To be annoyed at council waiting times

It's not just a bog standard light bulb though is it?

Do the Council do spot checks to make sure nobody has lost the run of themselves and changed a lightbulb, then?! How in the name of God would they find out??

And good on her for lashing out.More posters should step in when someone is getting a kicking.

As has been pointed out many many times 13 she can't fix it herself she isn5 allowed

Not everyone thinks the OP is being unreasonable.

She is not allowed to fix it herself. But don't let that fact get in the way of your 'helpful' suggestion.

If it's causing you that much of a drama then just fix it yourself.

I love it when people post on AIBU, get told they are in fact being U and then lash out at the people who are telling them they are BU.

habenero20 I think if you own a house you should be able to ask people to leave for whatever reason you want; it is your house.

Considering how long it takes for tenants to be evicted, I'm not sure they need any more "protection".

Doobree - I was stepping away from this thread but honestly you seem determined to pick a fight and for some reason with me!. I've done everything I can not come across as argumentative and I'm not sure what I've said that was flippant!

I only suggested simple things to the OP regarding solutions which would enable her children to still have baths without a functioning bathroom light. Yes I said I missed having a landlord to phone when there were problems. It's true. Not least because one of my most recent landlords was very good and swift at getting things sorted.

I'm not envious of you. I'm not envious of everyone who rents. I do find the responsibility involved in being a homeowner hard sometimes. I don't expect people who aren't me to sympathise.

I'm sorry that you've made some very hard decisions that you're unhappy with. Things can truly suck sometimes.

I wish you well, but please stop venting and aiming it at me.

But those with enough money should be entitled to cut normal people out of the housing market by buying up additional houses and charging stupid amounts. Right?

That's how capitalism works.

I can't believe the replies you're getting Dancing

I'm a council tenant too, and I suspect you have the same kind of bathroom light as me, the big round disc, I don't know the proper name for them

If mine went I'd have to wait for the council to fix mine too, Neither DD or me would have the slightest idea how to do it, and bad vertigo and arthritis would prevent me from changing it even if I knew how

I certainly couldn't afford to pay anyone either, I do work, but only part time because of my many health issues,

I've been waiting over two years for them to fix my sink which is coming away from the wall

I hope you get your light fixed soon

Sorry to target you specifically lost in this sad thread. I should just let your flippant comment go.

Its hard when we'd do anything to get out of this awful situation, as I'm sure many others would, and yet somehow people think we are not that badly off, that we have it easy and have freedom!

I will have to somehow try harder to ignore as I already can't really see the point on carrying on for another 40 odd years of this heartache and uncertainty and its mindblowing to have other people appear to be envious.

Some people on here are so ignorant to how affordable/social housing works & im meeting more & more in real life "council tenants don't pay rent" Me - yes they do "ok but it's subsidised" 😂
If I sell a Mars bar in my shop for 65p & the shop down the road sells them for £1 does that mean I'm subsidising my customers ? NO
It means I'm not GREEDY!

I'm sorry that my posts seem to have upset you. Best wishes.

Bloody hell, it is so terrible. to chirpyburby and oswin we know how you feel.

Hope your son enjoys his school lostinasea we can;t have children due to health and housing issues - we can't offer enough housing security and wouldn;t bring a child into that awfulness. But it crushes my soul just a bit more every day as I'm getting closer to actual menopause.

We always wanted to adopt a child in fact, but they'd never allow it without secure housing first. So now we will have no child at all. Great.

What surprises me is that the rhetoric about getting more secure tenancies throughout the market is more social housing. No, you don't need that. With the stroke of a pen you can make all tenancies more secure.

Good. This is someone's house you're living in, and they may need it back at anytime. Maybe they've fallen on hard times and need to move in themselves, maybe they need to sell for the money.

The trouble is that you can turf someone out for reasons other than the above. I have lived in jurisdictions where those are the only reasons you can be asked to leave (besides breaking a lease clause of course. in fact, selling the property wasn't a reason you can ask a tenant to leave, but if the new owners want to occupy it, you can be asked to leave).

here, lease is up, get out. or stay. Neither is secure. The precarious position of tenants here is what makes renting so unthinkable for many. When we moved to London that was one of the main reasons we bought. We didn't want to deal with ridiculous rent rises and being asked to leave on a whim. Renting in other places is actually reasonable choice.

Not only that chirpyburbycheapsheep but the poorest and most vulnerable are blamed for societies problems and thought of as entitled. I didn't realise how deep that feeling is until i read this thread.

doobree I am in your situation. I have actually, in the past, planned my suicide in case of eviction as being long term ill, in constant pain, terrified and homeless seemed worse than death.

The situation that you, me and many others are in through no fault of their own has actually made me lose faith in this society altogether. That the 5th (I believe) richest nation on earth seemingly can't afford to adequately house, if house at all, its most vulnerable is shameful. The fact that people have swallowed the lie that there is no money, when living in London, you see millions all around you is a testament to the brainwashing power of the media.

whistles

coddiwomple also I would sincerly like to invite you to live our life for a period of time to see which you prefer. I think you would be horrified.

And clearly being a homeowner is more advantageous than being a tenant otherwise tens of milions of people, including yourself, would not bother do it. It is disingenuous to say otherwise.

sorry, my reply seem to have disappeared, but yes doobree

There are thousands of reasons. Nobody should be automatically entitled to someone else's home

But those with enough money should be entitled to cut normal people out of the housing market by buying up additional houses and charging stupid amounts. Right?

to live

coddiwomple you meant me, Doobree not Alfie.

With respect you are spectacularly out of touch with the realities of renting for many people.

The circumstances and freedoms you describe might apply to well-off people who can easily satisfy the income requirements of many multiples per month but not to many families and certainly not to people who are unable to work through illness and disabilty. You are aware that many LL refuse outright to rent to non-working tenants even if they are ill and can pay rent up front? We have NONE of those freedoms you describe whatsoever though no fault of our own.

whattodo bit tough on peopl who need somewhere to

Oswin that's completely shit your housing providers have totally failed you (as you're aware). Your situation is an embarrassment to council repair policies, I honestly hope your solicitor/mum/mp are able to hurry things up for you. Have you got a no win no fee solicitor? They're usually willing to take on disrepair claims.