Some pensioners will be affected by the 'bedroom tax'

Viberduo

Dunroamin wrote: »

Just as well most people don't furnish a bedroom like that then!

Obviously but the example was to show how small the room is as its not like they had rooms so big that you could of comfortably got a few beds in each room.

They do have a large garden though but that may be bad for a family as it takes work to maintain

evenasus

Viberduo wrote: »

Obviously but the example was to show how small the room is as its not like they had rooms so big that you could of comfortably got a few beds in each room.

They do have a large garden though but that may be bad for a family as it takes work to maintain

If they can fit a double bed and a single bed in their spare bedroom - then it is not a small bedroom!

Our first house, which we bought 46 years ago, had a small smallest bedroom.
It was a new build 3 bedroom semi and the smallest room could just take a single bed in there - there wasn't even room for a small wardrobe.

But this was what we could afford deposit and mortgage wise.
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Viberduo

evenasus wrote: »

If they can fit a double bed and a single bed in their spare bedroom - then it is not a small bedroom!

Our first house, which we bought 46 years ago, had a small smallest bedroom.
It was a new build 3 bedroom semi and the smallest room could just take a single bed in there - there wasn't even room for a small wardrobe.

But this was what we could afford deposit and mortgage wise.
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I have only once seen a smaller room than my old one and that was an old attic room at a friends house but they had 3 bedrooms and an upstairs and downstairs.

If you had the beds in there would ne no space for anything else, even the tiny halls of residence rooms I had at uni were bigger than my bedroom at parents!

I would still say its a small bedroom as its not a large one! Can be smaller ones I guess though

nannytone_2

my daughters box room is only just big enough for a cot as the stair well protrudes into the room.
when the baby needs to go into a bed, one will have to be built with the boxed in stair well underneath it.

but at least she will have her own room. thats something i never had as a child

princessdon

Morlock wrote: »

Yes they are, a couple with two sons, for example, will only ever be entitled to a two-bedroom property until the youngest child reaches 16.



Whereas previously those properties could have been let to couples or couples with one or two children, the consolation being an extra bedroom, they are now even less desirable as they also attract a reduction in housing benefit.

What is wrong with siblings sharing a room?

princessdon

Viberduo wrote: »

Obviously but the example was to show how small the room is as its not like they had rooms so big that you could of comfortably got a few beds in each room.

They do have a large garden though but that may be bad for a family as it takes work to maintain

A garden needs maintains so bad for a family :rotfl:

You can't make it up on here. I know zero families who say no thanks it has a garden. They are a luxury people with families would pay for.

nannytone_2

princessdon wrote: »

What is wrong with siblings sharing a room?

morlock isnt saying anything is wrong with kids sharing, just pointing out that many will now not want a 3 bedroomed property as they will lose benefit.

bryanb

It's true, the bedroom can be very taxing for us pensioners. Good night!

princessdon

nannytone wrote: »

morlock isnt saying anything is wrong with kids sharing, just pointing out that many will now not want a 3 bedroomed property as they will lose benefit.

Ah I see - sorry morlock

nannytone_2

thinking about this a bit more ... it has the potential to cause chaos with social housing.

all the age restrictions etc.
mixed sex children being mandated to share until the older child is 8, and same sex sharing until 16 ...
people will be reluctant to move from the 2 bed properties and so there may well be an axces of 3 and 4 beds whilst the list continues to grow for 1 nad 2 bed properties.

yet still they continue to build the 'family sized' houses.


and at the other end, you have people with children leaving home, needing to downsize and downsize again.

it has the potential to ruin communities, with the social housing sector becoming as transient as the private sector