To be annoyed at council waiting times

Why would they pay for those coddi when they don't actually provide them in the first place I,m guessing you have never been in a council house in your life?

Could you post a picture of your light fitting OP? We might be able to help you sort it out tomorrow. Mine isn't a standard bulb either but I was able to sort it out myself, I replaced the kitchen strip bulb too. It must have some kind of bulb! Is it the flat circular type of light?

I've got the same fitting in my kitchen and bathroom. I can't even begin to understand the level of stupid in councils who've chosen to install these in tenants flats. I alternate between stupid and corrupt because there is no way this was ever going to be a sensible policy.

That said, I have a lot of candles and have jimmied the kitchen fitting off with a bread knife. I never got the bathroom one.

And, yes, there is always a subsection of MN who behave like hyenas and don't bother to read threads. 12 years I've been on here. It's always the same. Just ignore them as you would a tantrumming toddler.

Bath your baby in the daytime then. Seeing as she is 'not in a routine' she really won't mind. Honest

Oh piss off CoffeeBreak council tenants pay rent so it's not s free service .

well, if you can call to council to fix broken light bulbs, I am a little bit jealous! Do they also replace the cooker if it breaks down? What about fridge freezer?

Showered for a whole term at university by torch light due a disagreement about whose turn it was to buy a bloody bulb students!

Whole families are having to live in Bed and Breakfasts at the moment, get over yourself. Also your aggressive replies to posters is not really helping people empathise with you.

Light bulbs are a consumable item. You should be changing it yourself.

Just buy a press light from poundland!

YABU!

It's still light out, leave door open. Use a torch.

Oh and before the usual comments start council houses are not free either and neither ate they loads less then market rent in some parts of the UK.

Everyone has told you to leave the door open and another light on.

Everyone has suggested using a camping lamp or a torch.

But no, you want to moan about the lack of light and how it's affecting you bathing your child.

Just get on with stuff. Life is not easy, it never is. I have coped with no heating/lighting/hot water for three days in the depths of winter before with a small child and a baby. I have coped with having no water for nearly 6 days in our last house due to a burst pipe. Shit happens, you just need to make the best of the situation you are in.

Torch/door open/lamp. It's not bloody difficult is it?

Have your council specifically said that you're not allowed to change the bathroom bulbs yourself? Ours has no such rules to my knowledge.

We have those d bulb fittings in our bathroom light £6 for a new bulb, and about 3 minutes work to change it. Job done.

It's just a bit baffling to people that you'd seemingly rather shit in the dark than sort it out yourself.

How is a council property free????

Not in lots of parts of the UK is there a massive waiting list for council house s I live in the North West of England and got my house fairly quickly with no priority whatsoever we don't all live in the South ffs that said it's not an emergency repair I have waited weeks for small repairs.

And why do you mention its not a standard bulb in the OP, if its not the bulb?

If it doesn't have a window, why does it matter about bathing them at a certain time?

Leave the door open and have the light in the hall open.

Buy a battery operated camping lantern.

Burn tea lights.

Put your phone on torch setting and in a glass.

Are you really fucking telling me you can't work out a way to get light into the bathroom????

YANBU really OP, if it's a non-standard light and you aren't allowed to fix it yourself.

I think people on this thread don't realise that council houses aren't actually free. They are all paid for in the form of rent, which is not necessarily lower than private tenancies in the same area - but they do rightly come with an expectation of better service due to the council (or HA's for that matter) benefit of economy of scale for repairs.

Find out what your council's policy is. For example here's Ashford's

www.ashford.gov.uk/what-is-an-emergency-repair

"Partial loss of electrical power or light" should be fixed within three days by them. A light that you cannot replace would qualify.

If it is supposed to be fixed quicker then YANBU, and call them again and say that their website / your tenancy agreement / etc says it should be fixed quicker.

That said, if you can remove the bulb, then take it to somewhere like B&Q and compare with what's on sale. I know some houses have used weird bulb connections that they only make energy saving bulbs for, to force the resident to use such bulbs. (And not caring that those weird bulbs are hard to get hold of.)

Our residents are expected to change sealed unit lights, they're only put in bathrooms because they're moisture resistant, not dangerous, and the case usually pushes open or you flip a clip, few are screwed shut. You can get those bulbs/lamps in tons of shops and they're only push fit.

The problem people are picking up on os complaining about the council taking three weeks to fix something you can fix yourself if it bothers you that much. The council know that, that's why it's not a priority.

Ok, so it would have helped to explain that first. Get a lamp near to the door so the room is lit, or use the kitchen sink.

Annoying as it is, not having a light in your bathroom is not an emergency.

If you don't like the 'free' service they're providing then pay for a better one. It's quite simple really.