yellowroses
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Hello,
Looking for some advise please. I'm renting a house with my husband & 2 kids about 18 months now. We first signed 12 month contract. When that was due to be renewed I asked agent was the lease going to just roll with part 4 tenency & he said no that we would sign another 12 month lease so we agreed & signed. The house was put up for sale just after we moved in & in first year there were only a few viewings. The 2nd year has been very busy though with viewings every few weeks. My kids are very unsettled over strangers constantly walking around their bedroom etc. Its becoming wearing with the viewings & having house presentable. We are paying normal market rate but there is a hitch. My husband lost his job & for us to be able to receive rent allowance we had to put the rent down as a lower amount otherwise we wouldnt get it. The area we live in there are no properties that accept rent allowance. We have 2 contracts. One that was to qualify for rent allowance & other one with higher rent we pay (80 euro more)
At this point we would like to just move or at least have the option of keeping an eye out for something suitable over the next few months however we just cannot afford to lose our deposit. We have excellent previous landlord refs & have never been late with rent & keep house immaculate etc. I'm thinking of bringing it up to the agent but not sure what to say & what my rights are here. Thanks for reading
Looking for some advise please. I'm renting a house with my husband & 2 kids about 18 months now. We first signed 12 month contract. When that was due to be renewed I asked agent was the lease going to just roll with part 4 tenency & he said no that we would sign another 12 month lease so we agreed & signed. The house was put up for sale just after we moved in & in first year there were only a few viewings. The 2nd year has been very busy though with viewings every few weeks. My kids are very unsettled over strangers constantly walking around their bedroom etc. Its becoming wearing with the viewings & having house presentable. We are paying normal market rate but there is a hitch. My husband lost his job & for us to be able to receive rent allowance we had to put the rent down as a lower amount otherwise we wouldnt get it. The area we live in there are no properties that accept rent allowance. We have 2 contracts. One that was to qualify for rent allowance & other one with higher rent we pay (80 euro more)
At this point we would like to just move or at least have the option of keeping an eye out for something suitable over the next few months however we just cannot afford to lose our deposit. We have excellent previous landlord refs & have never been late with rent & keep house immaculate etc. I'm thinking of bringing it up to the agent but not sure what to say & what my rights are here. Thanks for reading