I was living in a beautiful home that I was renting for over 16 years with my family. This is the home we built a stable life in, all my children grew up and built their own lives here also. We were happy, we were stable. Little did I know all of this was due to come to an end.
My landlord informed me one day that they were deciding to sell the property. I didn't believe it, I couldn't believe it. None of it made sense, we were great tenants. I never had an issue with paying rent, we loved this property it was our home. I remember I kept asking the landlord why and if there was anything we could do and they explained unfortunately it was time to sell up.
Once I received the evicted notice, I knew it was real. I fell into deep depression, on top of this, my children and I were placed in hotel rooms to live temporarily. I could not see no way out. My life had fallen down a dark hole.
When Beam reached out to me, I was in such a state of mind I didn't grasp what they were saying to me, I just kept thinking 'why would anyone want to help us'. I then snapped back to reality and realised this was our way out, we had the chance to finally find a new home.
In two years from now my biggest dream is to get my life back, I want to be happy again in a lovely family home with all my children.