Need an excuse to get moved into a house??
Question:Serious question now!
Im currently living in a 2 bed ground floor flat and I hate it!
My son barely gets any sleep at night because of how loud it gets outside his bedroom window.
I have applied for a council house but have been told i am not priority( which i understand)
but im desperate to get out of this place i need to come up with a good excuse to be moved into a house!
Answers:
Maybe you could get a part time work from home job like with your pc doing data entry or sales, or stuffing envelopes to save money for a down payment on a home instead of an "excuse" for help from the govt?
Houses usually go to people with 4-6 kids anyway, with single parents.
When my boys were little & we needed extra money, we got a newpaper job. I said we since my boys were to young to handle it on their own & they loved it we did it together & had fun & the money helped alot. When they got older they took on their "own routes". Taught them responsibility & a sense of pride & self worth since they did not have to ask others for money or things they wanted.
get a job and pay your way and you can live where you want.
Put in for an exchange there might be someone who want's your place vice versa!
Register with this kind of site:
http://www.u-exchange.com/council-flat-e...
Your not priorty because you have a house , you need another kid too become priorty , just keep trying.
unfortunately you are adequately housed so the chances of you getting a move by the council are remote. I was homeless and still had to wait 3mths in a B&B before getting an offer.
You could try renting privately - I know its expensive, but depending on your income, you may be entitled to some housing benefit to help. Other than that, as the previous poster stated, you could try for an exchange - they are becomingg more popular
maybe u should get a full time job, how can u hav a free house if both you and your partner are workin? if u cant afford to live in that area why are you living there?
I don't live in your area, so I'm not sure I completely understand, but it sounds like you are looking for government-subsidized housing? If that's the case, maybe you could mention your son's lack of sleep to his pediatrician and have them write a statement in reference to that and how it might affect his health? In the meantime have you thought about getting a white noise machine for his room? It masks the sounds coming from outside - they really are amazing! I can certainly appreciate what you are dealing with - our daughter's room overlooks the parking lot at our apartments...she doesn't sleep to well either.
Take a look at the shared ownership scheme. It's where the local housing associations pay up for some of the house, and you mortgage for the rest. You then pay a small rent on the piece that the housing association own.
It's the cheapest way of getting on the housing ladder. It does have draw backs, the obvious is that when you sell up, the housing association will take it's percentage of the profit. So if you have 10,000 equity, and you own 75% of the house, you only actually have £7500 equity as the housing association gets the other £2500.
http://www.shared-ownership.org.uk/...
Shared schemes are normally on council estates but tend to be in nicer areas. This is how I got on the property ladder and i can recomend it personally.
go to your doctor and tell him that you are feeling down and depressed. the fact that your son isn't sleeping is having a detrimental affect on your mental well being and the stress of wanting to be rehoused is taking its toll and affecting your job. mention the same to your health visitor and see if you can get a medical letter sent to the council. i have never been in this situation but i know people who have and they have used far worse excuses than that. it may work for you, it may not. but also don't give the council any peace, you have to be onto them every week.
i have looked on the council web page,stress is the most likely cause for moving,you out, of which you will need proof ie Doctor's letter.As you are in a two bed flat the chances of you getting a house is slim,if you had 2 or 3 children of mixed sex you would stand a better,but different areas have different size waiting list.
I'm in the same position as you in a 2 bed flat next 2 a main road and a walkthhrough at the back and i have a 19 month old girl and 1 on the way it drives me crazy,i don't know how much u pay but u can get a 2 bed house for 550pcm to 600pcm from an estate agents like www.rightmove .co.uk if you click on rentals and put ur required criteria in it should help u,i get help with my rent from the council maybe u could 2.
hope i helped.
go to the doctors and say its affecting you and your sons health!
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