offer accepted on house then another offer accepted without me knowing.is this legal

SingleSue

Maybe I should just get a council house and live off benefits and stop all the worrying about a good future for my children....seems a cushy number!!!!!

And this rears it's ugly head again!

It is not and has never been a cushy number, far from it.... until someone has real experience of living off benefits then really they should refrain from posting about things they know absolutely nothing about.

And having a council house and claiming benefits does not mean you do not want the best for your children, you will find that the majority of those parents want exactly the same as you want for yours and worry in exactly the same way...renting a council house is just like renting in the private sector for quite a few. You still pay rent (my rent is almost twice that of a friend of mine who pays a mortgage!)

dander

Just a personal opinion, but I think in your position I would buy something with the equity. I just think I'd feel more secure knowing that the roof over our heads was safely ours, with no risk of being given notice or anything like that. Plain steady security would over-rule any plans to maximise on falls in the housing market etc.

minxtress

dander wrote: »

Just a personal opinion, but I think in your position I would buy something with the equity. I just think I'd feel more secure knowing that the roof over our heads was safely ours, with no risk of being given notice or anything like that. Plain steady security would over-rule any plans to maximise on falls in the housing market etc.

Thats the way i feel, im not doing it to maximise on the market, its long term security im after not making a quick buck.
It just annoys me that people who want to make better of themselves get stumped at every turn. Thats handy to know tho that tax credit isnt affected by savings. As long as I have enough to survive on while I study without having to work all the hours god sends and a secure roof over our heads il be happy.
Im scared stiff to think il sell, move into rented accom at a cost of about £400 a month which is £130 more than my current mortgage, then get evicted or whatever cos the landlord decides to sell. Pluss it means uprooting my children more than once when they are doing exams, making friends etc.
Nightmare!

Doozergirl

minxtress wrote: »

Thats the way i feel, im not doing it to maximise on the market, its long term security im after not making a quick buck.
It just annoys me that people who want to make better of themselves get stumped at every turn. Thats handy to know tho that tax credit isnt affected by savings. As long as I have enough to survive on while I study without having to work all the hours god sends and a secure roof over our heads il be happy.
Im scared stiff to think il sell, move into rented accom at a cost of about £400 a month which is £130 more than my current mortgage, then get evicted or whatever cos the landlord decides to sell. Pluss it means uprooting my children more than once when they are doing exams, making friends etc.
Nightmare!

You're not getting stumped. I've moved and taken my kids with me more times than I care to count because we want to get somewhere and for that you have to make certain sacrifices. Bettering yourself isn't about sitting back and waiting for the opportunities to come, it's about getting out there and making those opportunities happen.

I don't know exactly what figures we're talking about here but if you have £100,00 in equity then in the right account it will pay your rent entirely putting you in a similar situation to being mortgage free.

Move to the right area, keep your kids in the same schools where they are or would be and wait for the right house. That's if you can't get the one you're after. I'm not suggesting that you play the property market, I'm suggesting that you find a way to get you to college Lord knows you're not going to get outpriced any time soon, so take the opportunity which is what it is - it's certainly not a stumbling block. It's just one house.