new council tenants, need help to get funding for new carpets, furnishings etc

Dontknowanymore

katiesmummy wrote: »

Not until I've finished paying or they could do me for theft! Unlikely they would ever find out if I did sell it but sods law they would want to come and do an inspection the day after I sell the bloomin thing lol.

How are you doing btw?

Sent you a PM :A

katiesmummy

andyandflo wrote: »

Gosh that posting brought back memories. My wife and I helped our son and his partner out by furnishing a 2 bed property. Carpets, furniture cooker etc etc etc. It was the least we could have done for a couple starting out (we didn't wish them to be like we were when we started off - no carpets, 1 chair & a 2 ring cooker).

Anyhow, about 6 months later, we had a phone call from him after he arrived home from work, the house had been emptied - yes stripped bare!! A note from his partner saying sorry, met someone else, needed the furniture - moved to Brighton (340 miles away).

Never again!!!!

What a lovely lady :eek: & your poor son.

misty_blue_2

leelaurantheboys wrote: »

Hi, Im a 31 yo male, my partner is 26 we have two young boys, 3 in september and 15 months old. We were offered a council property recently, but have zero funds available to furnish the property, it is entirely bare internally, no carpets, furnishings etc. Were unable to apply for a budgeting loan due to my partners previous outstanding debt, we applied for a crisis loan for £600 to carpet the property, we have since been turned down for this.
According to the social fund it isnt classed as a health and safety risk having a house without carpets, when you bare in mind the ages of our children nearly 3 yo and 15 months old, the first thing that comes to my mind is the health and safety of our two sons, crawling around on the bare floorboards to start with, never mind the nails and various screws sticking out through the floodboards. :eek:

Any help and assistance would be appreciated as we were due to move in monday just gone (02/08/2010), thankyou for your help.

leelaurantheboys

Please OP do not be tempted by brighthouse, best to try and save to get any things you need no matter how long it takes.

and believe me you can do without carpets,

i started my home many years ago with no carpets , i had no washer or spindryer, my washing was done in a bath of water, i had no curtains and used old bedsheets at the windows until i could afford curtains.
I had no bed, just a matress on the floor, i had an old ripped settee and an old table with no varnish on it, thats all i had.

when you think about it why are carpets so important, surely the most important thing is a roof over you head and food in your belly, the rest can wait.

Hammyman

leelaurantheboys wrote: »

I do not understand how it can be classed as safe for children crawling around on the bare floorboards

Because it is perfectly safe. Just because you don't think it is doesn't make it so. There is no law against it and as I said, people pay lots of money for wooden floorboards.

In fact in most countries outside ours, they consider carpets unhealthy because they are usually home to all kinds of insects and mites.

tsimehC

Hammyman wrote: »

Because it is perfectly safe. Just because you don't think it is doesn't make it so. There is no law against it and as I said, people pay lots of money for wooden floorboards.

In fact in most countries outside ours, they consider carpets unhealthy because they are usually home to all kinds of insects and mites.

Wooden floorboards could get....woodworms!

Snakeeyes21

tsimehC wrote: »

Wooden floorboards could get....woodworms!

They would if they had carpet over the top aswell

I hate carpets, all that crap you trample in on your feet, all your dead skin that gets trapped in the pile, you may aswell go live in your rubbish bin, itll be cleaner.

Indie_Kid

Wooden floors are a lot easier to clean if mess is made on them. My parents have them downstairs and we have a few rugs (and dogs' beds) on them.

KimYeovil

katiesmummy wrote: »

I've also seen the 'planks' in Wilkinsons- unsure if they sell these in the pound shop?

'Planks'? Uhm, the OP doesn't like wooden floorboards. Why would they want two layers of wooden flooring?

MrsE_2

thorsoak wrote: »

Look in all the home decor magazines? What's on the floors of most of these rooms? Nothing! People spend fortunes on putting down floorboards - you'll already have them! Bang down the nails, hire a sanding machine, a couple of coats of varnish - and your floor will be wonderful! You can varnish or paint the stairs too and they will look fantastic.

Easier to clean - you can sweep them clean, then mop up any spills - you'll not get nasty bugs lurking in the floorboards as you can get with carpets, and in fact it is advised by quite a lot of clinics dealing with asthmatic children that you do away with carpets.

Use your ingenuity - you don't need to borrow money to make a good home - you'll find some fantastic bargains if you post on your local free cycle or freegle - good luck.

I only have carpet on the stairs & landing (not hall) & one bedroom (& that was at DHs insistance).
I don't really like them, I much prefer hard flooring, much cleaner too.

bestpud

KimYeovil wrote: »

'Planks'? Uhm, the OP doesn't like wooden floorboards. Why would they want two layers of wooden flooring?

They are more concerned about rough bits/splinters/nails than the floor itself as far as I can tell.

Remember, tastes differ, and if 'safety' is the main issue, the op will be happier having the floor covered with anything they feel is safer for their children.

People are just throwing all possible options into the mix so they can decide for themselves what will work.

It's not about our personal opinion!