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Can't Afford To Move
dmtroughton
Posts: 1 Newbie
We put our house up for sale last year and we were all ready to move into our lovely new house in June if I remember correctly. Then two days before completing the buyers pulled out. We lost a lot of money and now cannot afford to move. On top of that my husband was made redundant last Summer. Luckily he got a job after a few months but it is a lot less than he use to be on and we are really struggling to pay our bills. For over 10 years work he got a pathetic £5000 redundancy payment. Also last year I fell pregnant and had our third son at the end of the year. I had my tubes tied in 2003! Everything just feels like it is falling apart. I don't know how long we will be able to keep our house and what we will do if we cannot. I am so stressed and worried. We have three young boys and I am so worried.:(
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Okay, do you have your house on the market at all?
Could you move to another area/smaller house and then the money you would make on your own house would cover all the fees and make you more comfortable financiall, i.e. a smaller mortgage
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dmtroughton wrote: »We put our house up for sale last year and we were all ready to move into our lovely new house in June if I remember correctly. Then two days before completing the buyers pulled out. We lost a lot of money and now cannot afford to move. .:(
Do you mean exchanging or completing?0
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