Desperate to buy for disabled child

knightstyle

Opp, like others I feel for you but I feel you really should move away from where you are.  We are in South Lincolnshire, just 1 hour on the train to central London and affordable housing. 
Plus there are schemes to help adapt owned houses but they seem to be means tested, maybe some aren't, so buying an unsuitable house and adapting it seems the best way to go.
Don't give up on finding the right property but you may have to come at it from a different angle.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/115522415#/?channel=RES_BUY   will need a bit of work but could be suitable and there must be plenty of others around.

pinkshoes

I agree with having to find a compromise here, as clearly what you "want" is not feasible, and you perhaps need to redefine your needs.

Could you not buy a 3 bed house that has a separate dining room and cloakroom next to it? You could then use the dining room as your disable child's bedroom, convert the cloakroom to be his ensuite wet room. Upstairs you then have a bedroom for you, a girls bedroom and a boys bedroom.

Your alternatives are getting better paid jobs (£3000 a month in rent is a huge amount so you must be earning reasonable salaries already...), or considering moving to a much cheaper area where you can get jobs and find suitable schools.

Choosing to have 7 kids is a huge challenge so compromises are going to have to be made.

SpiderLegs

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Sadly this is just what the UK is like, insane house prices making it difficult for people who can't move to deprived areas where they are more reasonable.

As you have discovered there is zero support for people wanting to buy. All you can really do is tell the council that you will be homeless and ask them to help, but of course they will not be able to get you anything good.

You will get a torrent of "sell your iPhone" type nonsense in response, but sadly the reality is that there is no help for people these days.

It’s really refreshing to hear a different perspective .

we seem to get bombarded by posters complaining about all the props and schemes that the govt have come up with to ensure that house prices are kept artificially high for the benefit of Tory MPs and their landlord / house builder pals.

So I really admire your bravery in standing up for the free market and making it clear that insane house prices are nothing to do with any manipulation of the market.

shame for the OP though, maybe a few props would be beneficial for them.

Grumpelstiltskin

Also posted on Disability board.

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diggingdude

I would agree that your best bet is to go smaller. I'm only in my 30s but never had my "own" room till I moved out. Kids can share. If needs be mum/dad can share a box room. Find one with a dining room you can convert. Very few 5 bedroom houses in the country for the reason they were not needed

Keep_pedalling

How old are the older children? If approaching university age your need for such a big house is only going to be short term, so it won’t matter so much having to squeeze up for a couple of years or so.

Retireby40

How old are all the children? University age? All young? Babies?

warwick2001

Could you buy 2 cheap(ish) terraced houses next to each other, and knock through? 

Snookie12cat

warwick2001 said:

Could you buy 2 cheap(ish) terraced houses next to each other, and knock through? 

Lots of lenders do not like this and will not lend if you plan to do this. 

martindow

warwick2001 said:

Could you buy 2 cheap(ish) terraced houses next to each other, and knock through? 

And it might also require planning consent.  Many councils will resist reducing the housing stock by one.