landlord not renewing tenancy - Help

jules-2005

I am still living in the wrong town but I have a 3 way swap lined already up for June 30th. I must stay here for a year on a starter tenancy before I can swap. Luckily the tenancy started here 3 weeks before I had to leave the other house so I won't have been here a full year.

The other 2 people involved in the swap have urgent medical reasons to swap so they are holding out hope that the council/housing association may bend the rules and allow us to swap earlier but I am sensible enough to realise that I don't think it will be allowed.

I am lucky that I am in a fairly nice area but the £200 extra petrol costs and £40 a month train season ticket for my eldest are crippling me. My eldest has the last year of his gcse's next year so its really important for us to be back near his school so he can spend more time revising instead of being up really early and commuting in.

There is light at the end of the tunnel

RAS

Well done.

Good and proper outcome

jules-2005

After coming back to this thread for reference for a friend now going through the same process, I thought I'd update my situation.

I moved back to my home town in August last year. I did a 3 way swap and now have a house in a lovely quiet area. I am in the process of "beautifying" the interior of the house. It had sadly been neglected but I could see the potential. I couldn't be happier and my children are all doing very well at school.