From: Alex Butcher 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Notice to Terminate Tenancy
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 10:16:48 +0000

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:57:30 +0000, Phil wrote:

> 
> "Pollux"  wrote in message
> news:MPG.1a71ea6f46ab0e609897ae@news.clara.net...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was made redundant at the end of November of 2003. I got a fair
>> redundancy package so things didn't look all that bad. I was looking
>> forward to take a few months off and update my IT certifications when I
>> got Today a Notice to Terminate from my Landlord. Now that is really
>> unfortunate. I suspect the reason is because he wants to sell. That
>> would be the second time this happens since I moved to the UK 5 years
>> ago.
>>
>> The first time it happened, there weren't really any issues. I had a job
>> so moving somewhere else was easy. However, I get the impression that
>> although I have a fair amount of cash in my bank account, nobody would
>> rent me anything because I have no job. Any ideas on what I could do?
>> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> I was in the same position some years ago paid three months advance rent
> which resolved the fears of the agent and the landlord.

That was also an option to me, along with getting someone to act as a
guarantor for me.

In the end, I passed all the agent's credit checks and was able to
continue renting on a month-by-month basis.

To the OP: there's no need to worry yourself unnecessarily; you have
plenty of options, as long as you don't blow your redundancy payment on a
new sports car! ;-)

> Phil

Best Regards,
Alex.
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