Just as Jane has kicked off a diary of her house buying adventures, I thought I’d be regaling you for weeks to come with tales of woe as I searched for a rented home.

But no!  Call it luck, call it fate, call it an over-saturated rental market – hell, call it whatever you like, I don’t care - because my other half and I have only gone and signed a 12-month contract on the second place we viewed.

We even managed to negotiate a monthly discount – result!

Now this may not sound that astounding to some people, but believe me, having danced this particular jig around various suburbs of Brighton on several occasions, I know from experience that it’s normally a far more complicated and frustrating routine.

But not this time.  No siree. This time we could easily have picked any one of the three places we looked at last weekend.

So, unless we’ve just been dreadfully unlucky in the past, I’m guessing it must have something to do with all those ‘reluctant landlords’ out there.  Thanks chaps, much appreciated!

However, happy as I am with our future abode and relieved that the search for it was so painless, I still really, really, really, REALLY don’t want to move out of my current much-loved home.

Indeed, Sussex residents may yet see me on South Today come the end of February.  I’ll be the one chained to a roof terrace doing a first-rate impression of Munch’s The Scream.

Calling all renters: how have you been finding the lettings market in your area? Send us your stories! Landlords: we’d like to hear your side of things too.

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