Would you accept this council house?

[Ashkey234]

I'm currently renting a house for £360 per month from a housing association.
Not in the best location.
I bidded on a house (through council ) it's only 7 years old,much better location and massive garden ,£380 per month.
I went for viewing today and I was the only person who turned up.
Anyway if I get offered it,do I take it?
It's going to mean new carpets,decorating.
Luckily the council have just painted all ceilings and all walls white but I would want to put my own stamp on things.
What would you do?
It's great rent price and still leaves us with a lot of spare money in the month for other things.
Is it worth moving for better location ?
Its bigger too.
I'm in two minds

OP have you had an update?

I'd go for it if I were you. Is there any chance you can go to some counselling in the mean time to help with the anxiety over this?

Good luck

Yeah got the house and sign the tenancy on Wednesday ..need to give 4 weeks notice on this house tho.

We get nothing for nothing.
We don't claim any benefits and pay for our house ourselves

Will you only have to pay one weeks up front?! That will help x

take some of your carpets from your old home with you - it dont matter if they not right size you can get a carpet shop to put an edge on them (or sod it and use black duct tape) and have them like an almost room sized rug with a gap of a foot or two round the edges until you can afford new carpets.

TAKE IT

bit of hassle for beginning yes, just make sure you have a buffer zone on the bank balance to cover the blips in direct debits as you set up in the new place.

I can't believe my fucking eyes . Are there really people who think that, because the OP has a housing association tenancy, they have the right to question how much she spent at the hairdressers or whether she has the right to Sky TV?? I wish I had the energy to explain what a despicable fucking attitude to social housing tenancies/tenants that shows, but it's late and I'm knackered. Suffice it to say I'm cringing for those posters and wondering how they stopped reading the Daily Fail for long enough to go on Mumsnet. Hope the move goes well OP and that your new tenancy is lovely .

And FYI my nails were done at a local beauty college for £5
My cousin is training to be a beautician!

I spent years using every penny getting our house from a total dump to a really nice house!

Some people want everything for nothing.

StarUtopia RTFT! OP WORKS. How is she getting everything for nothing exactly?

Moving is a hassle no doubt
Ignore the more...er.....rabid posts and enjoy your new home

Congratulations on signing up for your new home OP. I moved four months ago, am on bare floorboards upstairs and will be for the forseeable, but that seens insignificant compared to how happy I feel in my new home.
It is a trial to do the whole changing address thing. I set my list according to priority and started working my way through it. By the time my three month post redirection finished I was done. Just settle down with a cuppa and do a few a day.
I'm sure once you're in you'll enjoy creating your new decor too and won't be so daunting.

You really are away with the fairies aren't you!

I did read the thread and I'm still appalled!

Reading and comprehension aren't always the same thing

Why did you bother posting Star, days after the thread's last post btw?

Not all of us are sat on the computer 24/7..some of us work!

Me-fucking-ow

You really are away with the fairies aren't you!

Away with the Pixies actually if you wouldn't mind.

Not all of us are sat on the computer 24/7..some of us work!

Indeed. The OPs DP happens to be one of them!

Me-fucking-ow

Water off a ducks back gamer. I've been called a lot worse by a lot better.

And the OP too. Both work. But yeah they all want everything for nothing. Cheeky fuckers aren't they?

*lot worse by a lot better.

Sorry ignore that I've just woke up

£380 is what some people have to spend on rent per week for housing themselves and their family

and you're dithering about whether to pay that for an entire house with a massive garden. ARGH. sometimes i wonder what planet people are living on - there is such a huge lack of understanding for the situation others are in!