Apologies for the silence
Posted by Kirsty
May 31, 2008
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image courtesy of Mr.Flibble on flickr
I’ve not posted for a while and I’ll continue to be fairly quiet for the next month or so. The fun reason for this is that my landlord’s mortgage lender repossessed our flat and we got evicted without a jot of notice. So, we’re sleeping on our friends’ floor for the next month (we have found a lovely place to move into, though) and I don’t have any of my usual facilities for posting lovely craft stuff. I’m taking lots of photos, though, so I’ll have lots to share when I get my photo software back.
This is more of a warning that a sympathy post. We were paying our rent, doing everything by the book, but because our landlord hadn’t declared tenants to his mortgage company, we had no rights when this all went down. We spent three days in court trying to get extra time and then we had to fight for a week to gain access to get our stuff back. Now we’re taking the landlord to court to try and get our deposit back. I’ve got a feeling that things like this will become alarmingly more usual with this credit crunch malarky. If you’re renting, I’d advise that you make sure that your landlord has told their mortgage company that you’re there and that they’ve put your deposit in a protection scheme.
Luckily, we’ve got some amazing friends supporting us and we’re riding it out fairly well. I’m looking forward to moving into our lovely new flat, but I don’t plan to move again for a long while after that! Four moves in less than a year are not fun.
2 comments Categories: about us, adventure, london
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
You poor thing! What a nightmare! My first thought was “that’s a new one”, because we’re all used to landlords being arses but I’ve never heard of this situation before.
I’m a big fan of Money sections in the newspapers, you should write to one of them to warn other people.
Blimmin’ buy to let.
June 3rd, 2008 at 5:36 am
I think you’ve had quite a good reason for not posting! I’m glad you found some where new and lovely, and knowing your knack for making your house look gorgeous and inviting, I am sure you will be settled in no time (once you actually move in!) What a traumatic experience! I’d buy you a pint if I could send it in the post – or a mojito, more like.