Virtually Paul

Evicted, sort of

April 16, 2008 on 1:12 pm | In Out East |

I really can’t catch a break with housing at the moment.  I moved in to a new bachelor pad not all that long ago which really is a fantastic house.  The rent is extremely good for the result.  One of my housemates has lived there for over 5 years, so it’s fully furnished and set up.  We’ve also proved to be the cleanest bunch of bachelors I have ever shared with.   Having only moved in a month ago, it all turned rather sour yesterday.

As soon as I walked in the door after work last night, my housemate told me that he’d received a call from the agents to inform him that the landlords have had some changes in their circumstances and have decided to move in to the property.  We now have 67 days to vacate.  I’m spewing that I didn’t ask for a 12 month lease when I had the chance.  It’s one thing for my housemate who has lived there for years to get the eventual wind-up as that’s the nature of the game.  It’s another thing entirely to allow someone to move in (ie. me) for the sake of pocketing a couple of months rent before they take up residence again.  I’m not happy but there’s not an awful lot that I can do about it.  At this stage the three of us will probably just look around for somewhere else to rent as a trio, so it won’t be immeasurably disruptive, just extremely inconvenient.

If anyone has any suggested solutions, by all means let me know!