To ask wwyd with this housing situation

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For context I moved into this 2 bed lovely flat when it was just me and ds it's a housing association flat. Lovely area etc etc. I never intended to meet someone fall in love blah blah.

We decided to have a dc.. Our room was big enough to accommodate then go on bottom Bunk of ds.. Only to sleep as toys etc are in lounge.. All good. Not lacking space etc.

Then dh took his ex to court as she was messing with contact only allowing 2 hours a week for no reason.. The court wasn't happy with that and she kept saying dd is not staying over night etc etc. and granted 50% holidays and eow Fri to Sun..

So dsd now has bottom bunk. Ds on top.. Again it's only to sleep and court was OK with this.

Dd 18m.still in our room on her toddler bed.

I am. Now pregnant after being told we wouldn't concieve due to factors on both parts unless we had treatment as we did with dd.

So we DO NOT EXPECT the council to house us and we're trying to do this on our own.

We can either
A.. private rent at a stretch cheapest 3 bed is 1k per month. Which would mean no savings etc but need to find a guarantor as dh only earns 28k. The guarantor would be for the remainder of what the estate agents allow is to self guarantor for.

B. Get a decent sofa bed for lounge for us. Make our room into a room for dsd, dd and then baby when old enough. And try to save towards a part rent part buy. But would rake about 5 yrs.

Part of me thinks do what we need for here and now.. Part of me is terrified of giving up a secure tenancy which has just been renewed for a further 7 year fixed term.

As I say. We don't expect to be housed. We know there's a shortage etc. And we can find a way around it. But which way?

Thanks again.
We weren't expecting this pregnancy to happen we were told it wouldn't.. But he's gonna have a vasectomy after to be in safe side.

I currently don't work due to childcare costs and had huge anxieties of leaving her.. I've worked on that really well though. Thank god..
But once baby born could. Look into something

He works mon to Fri and alternate weekends. The weekend he has off we have dsd.

Definitely thinking sofa bed option.. :)

I’d stay, but i’d want my son to have his own room for peace to study. So sofabed or one of those beds in cupboards - if buying new beds for the kids at any point i’d look at sofa/hideaway/cabin beds too, to maximise playing space.

I would definitely do the sofa bed in the front room, littles in one room and DS the other room so he can study if it's possible.

Well it’s option B then, with the ages now added. No way in hell should an unrelated 13yo boy and 7yo girl be expected to share a bedroom. They both deserve privacy. I’d say that for siblings too, but especially for unrelated children. My 7yo girl would have been fine with it - by 8, she’d have been mortified. Sofa bed for you, and if the freezer buzzes - you’ll get used to it.