to be pissed off with being offered a council FLAT instead of a HOUSE?

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We have 4 DCs, youngest 16 months and they think this is suitable!! The flat is 3 bedrooms and on the 2nd floor of a small tower block and has balconies which I would be pretty worried one of the DCs may fall out of.

This is my worst frigging nightmare. We have been 'homeless' for almost 2 years and the council have housed us in temporary accommodation (private rented) which we have to pay market value for (£875 per month) even though we did not choose it and it's a complete shit hole. We could not leave as we would lose our priority on the council bidding list. We lost our house when DH was made redundant and could not afford to pay £1200+ to privately rent.

Now after all this they have offered us a fucking flat. I am furious because every week until last week, there were only offering 3 bed houses but we would always be 3/4 on the list. Now that a flat was offered, less people have bid on it so we got to the top of the list. I did not even bid on it, the council did. Apparently they can bid on 'our behalf' as we are homeless and if we refuse this flat, we will be taken off the housing list. How the hell will we cope in a flat???

The rent is 'only' £380 a month but a house would only be £20 a month more.

AIBU to tell them to stuff it up their arses?

Yeah, you do that, tell them to shove the really cheap, big enough home for your children up their arses, and you can sort yourself out with somewhere to live.

YABU

You do know about the housing shortfall?
It's a 3 bed flat, so your kids will share a room. Hardly the end of the world...

Be grateful you are getting that even, Beggars can't be choosers.

I don't know :(

Would you get pushed back to the bottom of the list if you refused it?

Is this actually a wind up?

Make sure that the children can´t get onto the balconies to fall??!!

I´ve fallen for a wind up, haven´t I?

What do you want blood?

Being offered a 3 bedroomed 2nd floor flat in a small tower block after less than 2 years sounds like a great deal to me.

Sorry, YABVU.

YWBU yes.

The council have offered you a 3 bed home that's what you need.

YABU.

I am genuinely speechless. Have a

Actually I think YANBU. Can you get advice from Shelter?

Shut UP! I would be GLAD of a flat big enough for all my dc. I have been on my LA's housing list for a larger property for 4 fucking years. If you don't want the flat, can I have it!!

Refuse the flat and be made homeless if you want (as they will evict you from the temporary accommodation if you are taken off the housing list, as they will no longer have a duty to house you). Just don't cry about it later!

Sheesh! If you are in this much of a crappy situation (as I am), then surely you would just be happy to have a roof over your head!!

So, yes OP, you WOULD BU to 'tell them to shove it up their arses'.

Fuck's sake, give OP a break.

She's been homeless so she meets the criteria for being a council-homed tenant. I don't think she is being unreasonable. Especially not when there are couples living alone in 3-bed council houses.

Surely this isnt your worst nightmare after being homeless for 2 years. You have a chance of a home with very cheap rent with 3 bedrooms. Lots of people would grab it with two hands.

Uhm, surely you should be grateful you are being offered a roof over your head? Council houses / flats are there to help you back onto your feet, ie temporary? Not a lifestyle choice?

My parents raised both my dsis and myself on the 12th floor of a Dutch towerblock, we never fell off the balconies! Mum and dad made these safe with netting... In fact we have lots of fab pictures of dsis and I making dens on the balconies and having a great time.

You can save the 500GBP per month that you will save on rent for a deposit for somewhere else...

Yeah, tell them to stuff it up their arse and see where that gets you. (This isn't for real is it, I'm something of a neophyte on here).

It is dissapointing, yes, I understand why a house would be much more appropriate BUT it is a (very) affordable home.

You take the flat, you put up trellis on the balconies, grow nice stuff up it, and (with your incredibly cheap rent) you begin saving for your own home.

Or, you stay in the private market and you takes your chances with dodgy landlords, sky high rent and insecurity.

If this isnt a wind up....

We have been 'homeless' for almost 2 years

We have 4 DCs, youngest 16 months and they think this is suitable

Ever heard of contraception?

YANBU to tell them to 'stuff it up their arses' so that they can offer it to someone more grateful. How dare they offer you affordable housing!

Thing is though, I suppose you will have to take it. Once you're in and have been there for a year think, you can start looking at exchanges.

YABU!
Our council never did regime Dh, I and our 2 dc, dd was 6 months when we went private, and yes, to a flat!
Be grateful you have been offered anything or give it up and let a family who would be made up gave it.

If you tell them to shove it up their arse - it won t bother them. You however will be z worse situation and may have to start again'

It's cheap rent in comparison to what you say the ' going rate ' is in your parts . You would be about 10 grand a year UP on a private rent.

If the safety of the balconies is your biggest fear are there doors with locks on to get on to them ?