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A change in living arangements... and a need for advice?
14 years ago
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Well all, lemmee first start off by saying we are moving out of the home we were renting. Paying $1200 a month just on rent and no utilities included was too expensive.
(Ok, before I get longwinded, i'm NOT begging for money or donations. Just some positive thoughts, advice and well wished thoughts for us would do wonders i think.)
We were looking at local apartments here in town, and 'thought' we had another lined up, so we told landlord, as we awaited the approval from new landlord.
We were declined.
Ok, looked some more, but still couldn't find anything.
Landlord was pressing us for a timetable for us to find something. I told him I wasn't sure, mebee a month?
And while this is going on, our current landlord is sending out ads for our home to rent again. (I personally think our landlord was planning for this, as a way to get us out, for a family that will be better costwise for him.)
Well, he rented the home out in about an hour and half after he posted it on Craigslist.
His gf took the pics as well that same day.
Now we have to move out on the 30th. Only problem is we don't have a place to stay.
We have been in touch with a place here that assists low income and handicapped families. Our caseworker is very kind, and has some programmes that can help us get another home in time. Our Caseworker's supervisor, runs a local shelter home ran by nuns. It's set up like an old victorian style home, with separate family bed rooms above the main room.
We will be staying there for a while, as caseworker and Bunny searches for rentals.
It's rent free, and no food bills, so I can save for a good chunked deposit.
8 weeks is the maximum we can stay there, because Rachael needs a registered address for school. (And besides, the shelter shuts down in August.)
The Landlord is giving us back 1/2 our deposit, and thats it. He will write up a good review on us staying at his home as renters. This will help our caseworker get additional moving funds and a d/p for a rental we can afford. She took down all my info and wages, and said we were 'just' squeaking by on $16.00 an hour.
I know we had to break our lease, but it was agreed upon by verbal agreement.
It just sucks, cause the landlord wants us out asap, so he can work on the home before the newwww tennants move in, and not fixing everything that went wrong while we lived here.
Boy the new tenants are gonna be surprised at how CHEAP out landlord is.
He never fixed the holes in ceiling, put up the railings for the scary steps to the bedroom. And there is mold in the home that makes it impossible to have a sense of smell anymore.
*****
Like I said, We need some well wishes. And I'll let you know what happens when we get settled.
On another note, I am accepting a job driving trucks in area or regionally, paying $.35 a mile with all expenses paid.
Ill let ya know how that goes.
Kimmyskunk
(Ok, before I get longwinded, i'm NOT begging for money or donations. Just some positive thoughts, advice and well wished thoughts for us would do wonders i think.)
We were looking at local apartments here in town, and 'thought' we had another lined up, so we told landlord, as we awaited the approval from new landlord.
We were declined.
Ok, looked some more, but still couldn't find anything.
Landlord was pressing us for a timetable for us to find something. I told him I wasn't sure, mebee a month?
And while this is going on, our current landlord is sending out ads for our home to rent again. (I personally think our landlord was planning for this, as a way to get us out, for a family that will be better costwise for him.)
Well, he rented the home out in about an hour and half after he posted it on Craigslist.
His gf took the pics as well that same day.
Now we have to move out on the 30th. Only problem is we don't have a place to stay.
We have been in touch with a place here that assists low income and handicapped families. Our caseworker is very kind, and has some programmes that can help us get another home in time. Our Caseworker's supervisor, runs a local shelter home ran by nuns. It's set up like an old victorian style home, with separate family bed rooms above the main room.
We will be staying there for a while, as caseworker and Bunny searches for rentals.
It's rent free, and no food bills, so I can save for a good chunked deposit.
8 weeks is the maximum we can stay there, because Rachael needs a registered address for school. (And besides, the shelter shuts down in August.)
The Landlord is giving us back 1/2 our deposit, and thats it. He will write up a good review on us staying at his home as renters. This will help our caseworker get additional moving funds and a d/p for a rental we can afford. She took down all my info and wages, and said we were 'just' squeaking by on $16.00 an hour.
I know we had to break our lease, but it was agreed upon by verbal agreement.
It just sucks, cause the landlord wants us out asap, so he can work on the home before the newwww tennants move in, and not fixing everything that went wrong while we lived here.
Boy the new tenants are gonna be surprised at how CHEAP out landlord is.
He never fixed the holes in ceiling, put up the railings for the scary steps to the bedroom. And there is mold in the home that makes it impossible to have a sense of smell anymore.
*****
Like I said, We need some well wishes. And I'll let you know what happens when we get settled.
On another note, I am accepting a job driving trucks in area or regionally, paying $.35 a mile with all expenses paid.
Ill let ya know how that goes.
Kimmyskunk
I wish you the best of luck finding a new place, as well as with the new job.