Drew Noel is frustrated by the current state of the rental market and how much it costs tenants
To top it off, my flatmate is a freelancer working in film and television. Despite the fact he earns more than I do, landlords still don’t like taking on tenants who are freelance or self-employed. It’s an incredibly outdated and ridiculous reason not to accept someone as a tenant, let alone for a viewing.
The quality of properties in the rental market is often poor. Friends of mine viewed a property where a landlord wanted a month’s rent and a deposit before even giving a viewing of the property. During the storms earlier this year our fence blew down and our landlord did nothing to fix it. As much as I would like to own my own home, I’ve resigned myself to the fact that it probably won’t happen, at least not in the immediate future. While I can’t afford to buy now, I’d love a two-bedroom flat. I’d probably look to buy in and around the Cardiff area, in areas like Roath and Canton. Last time I looked, properties in these areas were around the £150,000 to £200,000 mark.
In an ideal world, however, I’d love to just focus on my creative outlets and make money from that. I perform in my band, Blue Amber, am a session musician, poet and DJ. Yet, currently in this country there’s little to no government support for creatives, whereas some countries provide a basic income for artists and musicians. Now we have a generation of artists who can’t afford to focus on their creative outlets for fear of going broke.
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