Property News · February 26, 2017

The sad cost of renting: never having somewhere to call home


Constantly having to lug your possessions to a new address leads to bare-bones, functional, don’t-get-too-attached livingMoving house is one of life’s most stressful experiences. I have done it 16 times over the past 13 years and, in comparison with some of my friends, that makes me one of the settled ones. I know it is one of life’s most stressful experiences because, whenever you move house, someone will inevitably tell you so. As you stuff a duvet into a pound-shop laundry bag and wonder if it is possible to load your life-in-boxes into the van, drive across the city and empty it out again within an hour, that cheerful text will arrive. “Don’t panic! It’s worse than getting a divorce!”That there is a housing crisis in the UK has been unforgivably obvious for years. More people are renting and fewer people are able to buy homes, particularly young people, for whom the idea of even attempting to save for a deposit is a sisyphean feat that no longer seems worth it. Grotesque headlines such as “Tories reject move to ensure rented homes fit for accommodation” are by now so familiar that their stark ugliness has somehow dulled, and we seem to be acquiescing, too knackered, perhaps, from lugging our worldly possessions up and down the stairs twice a year. By 2025, it is expected that 60% of people living in London will rent. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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