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We are going to be homeless....

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byronwells
byronwells Posts: 124 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
in House buying, renting & selling
Alright guys


We are in need of very urgent help... Currently at the moment me and wife are in a private property paying £520 per month but by the 23rd of May we need to be out.. This has already arranged so there is nothing that we can do about that..


Since we knew this was going to happen a few months back we have been looking for other properties.. We did find one via the Letting agents for £600 per month... Where with them they have to do a credit check and so on for £250.


Currently my wife is in full time work earning £21,000 per year.. Sadly I am unemployed and I won't be living their straight way.. So it would only be in her name...


But because last year she only earned £19,850 they need a guarantor or they find another tenant and get to keep the £250 money...


I don't get to see how we need a work guarantor when they have seen her bank statements which shows she has got £4k in there at the moment. Also with the £19,850 we can easily pay the £600 per month


This really not fair and now we are really screwed because we have not got long at all... And we haven't got £250 to loose as well...
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  • KRB2725
    KRB2725 Posts: 685 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Could you offer to pay 6 months in advance?
  • byronwells
    byronwells Posts: 124 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    emmatthews wrote: »
    Could you offer to pay 6 months in advance?


    Already tried that and they don't want to know....
  • Alter_ego
    Alter_ego Posts: 3,842 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Are you being evicted?
    I am not a cat (But my friend is)
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Whu cant you stay añd and wait to be evicted.

    You may get council property
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • elsien
    elsien Posts: 36,091 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    The letting agent might not want to know, but what about the prospective landlord - have they run it past them?
    All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

    Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.
  • byronwells
    byronwells Posts: 124 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Alter_ego wrote: »
    Are you being evicted?



    The landlord wants the property back for daughter... So we can not stop that part happening.. Its the next part that is the issue
  • byronwells
    byronwells Posts: 124 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    elsien wrote: »
    The letting agent might not want to know, but what about the prospective landlord - have they run it past them?



    We are only dealing with the letting agent at the moment.. No idea of how to find out who the actual landlord is..
  • Alter_ego
    Alter_ego Posts: 3,842 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    byronwells wrote: »
    The landlord wants the property back for daughter... So we can not stop that part happening.. Its the next part that is the issue

    See post 5
    I am not a cat (But my friend is)
  • IAmWales
    IAmWales Posts: 2,024 Forumite
    McKneff wrote: »
    Whu cant you stay añd and wait to be evicted.

    You may get council property

    The chances of a council property for a couple with no children are very low, in most areas zero. They won't even qualify for emergency accommodation unless they are deemed vulnerable (eg pregnant, some disabilities).

    Why are you not going to be living there byronwells?
  • Cakeguts
    Cakeguts Posts: 7,627 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Find a different property with a different letting agent. Make sure the agent is a member of professional associations. A small local agent will be better than an agent that is part of a national chain.
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