oh. fuck.

[burntcopper]

Landlord called last weekend to say he had to increase the rent due to his mortgages. contract's coming up for renewal.

Just had the email from him with how much he wants to increase it to.

I currently pay £400/month, not including bills and council tax. The bigger two rooms (two small, two big - there's 4 of us) pay 450.

So that's £1700/month in total.

He wants to increase it to £2400.

Which is... FUCK. At the very least £550 for the smaller rooms. For an okay-ish council flat with not wonderful furnishings/kitchen/bathroom and a lounge. I don't know who he thinks is going to pay that much. I doubt any of us can afford that. Has he seen the rest of the inhabitants of this place? It's council flats. Families on not very high wages. Students. Lots of immigrant families. (and by this I mean a lot of the parents don't speak much english but the kids do) Who the hell does he think that can afford those prices is going to choose to live there?

And... oh fuck. I don't know where I can find anything within my price range near work. (work being off goodge street, zone 1) It needs to be near-ish work, zone 2, due to transport fees (and stress levels). I need a bloody lounge. There's nothing on gumtree whatsoever.

FUCK.

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[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

contract ends mid-august, hence why he's informing us now. We're writing him a letter laughing at how he thinks he's going to get anyone; apparently he once tried to put the smaller rooms (shoebox is generous) up to 450 but no-one gave any offers so he had to take it down.