Starting Over

Hello, My name is Joanne and for the last 7 years, I have had all my worldly goods in storage in a container, as my home situation was not good. Due to circumstances for the past 7 years I have been squatting, whilst I have been trying to secure a roof over my head. I take pride in knowing that throughout this time I have managed to secure a job and work hard. However not enough to rent or get a mortgage. So I thought it best to put all my belongings into storage, till such times I can shut my own front door. I thought it best to put my belongings in to a container while all this was going on and not in a storage facility off site where I would be paying a premium. Therefore, I contacted an insurance company who visited me so that they could understand for themselves where and how I was living on a temporary basis. They said they could insure my belongings in the container no problem.They understood ,or so I thought, that all that was in storage was the sum total of my 47 years on this planet.Not just furniture, bedding etc, but family photos and memories. I made payments by direct debit each month for the last 7 years. I periodically opened the container to air the contents as advised by the insurance company. Two months ago I opened the container to find that rot had set in and almost 80% of "my life" is unsalvageable. I contacted the insurance company who came out to assess the situation. I was horrified and shocked to find that they won't pay out anything to me, as the policy covers items that have been in storage for 2 years or under and yet they still continued to accept DD payments from my account each month. They have shown no empathy at all to my situation and I guess they don't care about my story as to why I am squatting and fighting each day to keep my head up high. They just wanted to get their monthly payments. I am so desperately sad. I am feeling so angry, sad and low that I have paid my dues and now I have nothing. I have to start over again. I have sold what items I could salvage on Ebay and I am working all hours I can get. I am not a quitter and I am a fighter but right now any help would be appreciated. I am truly desperate and grateful for you giving me your time to read my story. I never ever thought that I would be in this situation, let alone asking complete strangers for help. Please can you also share this on your facebook pages /twitter etc. Bless you if you can. Thank you. Joanne