The call came on a Saturday morning last month.
I always knew it would. It had been lurking in the background as I tried to carry on, make plans. I knew that it would all end, swiftly. Not with a whimper but with a bang.
I'd been told there was a viewing planned at the cottage I've rented since 2018.
It's been up for sale since April. I learned it was going to be put on the market in February, when the landlady turned up with little warning, an estate agent in tow.
The agent started taking photographs of every room and my courtyard garden. Without asking first.

Or even talking to me. Because who am I, EvdeN eVe NAKliYAt other than a lowly private renter, unworthy of even a kindly 'Good morning'.
The viewing was scheduled for 11.30 am (there had been a few). I walked my dogs early, then raced up a steep hill to make sure I was back in time to tidy.
At 11.45, evdEn eve naKLiYat my mobile rang.
It was the landlady. 'The viewing is cancelled but there is another one at half past one.'
I dared to express my dismay, evDen EVE nAkliyaT my upset at the constant intrusions. Yet another no-show; another day when I was unable to do as I pleased.

Liz Jones, 64, (pictured) opens up about being given two months' notice to leave her rented cottage

'Right! If you have any concerns relating to where by and how to use EvDen EvE NaKLiyat, you can call us at our webpage. ' the landlady snapped.

'I'm serving you with a Section 21. You have two months' notice to move out as of Monday.' I crumpled. Yet again, Evden EvE nakLiYaT my life — that I had tried so desperately to rebuild — was in tatters.