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Council house entitlement!!!
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I wasn't alive in the 70's! However, my parents had the money for their deposit gifted to them.
Very lucky for your parents. So how do you think all the other people managed to get a deposit for a house in the 70s?RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
MissMoneypenny wrote: »Very lucky for your parents. So how do you think all the other people managed to get a deposit for a house in the 70s?
Maybe their parents helped them too?!!
Your statement was that everyone used to save for a deposit. Therefore your statement is, in a word ... wrong.Gone ... or have I?0 -
I agree with you Miss Moneypenny saving is the only way to go - and my hat goes off to your children, my children are already reasonably self sufficient and already employed, at the ages of 14, 15 and 20 (+ student). I was born and brought up in a council house and have a very strong work ethic as do all my family - however you were fortunate to be in a well paid job and in a position to take a second job. You must understand that not all people are able to do this - not always because they are lazy or selfish or work shy but because their circumstances and situation simply doesn't make it possible. That doesn't mean they are less worthy - we are all born and then die - what we do in the middle is make the best of it and hopefully leave a lasting impression and sweet memories - where we live and how much we are worth (financially) really counts for not much at all!
Well done to you for bringing your children up so well.
My situation changed when my children were little, when I decided to go it alone with them and invented all sorts of businesses to do from home to bring money in. So I do understand that circumstances change.
I think we are both singing off the same hymm sheet really.RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
Maybe their parents helped them too?!!
Your statement was that everyone used to save for a deposit. Therefore your statement is, in a word ... wrong.
So you were just being awkward for awkward sake then:rolleyes: Whatever keeps you happy.
Your parents were very lucky to have their deposit gifted.RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
MissMoneypenny wrote: »So you were just being awkward for awkward sake then:rolleyes: Whatever keeps you happy.
Your parents were very lucky to have their deposit gifted.
No, I wasn't being awkward. Just clarifying that your information was wrong.Gone ... or have I?0 -
unfortunately as your partner is not in reciept of child benefit for his son the council will not rehouse you as you are
already accomadated well. They do and will not take into consideration of your partners son as they see he is already accomodated with his mother. They dont look at the practical side. 0 -
margaretclare wrote: »That's exactly what I mean, and your gran did make a really good, rational decision which worked out well for her.
Moving into rented sheltered accommodation could be a way of avoiding all that. There won't be a house there for the sons/daughters to fight over!
My grandmother left her house equally to my mother and uncle, but neither of them would have wanted to live in the family house anyway - my uncle has no children, and my parents already had a family house 12 miles away, with children at school, etc.
My OH's parents died when I was pregnant with our son, and he and his brother inherited the family house in Oxfordshire. Again, no problems - we live in London, not Oxon, and my brother-in-law was only 19 and had just started at uni, so they sold it....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I'm astounded at the replies in here. OP asked a basic question, not give me your moral stance on council accommodation.
OP I hope you got in touch with the council to see if there are any available properties. Of course having a bigger house means more rent to be paid - but hey a lot of folk on this board think that its the tax payer who pays this, instead it will be you. There could be a lot of 4/5 apartments in your area or nearby that are having trouble being let out due to their size what with smaller families, local renting patterns etc.0 -
Just to rub it in a bit more, we have been on the council waiting list for 3 years and have been told there is a 9 year wait for council accomodation, whilst living right next door in a 3 bedroom council house (which could be easily converted to a 4 bed) is a single woman.0
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How do you know that the woman in the council house next to you didnt bring up her children in the house?
When you no longer need the 2 bedroom or whatever house you are after will you then leave your home that you may have lived in for 30 years & move to a high rise block in a dodgy area?
Remember this is her home.
Im all for kicking out people of their council homes if they are anti social & make the place a bad area. ( I dont mean kids hanging around, but windows smashed) But if a resident is paying her rent why should they be kicked out of their home.
The council needs to build more homes & forget about the shared ownership con.0
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