{"id":45626,"date":"2017-02-26T23:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-sad-cost-of-renting-never-having-somewhere-to-call-home\/"},"modified":"2017-02-26T23:15:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T16:15:44","slug":"the-sad-cost-of-renting-never-having-somewhere-to-call-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-sad-cost-of-renting-never-having-somewhere-to-call-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The sad cost of renting: never having somewhere to call home"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nConstantly having to lug your possessions to a new address leads to bare-bones, functional, don\u2019t-get-too-attached livingMoving house is one of life\u2019s 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\u2019s most stressful experiences because, whenever you move house, someone will inevitably tell you so. As\u00a0you 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. \u201cDon\u2019t panic! It\u2019s worse than getting a divorce!\u201dThat there is a housing crisis in the UK has been unforgivably obvious for years. More people\u00a0are renting and fewer people are able to\u00a0buy homes, particularly young people, for whom the\u00a0idea of even attempting to save for a\u00a0deposit is a\u00a0sisyphean feat that no longer seems worth it.\u00a0Grotesque headlines such as \u201cTories reject move\u00a0to ensure rented homes fit for accommodation\u201d are by now so familiar that their\u00a0stark ugliness has somehow dulled, and we\u00a0seem to be acquiescing, too knackered, perhaps, from lugging our worldly possessions up\u00a0and down the stairs twice a year. By 2025, it is\u00a0expected that 60% of people living in London will rent. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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