aibu to think 16 kids on benefits

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Should have cleaner/tidier houses seeing as they don't work? I'm a sahm with severe disabilities (supported by dh - no hand outs) & I keep my house clean.

Ps this isn't just about people on benefits - it just so happens I'm watching it on TV now.

Oh and wrt to mobility cars. We have to find about £2k because the LEASE on our one is up soon and you can't extend it any longer. Did you know that? No choice. After 3 years you have to replace it and find the deposit.

*MrsDeVere, can I ask how the deposit works? I thought you got it back at the end of the 3 years if the car was kept to a high standard, as my friend said she lost part of hers because the wheeltrims were ruined so now she buys a cheap set of wheeltrims to use and puts the original ones back on when she returns the car.
But you are saying you have to find that amount every three years so it's more like a part-payment than a deposit?

I'm just wondering because ds gets high-rate mobility and we used the money to keep our existing old banger on the road (nice big boot for the wheelchair so it suits us), but people keep asking why we don't get a motorbility car.

You just get £200 back as a " good condition bonus" . The actually deposit on my mobility car was 10k.

It's not flash by the way just adapted with a extra long base boot.

Pixel I do think mobilty cars are worth it though if you just need a standard family deposits are around £400.

Standard family car!

www.motability.co.uk/cars-and-wavs/search/cars/?subType=1&originalTotalRows=2338&allowance_type=DLA&1_wr_lessthanallowance=True&1_wr_totalallowance=True&web_transmission=Manual&web_transmission=Semi-Automatic&web_transmission=Automatic&Find=

There are cars available with no deposit but they are tiny. Certainly no good for wheelchair or frame user.

So the car actually costs you £10K for 3 years (less a measly £200) and you still have to pay the mobility component of your DLA during that time?

Think I'll stick to my old one for now and cross my fingers it doesn't conk out on me!

(Sorry for hijacking thread ).

Ok thanks, typed too slow so will buzz off now and read up on it myself .

Pixel I can keep it for five years . My deposit was exceptionally high though I am disabled as are two of my dc plus it is a nine seater. We also got help with the cost of the deposit via a grant from motability. We wouldn't have been able to afford to buy a suitable adapted vehicle. I think it depends on your circumstances if a mobility car is the best option.

I would have rather bought a decent second hand and put the money aside for repairs and tax.

That's my feeling really. At least then you can keep it longer than 3 years if you want, or sell it on to help fund the next one if you don't. I also worry that ds will be deemed ineligible for high rate next time we renew (new rules with PIP?) and we will be totally stuck without a car or the money to buy one.
(You should be exempt from tax btw).

Right I really will shut up now, back to the subject in hand.
Filth wasn't it?
Yes I have some of that, I can see it from where I'm sitting on my arse.

my house is a shit tip as well. i just spend 6 hours putting a wardrobe together its still not done :( then my daughter messed up dinner for everyone. since then my house has had the dominos effect :( :( so motivation has gone. so now im just looking at the mess!! and thats how its staying rest of the night

Done bugger all, dd2 has whooping cough, been up all last night. Waiting for dd1 to get home from panto. Administer her meds and get her to bed. Same for dh. May get to bed around 1 if I'm lucky and if dd2 doesn't need nebulising and if she sleeps. Come and film round here OP so that I can be judged as having an untidy house.
I'd give the finger, but due to psoriatic arthritis I can't straighten the fucker anymore!

Mine is a shit tip.

We all took our turn with a flu-like illness last week. I got it last, but was chasing round after others before I succumbed, on Tuesday night. Everyone back to work or school this week, but I wasn't fully recovered and walking on the snow/ice has exhausted me. Just lifting my arms up was painful and exhausting, midweek.

My fingers are all threatening to dislocate, Dawndonna. If I gave the finger, they'd get stuck like that and probably end up black and blue.

since you're looking for a job, OP, maybe working for ATOS would suit you after this hideous comment: Amazing how the disabled man can now walk to the shop to get tv credit but can't walk up the stairs

months and months of filth is very different to an untidy house

i think op was directing this at people on benefits agree but my views are about people that have plenty of time (that includes me),as my previous posts have stated

it's also interesting what some posters have experienced growing up in a filthy house,how they would not invite friends round etc,very sad and has clearly impacted on their lives