Overcrowded! please help!!!

red40

Having read the question by the OP I feel I must ask a question. Although you live in a 1 bed flat does it have a living room? If it has that room size is also added to the bedroom room size to give you the total floor area.

Also if you read Part 10 of the 1985 Housing Act, section 236 for person numbers and space standards, you will see that your 7 month old baby does not count. The half person is only taken into account between the age of 1 and 10.

The enforcement of the above standard is very rarely used nowadays, in fact its nearly defunct.

barnaby-bear

moneysavinmonkey wrote: »

you can not be out on your ear within a couple of weeks in private rented accomodation. What scaremongering!!!

Asside from that it is a valid point that you should know what you are giving up. Although it's rather sad that people feel they have to stay 'in' the system.

Yes you can unfortunately if the LL doesn't pay the mortgage company and they repossess private tenants can lose the right to notice in the AST as the AST is between the LL and tenant not the mortgage co. this is an increasing problem with cr&p new entrants to the BTL market. If rented on a BTL mortgage or with permision to let to mortgage co. usually honour the minimum notice of 2 months - but two months is not much stability if people have kids/schools/work etc to think about

barnaby-bear

moneysavinmonkey wrote: »

technically you are wrong, as even if the landlord does employ underhand tactics as you described, you don't actually *have* to leave until they get a court order which would take them a few more months at least - but ultimately they would get it....

I agree with your overall point though. There is nothing in private sector as secure as council tenancy.

But if the mortgage co. repossess they can kick you out immediately... there are no doubt underhanded LLs renting out properties with suspended possion orders sitting on them in the daft hard of cards of housing legislation...

Leighthal

clk299 wrote: »

Sadly I know many, many people who live with more people in that sort of space... including a family with four children, mum and dad.

Location,Location,Location.

mummytofour

I lived at one pint in a one bed with 2 kids, I had a sofa bed as it was the only way I could get some peace. I also have 5 kids ( one dd and a SEN ds both who need their own rooms plus another 3 boys ) in a 3 bed. It sucks but you make the best of it.

Have you tried all the swap sites?

Merlot

The thing to do is, if it has a lounge, get a sofa bed, and therefore your daughter has her own room, and then there is plenty of room for your daughter to play in there also.

There are thousands of people on the waiting list, you could have a long wait, you need to "mend and make do".

I know its not ideal, but at least you have a secured roof over your head.

Merlot.x.

carolt

And are probably paying a fraction of the rent you would in a private rental.

Be grateful for small mercies!

arthur_dent_2

I lived in a one bedroomed house until our children were 4 + 6, it isn't easy and as you say there isn't a lot of bedrrom space, however we were on the council list for 6 years (since DD1 was born) before we gave up and moved for the sake of all involved. Money is now very tight at times but all are a lot happier.

byrneand

clk299 wrote: »

Sadly I know many, many people who live with more people in that sort of space... including a family with four children, mum and dad.

- Is one option to stop having children unless you're sure you've got stability and enough space.

just calling a spade a spade!

olly300

byrneand wrote: »

- Is one option to stop having children unless you're sure you've got stability and enough space.

just calling a spade a spade!

You are making presumptions about how they got into that situation.