the trouble is your putting all your eggs in 1 basket, you need to be applying for loads of places.

If the area you want to live in is popular then your up against people who earn more then you, are swiss, are quiet etc etc take your pick. The landlord wants the best tennent they can get, and someone was better then you, move on.

Look further afield, pick a smaller village, you'll have much better luck.

Look at it from the landlords point of view, your a young couple, you don't earn a great deal and the odds on you up and leaving (or breaking up) are pretty high, could 1 of you afford the rent on your own etc etc etc. How you reassure them is anyones guess, ironically having a child in the local school helped us with the landlady.