tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post2207602742232297941..comments2024-03-23T22:21:32.073-07:00Comments on Renter Girl: Just A Simple Country TenantRenterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556830109922784321noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-17930696004458152712010-05-11T02:52:43.197-07:002010-05-11T02:52:43.197-07:00We've had mixed. One set of letting agents wer...We've had mixed. One set of letting agents were actually way nicer than the landlords. THis time around we're with agents we've had big "issues" with in the past, but have a reluctant truce with as they're the only ones who had a house we could rent. Our problem is my parents live with us and my mom has health issues and can't manage stairs, baths, etc. So we need a very specific kind of house with two bathrooms (one disabled friendly) and two big bedrooms. It makes renting way trickier.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284595314525240584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-4651417701452590662010-05-04T09:55:33.760-07:002010-05-04T09:55:33.760-07:00I know! Imagine asking landlords to do anything. A...I know! Imagine asking landlords to do anything. Although - I have met some nice landlords - my last one in Nice Heights was a star. Letting agents though....RenterGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12556830109922784321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-72212542953962445422010-05-04T01:55:46.587-07:002010-05-04T01:55:46.587-07:00Renter Girl
A friend of mine has a site up that h...Renter Girl<br /><br />A friend of mine has a site up that had a link to empty houses being reported in Scotland, but I can't find the link bow!<br /><br />Anyway... Andy has some stuff that still might interest you. He and his wife by-passed the system by moving into... a bus.<br /><br />http://dafthermit.ning.com/group/alternativelifestyles<br /><br />There are days I envy them. Our landlords of the moment are nice people, but they're nice people who have their home to rent for three years and our time will be up in Nov this year. What then...? Who knows! :-( Back to Russian Roulette.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284595314525240584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-52783805691420072732010-05-04T01:15:28.116-07:002010-05-04T01:15:28.116-07:00know which one makes me laugh hysterically? The ec...know which one makes me laugh hysterically? The eco adverts on TV where they happily suggest you "ASK YOUR LANDLORD" about adding more insulation or installing some other highly expensive green technology.<br /><br />Ummm... are they kidding???Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284595314525240584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-21598630536404114212010-03-24T04:04:17.764-07:002010-03-24T04:04:17.764-07:00More and more it seems that capitalism in Britain ...More and more it seems that capitalism in Britain is just communism in disguise. Just with different people with the money and power.<br /><br />The problem with housing at the moment, whether bought or rented is just another illustration of the greedy nature of the population at large!<br /><br />Never mind, eh?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-62368461621636654352010-03-23T03:41:42.503-07:002010-03-23T03:41:42.503-07:00Shoe - that's priceless!
And Anonymous,
Both ...Shoe - that's priceless!<br />And Anonymous, <br />Both urban living and country living are bad in their own way. I agree that we need a major shake-up in legal rights and in renting culture. It is feudal, simply because country people suffer from such a tiny pool of available properties, which landlords prefer to rent to holiday makers, rather than long-term occupants.<br />PennyRenterGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12556830109922784321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-1114858112403632762010-03-23T02:46:45.441-07:002010-03-23T02:46:45.441-07:00Hmmm. And renting in a town or city is any differe...Hmmm. And renting in a town or city is any different? Renting is brutally expensive wherever you are in the UK, it seems. Frankly private renting is the new feudalism with a bunch of deeply unpleasant nasty people running a system that makes other peoples' lives hell, and that's just the letting agents.<br /><br />Please please may we have a budget in which the new slumlords are rewarded for their parasitic greed with the smack of proper taxation.<br /><br />ClareAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-71719457185953992972010-03-22T06:25:56.883-07:002010-03-22T06:25:56.883-07:00A lot of the problem I saw in my 2 short years of ...A lot of the problem I saw in my 2 short years of rural living was that most of the tenants were on welfare and subsidised by the state. Therefore paying your own rent made you the most wanted tenant in town, even though the landlord still had no intention of properly maintaining the place.<br /><br />In myself and my ex partners experience, we suddenly found ourselves mysteriously deflected away from places we liked to one place a little more expensive. It being a country town we soon discovered why (walls have ears) - the "landlady" was in fact the letting agents wife.<br /><br />And they weren't paying tax either. How interesting and useful this turned out to be later on.Shoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090768549182973598noreply@blogger.com