Do the council still give those voucher things for decorating when you move in?

jc808

BrettMorganxD wrote: »

Moving about an hour away (just look through other posts for whole story)

Do the council still give those B&Q vouchers for paint and stuff when you move in. I know they did 3 years ago, when me and my dad first moved into this property but I don't know now :S

Can you see the council offices from under your little bridge? If so, toddle off down there and ask 'em

BrettMorganxD

jc808 wrote: »

Can you see the council offices from under your little bridge? If so, toddle off down there and ask 'em

I suppose I could ring them and ask them. It isn't like it is a free voucher anyway. Like wee willy harris said it is added to the account at the end of the tenancy

darkpool

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

With narrow minded bigots like you around, is it any wonder they conform to your stereotype.

There are plenty of careers where a bolshy attitude and the ability to argue a point without recourse to insinuations about an individuals personal circumstances, or resorting to crass generalisations, are seen as prerequisite. Perhaps you should try it, as your current performance seems to be doing little to assist you in the employment stakes, does it?

yes, i'll agree that there is a stereotype of the council house tenant as a workshy !!!!less layabout that spends all day posting on internet forums. and you know what, there is a certain amount of truth in that stereotype. before you get all defensive i know plenty council house tenants that are solid decent working people. but we've all watched jeremy kyle and everyone knows that a portion of council house tenants are scum.

i've been sent a job offer this morning, i'm looking forward to working again. i just don't know how people can spend years on the dole when they could be working. how can any guy have self respect knowing that teenage girls/ disabled/ pensioners are working and paying tax, just so they can sit at home collecting benefits. i've no problem with people claiming benefit, but some people think doing a days work is beneath them.

davsidipp

BrettMorganxD wrote: »

You seem to have the wrong impression....

I work full-time and am not a chav relying on the state. I am just applying for a council property because I need to move down beeston (an hour away from my home now).

The council used to give vouchers whether you worked or not, it was irrelevant.

dont see the problem here if you work buy the paint yourself why rely on the council for handouts for paint to decorate.

££sc££

Not sure on councils. I work for a HA, we issue decorating cards on new tenancies where decoration is required. This is on an amount per room. We only issue where the decoration is in a very poor state, i.e. yellow stained ceilings/woodwork or the decoration is not solid, i.e. half the wallpaper has fallen off.

We do not issue where the decoration is just not to the new tenant's taste. So the walls might be bright pink but if it's in good nick - tough. Or if it's old hideous flowery wallpaper but it's clean and in good condition - again, tough

geoffky

darkpool wrote: »

yes, i'll agree that there is a stereotype of the council house tenant as a workshy !!!!less layabout that spends all day posting on internet forums. and you know what, there is a certain amount of truth in that stereotype. before you get all defensive i know plenty council house tenants that are solid decent working people. but we've all watched jeremy kyle and everyone knows that a portion of council house tenants are scum.

i've been sent a job offer this morning, i'm looking forward to working again. i just don't know how people can spend years on the dole when they could be working. how can any guy have self respect knowing that teenage girls/ disabled/ pensioners are working and paying tax, just so they can sit at home collecting benefits. i've no problem with people claiming benefit, but some people think doing a days work is beneath them.

Get off your fat lazy arese and go and get a job you work shy free-loader....plenty of jobs out there if you want one,so go and sort yourself out and get one.....scrounger.....

hows that for typical stereotype.....you are a buffoon...
but a few years on the dole might change your views...

jimjames

darkpool wrote: »

the way the state squanders money shocks me. it's the sense of entitlement of council house tenants that annoys me.

It certainly explains the current govt debt problems and how some cuts could be made very easily

Wee_Willy_Harris

darkpool wrote: »

the way the state squanders money shocks me. it's the sense of entitlement of council house tenants that annoys me.

You mean like all the would be homeowners who are complaining because they don't have a big enough deposit or cannot get a mortgage? Is that a "sense of entitlement" too?

Or the private tenants complaining about the state of their home asking what repairs the LL is legally bound to do? Is that a "sense of entitlement" too?

Seems to me that you may be a little bit biased against social housing tenants.

Wee_Willy_Harris

jimjames wrote: »

It certainly explains the current govt debt problems and how some cuts could be made very easily

If you think spending £1,000 getting tradesmen to bring a property up to standard rather than chucking the tenant a couple of hundred quid is a cut.

Wee_Willy_Harris

darkpool wrote: »

yes, i'll agree that there is a stereotype of the council house tenant as a workshy !!!!less layabout that spends all day posting on internet forums. and you know what, there is a certain amount of truth in that stereotype. before you get all defensive i know plenty council house tenants that are solid decent working people. but we've all watched jeremy kyle and everyone knows that a portion of council house tenants are scum.

i've been sent a job offer this morning, i'm looking forward to working again. i just don't know how people can spend years on the dole when they could be working. how can any guy have self respect knowing that teenage girls/ disabled/ pensioners are working and paying tax, just so they can sit at home collecting benefits. i've no problem with people claiming benefit, but some people think doing a days work is beneath them.

Good luck with joining the army of the employed. Perhaps a few weeks of crawling out of bed before noon and missing Jeremy Kyle might help you deal with all that bitterness you feel.