Stuck in the rent trap: How one middle-class family kept remortgaging their home to pay the bills, until they could no longer afford the repayments | Mail Online

Stuck in the rent trap: How one middle-class family kept remortgaging their home to pay the bills, until they could no longer afford the repayments | Mail Online

There’s a house we drive past every day on the way to school. It’s a solid Edwardian home on three floors with a slightly imposing presence and bags of kerb appeal.

A large hedge and trees shield it from view but this doesn’t stop the children from urging me to slow down so they can get a proper look.

I, on the other hand, stare fixedly ahead. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the double-fronted windows and the lovely Camellia bush framing the porch. But the truth is, I am beside myself with envy.