So my landlord has decided to sell the house myself & my daughter have been living in for 8 & a half years. Obviously this is very stressful & sad as we've laid down roots here, my daughter plays out with her friends, goes to a local school etc.
I have been searching since last October but nothing has come to anything & our move out deadline is looming in less than 2wks. I've already told the landlord this & that it's not possible for us to leave until we find another place to go to, he seemed understanding just stating that the estate agents would be in touch to put up the "for sale" sign & do energy test on the house etc. But I get the impression he thinks I just need a few extra weeks.
A little info on why it's been so difficult: My country is currently going through the worst housing crisis in it's history. The banks aren't lending for mortgages like they used to, so have forced more & more onto the rental market. Which has pushed rent prices up to astronomical levels eg. in the past 2yrs everywhere in my estate have almost doubled in price per month! So that's almost 2000 a mth (not including any bills) for a small 2 bedroom place, no garden in one of the cheapest parts of the city. To add to this there is no rent control so landlords can pretty much can come up with any price they like.
To make matter's worse there is also a severe lack of properties to rent in the first place. A quick look this morning on the countries most popular renting site says there is currently just over 10 thousand properties to let in the entire country at the moment......my city's population is just shy of 4 million! :O
So as you can see it's a major crisis; but the government refuse to do anything, mainly because the majority of politicians are landlords!
Meanwhile working families are being forced to live in hostels & hotels (hotels are now at full capacity) & people incl professionals forced to live in bunk beds stacked in a shared room & still pay a hefty price for the "luxury".
This is obviously an insane way to be forced to live so I have already made up my mind to leave the country & start up somewhere else. I am due to start a course in September here so I'll have a fresh qualification under my belt when I leave to give me better job prospects. The plan is to stick it out till next summer when my daughter finishes up her school year & I complete my course & search for new schools in Europe for my daughter, work for myself & somewhere where the language barrier isn't going to be a big problem until we both pick it up. Alot I know!
In the meantime I'll have to just suck it up & pay those crazy rent prices out of my savings. I am freaking out a bit though cause in 6mths I haven't been able to secure a place to live & am afraid that we're going to have to move into a homeless shelter :(
The only card I have left to play is that my landlord never gave me the legal notice that was suppose to be included with the notice he originally gave me, therefore making it invalid. I had told him of this (I'm required to by law) & he served me the proper legal notice which has bought me a few more months (although I'm pretty sure he's not aware of how many days I legally have left).
I am constantly online, searching, searching, searching! And 2 days ago managed to find a place close by & made contact quite quickly with the landlord so had my hopes up, trying to say positive. She contacted me (most don't even bother!) apologising that she couldn't offer me a viewing as she's already had 2000 enquires in a few hours & had to take the ad down cause it was overwhelming!
So I asked: "Will I find a place to live soon?" - 6.2.4 > 20
Conflict! These lines look really bad!
Anyone else have any experience with these lines, or the resulting Hex? Or any other interpretations at all?
I have been searching since last October but nothing has come to anything & our move out deadline is looming in less than 2wks. I've already told the landlord this & that it's not possible for us to leave until we find another place to go to, he seemed understanding just stating that the estate agents would be in touch to put up the "for sale" sign & do energy test on the house etc. But I get the impression he thinks I just need a few extra weeks.
A little info on why it's been so difficult: My country is currently going through the worst housing crisis in it's history. The banks aren't lending for mortgages like they used to, so have forced more & more onto the rental market. Which has pushed rent prices up to astronomical levels eg. in the past 2yrs everywhere in my estate have almost doubled in price per month! So that's almost 2000 a mth (not including any bills) for a small 2 bedroom place, no garden in one of the cheapest parts of the city. To add to this there is no rent control so landlords can pretty much can come up with any price they like.
To make matter's worse there is also a severe lack of properties to rent in the first place. A quick look this morning on the countries most popular renting site says there is currently just over 10 thousand properties to let in the entire country at the moment......my city's population is just shy of 4 million! :O
So as you can see it's a major crisis; but the government refuse to do anything, mainly because the majority of politicians are landlords!
Meanwhile working families are being forced to live in hostels & hotels (hotels are now at full capacity) & people incl professionals forced to live in bunk beds stacked in a shared room & still pay a hefty price for the "luxury".
This is obviously an insane way to be forced to live so I have already made up my mind to leave the country & start up somewhere else. I am due to start a course in September here so I'll have a fresh qualification under my belt when I leave to give me better job prospects. The plan is to stick it out till next summer when my daughter finishes up her school year & I complete my course & search for new schools in Europe for my daughter, work for myself & somewhere where the language barrier isn't going to be a big problem until we both pick it up. Alot I know!
In the meantime I'll have to just suck it up & pay those crazy rent prices out of my savings. I am freaking out a bit though cause in 6mths I haven't been able to secure a place to live & am afraid that we're going to have to move into a homeless shelter :(
The only card I have left to play is that my landlord never gave me the legal notice that was suppose to be included with the notice he originally gave me, therefore making it invalid. I had told him of this (I'm required to by law) & he served me the proper legal notice which has bought me a few more months (although I'm pretty sure he's not aware of how many days I legally have left).
I am constantly online, searching, searching, searching! And 2 days ago managed to find a place close by & made contact quite quickly with the landlord so had my hopes up, trying to say positive. She contacted me (most don't even bother!) apologising that she couldn't offer me a viewing as she's already had 2000 enquires in a few hours & had to take the ad down cause it was overwhelming!
So I asked: "Will I find a place to live soon?" - 6.2.4 > 20
Conflict! These lines look really bad!
Anyone else have any experience with these lines, or the resulting Hex? Or any other interpretations at all?
