub this afternoon to spend money we really should be saving for moving. We've also been to the sports shop this morning and bought us both a new England home and away shirt each to cheer us up!!
I normally have a ladies 10/12, but today I've bought mens size L !!!!! It's gotta fit in 9 weeks when the World Cup's on!!! Anyway, I'm really not feeling that bad about it, I'm just annoyed and scared at what's going to happen and where we are going to go. And 8 weeks seems so close!!
