Staying under £100K to keep 15/30 hours free childcare

TELLIT01

Mojisola wrote: »

In that case, the council will arrange a deferred payment scheme - the debt is paid back when the house is sold.

It's not always that simple. A friend's mother went into care and the local council changed all the locks on the property and refused to allow the daughter access. This despite the fact that many of the daughter's possessions were stored at the house. That may help to explain why the previous poster is paying the fees for care.

Mojisola

AMO wrote: »

These things take time and my mum still lives in the property.

It doesn't change the fact that money is required to pay care bills.

As your mother is still living in the house, its value shouldn't be part of the financial assessment.

TELLIT01

venison wrote: »

I don't wish to appear to be too heavy handed as a board guide, however in a nice way may I remind everyone that the benefits forum is here to help people through the maze that is the benefits jungle and not to pass judgement or debate the rights and wrongs of the system.
I hope you are all having a very nice new year so far despite the weather x

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=365935

Totally agree. The number of times I read an initial post in a thread and can almost guarantee the names of the 'contributors' who will be passing judgement, or demanding answers to irrelevant questions, rather than answering the question.