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Soon we will all be homeless

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  • Jvic28
    Jvic28 Posts: 1,596 Forumite
    cleopatra4485,

    You haven't said if moving back to your folks is an option but I think this would be your best option money wise. Excellent oppurtunity to save money (although I'm not suggesting you don't pay your paretns anything but they'll be a damn site cheaper than a landlord). You'll be much better off and in a much better position when the housing market settles down after the credit crunch. Bite the bullet now and you'll be glad you did in the future.

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  • neas
    neas Posts: 3,801 Forumite
    I'd try and negotiate with your current landlord to extend your assured tenancy to 12 months... that way he gets you for a nother year and you cant leave... you also freeze your rent that way and are sure of a home for a year :).
  • cleopatra4485
    cleopatra4485 Posts: 507 Forumite
    Jvic28 wrote: »
    cleopatra4485,

    You haven't said if moving back to your folks is an option but I think this would be your best option money wise. Excellent oppurtunity to save money (although I'm not suggesting you don't pay your paretns anything but they'll be a damn site cheaper than a landlord). You'll be much better off and in a much better position when the housing market settles down after the credit crunch. Bite the bullet now and you'll be glad you did in the future.

    x

    God what a horrible thought :rotfl: I moved out of home 5 years ago.

    I am not sure if it is an option as I have an OH and three cats, could possibly happen with a bit of begging
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  • Jvic28
    Jvic28 Posts: 1,596 Forumite
    After a few years of living away from home (if only 30 miles) I moved back. Sometimes you've got to do these things but in the long run it may be worth it. I now own a brand new flat in Cardiff Bay (which is a lovely area for anyone that doesn't know)

    Either that or I agree with neas about extending your current agreement.
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  • PasturesNew
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    LillyJ wrote: »
    Where would you park it? ;)
    Being a girl, I'd join the Camping & Caravanning Club and park there. And look online for cheap deals off season.

    I was actually going to do this originally when I sold my house, but then didn't.

    Starting to think it might have been the better plan.
  • cleopatra4485
    cleopatra4485 Posts: 507 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Being a girl, I'd join the Camping & Caravanning Club and park there. And look online for cheap deals off season.

    I was actually going to do this originally when I sold my house, but then didn't.

    Starting to think it might have been the better plan.

    the toilet situation would get me I think :rotfl:
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  • PasturesNew
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    Jvic28 wrote: »

    I now own a brand new flat in Cardiff Bay (which is a lovely area for anyone that doesn't know)

    Is it? I was warned off there as you have to go through what was told to me as "Murder Mile" to get home. And it's all the same. I've not found one local yet that knows their way round there.

    I even worked with a girl that said she had to use GPS for 3 weeks to find her flat as it was all so confusing.
  • PasturesNew
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    cleopatra4485 wrote: »
    the toilet situation would get me I think
    Yeah, that was my biggest worry. But you can get hard standing pitches with plug in electricity. I figured if I got one with a loo I could use it if I really had to. It's just me, so would be ample space.

    But last year, when I might have done it, it rained a lot....

    And where I was living there weren't any places to go buy one, I'd have needed to head up north and travel round looking for a week or two. In the end I just picked a random town and booked into a hotel and said "I'm going to live there".
  • cleopatra4485
    cleopatra4485 Posts: 507 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Yeah, that was my biggest worry. But you can get hard standing pitches with plug in electricity. I figured if I got one with a loo I could use it if I really had to. It's just me, so would be ample space.

    But last year, when I might have done it, it rained a lot....

    And where I was living there weren't any places to go buy one, I'd have needed to head up north and travel round looking for a week or two. In the end I just picked a random town and booked into a hotel and said "I'm going to live there".

    ha ha

    sounds exciting and brave.

    I suppose I went on holiday to a spanish island and decided to stay while my friend went home, sometimes you need to be a bit adventurous
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  • brownbabygirl
    brownbabygirl Posts: 1,356 Forumite
    you have received great advice here. i wish i had my light bulb moment at a young age like you!!! look at the bright side, you are only 23 and have LOTS of time to rectify your mistakes (unlike many other people believe me!). stay on this site and keep saving and learning. it is never too late! cheer up dear
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