House I'm in - 3 bed semi det cottage, very big garden (too big) no central heating, multifuel fire which heats water when lit, fuel & electric bill of £200 a month, £510 rent pcm, but its on a dangerous main road & is constantly noisy and not fenced - the children can easily escape if not supervised in the garden.
Possible other house in village - 3 bed semi det cottage, enclosed hedged & gated garden smaller than we have here but still big, only road nearby is a lane, possible friends nearby for eldest daugter, daughter wont have to change schools, garden safer for children, storage heaters, open fire, hideous decorating - the house is a rainbow & every room needs painting before moving in, bedroom ceiling looks like will fall down but has apparently always been like that and wont be fixed, & its £625 pcm.
Have 2 give a months notice here by 26th - friday - but the other landlord is away & the agent needs to know if they can wait a month for someone to move in...dilema! Help!
2007-01-23 19:04:12 · 7 answers · asked by frostbitten 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
Storage heaters will add a lot to your electricity bill, and you'll also be paying £125 pm extra in rent. If you can afford that, it sounds like you'll be a lot happier there, and you should go for it!
2007-01-23 19:10:54 · answer #1 · answered by RM 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Storage heaters aren't very good,I'd much rather central heating and that ceiling in the bedroom sounds dodgy.If the landlord has no intention of fixing it what would they be like with other situations?Sounds like a real gamble especially if you have to go through the same again if something goes wrong
2007-01-24 03:22:50 · answer #2 · answered by mikey31 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
safety would be a huge concern here, ur other choice sounds way better, for now and the future, older houses have quirks and ur landlord would be obliged to fix the wall or anything else that would go wrong, the fact it needs decorating just gives u an excuse to put ur own stamp on it, which u would probably want to do anyway and it sounds like quality of life would be better for all of u too without too much disruption, it sounds pretty good. good luck
2007-01-24 03:18:53 · answer #3 · answered by ♠ Merlin ♠ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sound like very little choice
i would take the latter but if there are no repairs the maybe you should talk to the enviroment helth first
this always gets the landlord to take their finger out and do some thing about a property
though it's £100 more if you play your cards right and point out all the problems you have seen already and the landlord is happy to sort them all out go for it
2007-01-27 10:53:36 · answer #4 · answered by needanswers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
keep looking sounds like it will cost a bomb to put right, look at the weather you don't want that roof coming through on you.
2007-01-24 03:46:01 · answer #5 · answered by DAVID R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you answered yourself:)))read your question again-obviously you wanna move from your present house!and safety is important, when you have kids.good luck!
2007-01-24 03:46:51 · answer #6 · answered by agnieszkamachmarszaluk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go for it .Move
2007-01-24 03:13:57 · answer #7 · answered by The Doc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋