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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 13/09/2025

I've put a longer explanation on tiktok and Facebook for anyone remotely interested - but I'm dropping the stage name I've had for 18 years. I'm Michelle Louise Taylor going forwards.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 15/01/2025

That's a waistcoat. This is a vest. I'm in North-West England.

A male model wearing a white vest. Vests are definitely underwear and not formal wear.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 06/12/2024

And this is still true. I genuinely hope the renters reform bill improves the situation, but forgive me if I'm cynical about it.

The cost of moving is huge in time, money and emotions. The van hire, broadband installation, the time taken out of work to go to viewings, packing, unpacking, cleaning to get your deposit back. And in the case of #section21, none of that inconvenience is for your benefit.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 06/12/2024

I remember pretending to my daughter that moving to a new house was exciting. I remember her confusion when I showed her their new bedroom, which was half the size of their old one. She wasn't even 3 and she knew something was off.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 06/12/2024

We will manage. We have a healthy combined income - for the moment. But plenty don't.

I know this is very first world problems and we are coming at this from a place of privilege. We have to pay 6 months rent + deposit due to self employment. Thankfully, we can do that right now. How on Earth is a single parent on benefits supposed to cope with this situation?

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 06/12/2024

I begrudged paying that extra £50 a month. Rent is increasing again in a few days, so that's 35% increase in 3 years. I know people have had it a lot worse, but that doesn't mean I have to be happy about somehow finding an extra £1200 next year.

We are leaving a place 5mins from pre-school with a loft conversion office, conservatory and massive garden for a 2 up 2 down with an OK size yard 18mins walk from pre-school. Our rent will be £50 a month higher and there is nowhere to plumb in the dishwasher.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 06/12/2024

All was well and we did move in. It still feels temporary even though we've lived here longer than we lived in the home we were forced out of.

Thanks for all the support. It means a lot that so many people have shared our story. UPDATE: WE HAVE A HOUSE! Number 15 came through and all being well we get the keys on the 16th. It's a huge relief that we have somewhere to go, but I still wouldn't call this a happy ending...

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 03/12/2024

Actual footage of the Tooth Fairy coming to visit my house of disease tonight. I haven't been this ill in a while. 🤒

An AI generated image of the Tooth Fairy in full PPE

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 02/12/2024

I had promised that I was going to give myself a proper maternity leave second time around, but I spent the first four months of my son's life a stressed out nervous wreck. I hope the renter's reform bill has some impact, but I have a sneaking suspicion that we are going to see more of the same.

I just want to find a new house so that I can buy a Christmas tree and make things normal for my children. If you’ve actually read all this, well done and thank you.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 02/12/2024

Even when the section 21 ban comes into effect, we are still going to have this situation. Everyone I spoke to, the landlord was selling up. They will still be allowed to evict for this reason.

I don’t really know what the purpose of this is. I just wanted to vent really but it gives an insight as to what is going on right now. There are a bunch of families being evicted with no social housing to turn to and are scrambling to snap up the few private rentals available.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 02/12/2024

This house actually ended up being taken by other friends of mine. They were leaving the pub they had been running because the brewery wouldn't sort out the mould in the ceiling of the flat. A few other people tried to take it over, but issues with gangs started and it closed.

I ring the agent, they talk to landlord and ring me back. They said the landlord wants to try and get some more viewings and they’ll get back to us. WE CAN MOVE IN TOMMORROW. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? Again, I was very polite and managed to hold my tears in until after I’d hung up.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 02/12/2024

This guy was so weird. My childhood friend worked for him (he knew this). Did he hate us or her? We'll never know.

No 7 pops back up with a letting agent. I ring landlord as he said he would let us know if the other tenant fell through (so wondering why he didn’t save himself some money and do that?) I didn’t say this of course, I was very polite. He told me I need to go through the agent.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 02/12/2024

So many health and safety hazards that just seemed perfectly acceptable to the agents.

No9. Not great. Far away, old fashioned décor and the stairs were completely open. As in there was a handrail, but no bars making it completely unsafe for two tiny children.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 02/12/2024

Actually would have been better if we'd been rejected at the mortgage in principle stage, but we are where we are.

In September, to my shock we were given a mortgage in principal and had our offer accepted. We engaged a solicitor, sent off the mortgage application proper, only to be rejected 22 days ago. This left us with just over a month to find a new place to live.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 02/12/2024

I never got much interaction over there, but this thread hit hard. Section 21 notices are thankfully going to be banned early next year. Of course, this doesn't help the situation I was in as my landlord was selling the house (reformed section 8). Three years on, I still don't feel at home.

Back in August (while I was in hospital giving birth) we were served with a section 21 notice as our landlords decided to sell the house. Due to COVID, they had to give us four months – making our vacate by date 12th December. We decided we would try and buy the house ourselves.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 01/12/2024

Well, it was nice while it lasted.

A Screenshot of a very normal interaction that got very weird very quickly.

@kirstenp.bsky.social said: Finally watched Arrival last night and I really think we should be allowed more big-budget films about linguistics.

I @ashtonvoice.com said: One of the best films I've ever seen. I was pregnant when I watched it though, which was a big mistake because it broke me.

@tdsisreal24.bsky.social said: you should have had an abortion.

Some other twat even gave them a like. Why are people so awful?

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 01/12/2024

We have wooden advent calendars for the kids that we refill every year for the kids. Of course, this year we forgot. Jelly eyeballs left over from Halloween went down surprisingly well in drawer number one.

A close up of my small child's hand featuring a creepy green jelly eyeball in the centre of their palm.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 27/11/2024

So, she figured out the first mistake and put the full stop at the end. But what is the second one? Why can't I do a 5-year-old's homework?

A photo of my daughter's homework. Question b) reads "Oops! Mr Whoops has made two mistakes in his sentence. Can you change it?

The sentence is: Mum and Dad are big

My daughter has put a full stop at the end.

Mum and Dad are both capitalised, which is correct as they are being used as proper nouns in this context.

Dad is a bland looking man in a flatcap and waistcoat. Mum is an equally bland looking woman in a frumpy skirt. They belong in the old Hovis adverts. They are standing next to a potato shaped twat in a bowtie - Mr Whoops. He is about half their height.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 16/11/2024

More puppets tomorrow. I'll be a giant Ukrainian girl having a walk around Stockport. Come on down if you're local (or you just fancy a day out) totallystockport.co.uk/event/stockp... Here's a throwback to a couple of the others I've had fun with over the last year with #GlobalGrooves

The very busy Manchester Christmas parade. I'm walking behind a morris dance group operating the head of a four person giant arctic fox puppet.

Nandi the cow giant puppet at the Rochdale feel good family picnics. She is worn like a backpack stretching out in front and behind me.

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Michelle Louise Taylor @mltvoice.com · 10/11/2024

How it started - how it's going. This wasn't the plan for either of us 10 years ago, but I'm glad it's where we ended up @iamwillteller.bsky.social

Image above: smiling couple selfie at the top of Blackpool Tower. The prom is seen miles below them. Image below: The same couple 10 years later in the same spot. Their two children are standing between them looking down towards the prom.

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