TWO pensioners have been given 30 days to leave their home of 20 years after after a new landlord bought their house at an auction. The couple, both 67, have until January 10 2022 to find a new home after they are evicted from their rental property.
BPM MEDIAThe elderly couple have been given 30 days to leave their home of 20 years '/ ' Gareth and Unni Williams moved into the property in Bilborough, Nottingham, in March 2002, NottinghamshireLive reports. Gareth, who works in the accounts department of City Hospital and has lived in Nottingham since 1987, said: ...It's come completely out of the blue and is completely unexpected. ...It's made us feel insecure, scared and unsettled.... He added: ...It's like our whole world has been tugged from underneath us. ...We were both reduced to tears when we read the letter on Saturday.... (December 11.) Most read in News UNDER FIRE What to know about Judge Michelle Odinet 'SHOPPING CART KILLER' 'Serial killer' who moves bodies in Target cart is probed as 4 slain IN COLD BLOOD Mexican actress shot dead while waiting to pick up her son, 11, from football TIKTOK THREAT Warning over challenge that urges kids to bring WEAPONS to school tomorrow CASHFLOW Five stimulus check payment programs to replace the monthly $300 child tax credit WE WANT JUSTICE Grieving dad of model's friend wants three suspects hit with MURDER charges Unni, who works for The Renewal Trust, a not-for-profit organisation, said: ...It's made me very very upset \- I feel angry too but at the same time, I feel upset, overwhelmed and depressed.... Unni added that she is ...in a dark place.... The couple met online in 2001 after discovering their shared interest in the Irish guitarist Roy Gallagher. They met for the first time face-to-face in Norway, where Unni lived at the time. Gareth proposed December 23 2001. The couple then moved into their Nottingham home March 2002. Both said their home holds many happy memories for them and that they had planned to grow old together there. But now they're going to have to find a new home quickly. Their new landlord, who asked not to be named, said he bought the property to move into himself because of his own health requirements. And that he had ...no other way... but to evict the elderly couple. He said: ...I bought the property via auction in good faith as my first home for myself and not an investment property.... ...I am currently living in a HMO (house of multiple occupants) property and need to move out due to my own health conditions. ...The previous landlord informed me that the current tenants were informed the property was being sold. And it was on the market for nearly six months before the auction. ...I have followed the tenancy agreement, which has been transferred to me, and I have given the tenants the required notice period which is set out in the agreement.... Unni has registered with Nottingham City Homes in the hope that they can find a new home. Source:
