housing association & carpeting??

MACKAJACKS

I am on waiting list for a new 3 bed house being built in my village. I am currently privately renting but the new house is housing association. I have been told that when they are ready to move it, there will be no carpet or flooring in the property except a non slip floor covering in the kitchen. I am concerned that the reason I am heading for this property is because I cant afford the one I am in now and need to downgrade, but I cant afford to carpet an entire house!!! we'd be looking at £700...and we wouldnt be able to get a grant or help as my husbands salary is too high, even tho we are in a lot of debt which is why we have no money! We need help!
Is this right for HA to leave a new property uncarpeted? Seems a bit odd that they would go to lengths to build these lovely houses and leave them unfinished. Please can someone advise??

skylight

A carpet/flooring is classed as decoration and not a "finish". The non-slip flooring is so that they dont get sued if you slip on water/grease in the kitchen.

But no, they are not obliged to carpet the place for you. Lots of carpet places do off-cuts cheaply that you may be able to fit yourselves if you are DIY capable; its the stairs you may have a problem with.

PasturesNew

Yes it's right for them to leave it uncarpeted. Get some rugs, go visit some wholesale carpet warehouses and look at the roll ends for £30-50.

MACKAJACKS

ok thanks guys

I do have my £500 deposit to come back for the house i'm in now, but will only get that back once I'm obviously in the new house, and I want it carpeted before we move in. I'll work something out.

Thanks for replying xx

winnie81

Yep no carpets, cooker etc just the bare essentials I'm afraid. Have a look of freecycle if need be there often carpets (new and old) offered ont here

WestonDave

With a bit of research and some moderate work you can pick up offcuts or cheap cord carpets off the roll for surprisingly little money - personally I'd go for a better quality offcut than a cheap cord but you'll have to cut your carpet according to your budget (pardon the pun!). Carpet fitting isn't that hard - its better to use gripper rods but certainly upstairs on wood floors you can get away with tacking it down. That said if you pick a load of offcuts from the same place you can probably get a job lot rate on the fitting.

carefullycautious

You are incredibly lucky to even be considered for a Housing association house especially if your husband is a high earner

Carpetting the property is the tenants responsibility

Be very grateful for what you are getting there are millions who would like the chance to get a house

leveller2911

When we moved into ours 16 yrs ago we just had chipboard flooring for a year, we got use to the pale green colour and chose the rest of our decor to match..:D True MSE er......

tomitma

Sorry but there are no carpets, curtains, just the bare essentials.

Carpets are not classed as essentials, many many people start off there in there first homes not having carpets, and sometimes spend many years like that. It is only the past 50 years or so that carpets have been used all over the house. People are still using lino, and painting there stairways, if they are short of money.

How are the housing association leaving these houses unfinished? you are getting a brand new house with a subsidised rent. If you bought that house brand new there still wouldnt be carpets, it might be fancier flooring but you would still have to provide the carpets. It is exactly the same in council houses. Consider yourself lucky to be getting the house, and save your money towards the carpets, plus you will also be needing a cooker, fridge, freezer, washing machine, crockery, the list is endless.

Foggster

It is even more annoying when you offer to leave carpets down in a HA house and they insist you rip them up and if you dont they will charge for the removal! We had this 3 years ago, there were only 2 carpets we could "recycle" in our new house and we offered what I considered to be pretty smart neutral and very clean carpets to the next tenants. Fortunately, we spoke to the new tenants and they wrote to the HA and said they had "bought" the carpets from us and would take full responsibility for them.

When I first rented I carpetted a room at a time. One consolation is that I have always found bathroom and kitchen flooring more expensive then carpets. Look at putting a hard wearing carpet in the high traffic areas and maybe a cheaper carpet in the bedrooms. £700 is not a bad price for carpetting a whole house.

Good luck, I am sure with the lower rent and peace of mind of a HA property a few months without carpets will be worth it.

cavework

MACKAJACKS wrote: »

I am on waiting list for a new 3 bed house being built in my village. I am currently privately renting but the new house is housing association. I have been told that when they are ready to move it, there will be no carpet or flooring in the property except a non slip floor covering in the kitchen. I am concerned that the reason I am heading for this property is because I cant afford the one I am in now and need to downgrade, but I cant afford to carpet an entire house!!! we'd be looking at £700...and we wouldnt be able to get a grant or help as my husbands salary is too high, even tho we are in a lot of debt which is why we have no money! We need help!
Is this right for HA to leave a new property uncarpeted? Seems a bit odd that they would go to lengths to build these lovely houses and leave them unfinished. Please can someone advise??

You are getting a home to live in!
HA will not carpet or curtain your new home , they will also not pay your removal costs! BIG SUPPRISE?
Just be grateful that you have a home supplied to live in ..:mad: