To ask to be temporarily rehoused whilst new kitchen installed?

[SENwoes]

I will preface this by saying I KNOW I’m very lucky to have a HA house, and I KNOW I’m very lucky to be getting a brand new kitchen for free.

So as above, I have work commencing on 22nd January to rip out the old kitchen and replace it. I don’t have a choice in this, according to the documents, I am unable to say no it’s fine, I’ll keep the old one. I’ve been told the works will take 2 weeks, as it also involves taking up the tiled floor and replacing it with lino.

It’s just dawning on me what a nightmare this will be. I have to completely empty the kitchen obviously, but there’s not really anywhere to put the stuff, it’s a very small house (just living room leading to kitchen/diner downstairs). The big appliances will go outside in the back yard apparently, but everything else will have to be boxed up and kept somewhere. I’ll have no cooking or washing up facilities, and no way of washing or drying clothes.

That’s all pretty standard I know, but my main concern is that I have a disability (CFS) and also both DC are diagnosed with ASD and currently in the house all the time as neither in education. We will essentially be trapped in our bedrooms for 2 weeks as we won’t be able to move in the front room as realistically that’s the only place everything from the kitchen can go. I need to rest…a lot, and the works will be noisy, which will also affect both DC as they struggle badly with loud noises and not being in a calm environment. They’ll also struggle with a team of workmen being in their space for 2 weeks, They both have completely different food aversions and neither of their limited range of foods is conducive to being able to batch cook and set the microwave up somewhere. Realistically it will mean a lot of eating out, but that’s not really affordable for 2 weeks.

Has anyone been in a similar situation and WIBU to ask the HA if there’s anything that could be done to move us while the works are going on? The only family member I could stay with is my DM but she’s a long way away and having works done on her own house which means she doesn’t have a functioning bathroom, so that’s not ideal really.

What? What do you think other people do? There aren’t houses sitting around empty

my friend is currently having loads of works done, she won’t have a kitchen for 3 months!

Not ha but I have an asd child. When we had our kitchen done we put the fridge//freezer and microwave and toaster in the living room . I batch cooked meals to microwave. Bought microwave rice, beans etc. I planned all meals and we went to families for tea a few times too. We also went to the park/ days out to escape.

God's sake 🙄
I know a lot of people CBA to read all the thread, or even all the OPs posts, but in the Very. First. Sentence she says she KNOWS she's lucky to be getting this work done.
She is not ungrateful or entitled or lazy. She is ill, she has teens with Sen, she is worried how she and they will cope. She did not choose any of this.
Sorry OP I can't offer more than the advice you've had, but you'll get through it one way or another. Hope it's not too awful for you.

Pish posh, away with your logic and reasonable thinking!

Oh yes we used paper plates cups and cutlery

Was it her choice though?

How it your friends circumstances at all relevant to the Op???
And again you have no idea what the housing Association maybe able to offer
Again in similar circumstances my housing Association did indeed put us in temporary accommodation

its relevant because 2 weeks is naff all. I had a new kitchen done when my youngest was 1, it was inconvenient but all work on a house is. Just get on with it.

I use a wheelchair and my housing association moved me to a premier inn for a week last year while work was done in my home @SENwoes.

They worked with me to find what sort of accommodation would meet my needs and didn’t book the work until that was sorted

In my case as part of the work they had to remove one of my adaptations and I told them categorically. I can’t manage without that and i don’t have anywhere else to go.

it was hard being in the hotel (I don’t drive and it was by the side of the road a few miles away) but worth it.

The attitudes towards people with disabilities on this thread is disgusting.
Some people on here should be very ashamed.

God you have had some nasty replies

OP about 30 years ago when my Parents council flat for a new kitchen and bathroom they actually did relocate the tenants into temporary accommodation for 3 weeks, so it's not unheard of. That in itself is quite a challenge though and arguable more disruptive for autistic people than being in their own house as the work goes on.

I would contact everyone possible to see what help you can get for this situation.

As for 'what do you think homeowners do?' - well I'm an autistic homeowner who's house is in bad condition because i cannot face the disruption of having any work done.

Horrendous individuals

Where would the dog go if they put you in a travel lodge?

Just keep the old kitchen then. That was an option.

My neighbour is disabled and when her house was being done they put her stuff in storage for her untill the works was done as there would be no space for her to get about. Worth an ask

Reading the OPs posts is also an option

Probably to the travelodge?

Are you disabled?

Do your children have SEN?

Did you decide yourself when you were having your kitchen done?

We haven’t had a kitchen since November. Couldn’t walk through our house between fridge and temporary sink so had to walk from one to the other around the outside of the house through all of December. We have 3 kids including a 1 year old. It has honestly been fine??? Yes I’m getting sick of one camping hob and air fryer meals but it’s a very short term situation - and masses shorter in your case by the sounds of it.

Again, are you disabled?

Do your children have SEN?

Presumably you chose to have a new kitchen and when to have it installed?

If they can’t decant you I think you could argue very strongly that a delay until the weather improves and you can use your mothers holiday home is reasonable. Am assuming you have some sort of social work involvement with the kids school refusal? Can you ask them to advocate for you?

When we had our kitchen done it took three weeks. We bought a microwave for £10 and had that in the living room, and took washing up to the bathroom to clean. We lived in utter chaos but it wasn't nearly as bad as I was anticipating.

Do you have any family/friends that could take some of your kitchen stuff in boxes for two weeks, so you're not so crammed in?

If you are a home owner than you can choose to have it done at your convenience tenants can't .

But a Travelodge is just a bedroom! Which you have full access to upstairs!

OP it does sound like it’s going to be a difficult two weeks for you. I would try and get the work delayed at least a couple of months as it will give you more options regarding being able to spend a few days elsewhere while the noisiest work is being done as it sounds like it will be distressing for dc and yourself with your disabilities. Do you have a social worker?

I would probably leave this thread though, there are some nasty bitter people out there who have no empathy or understanding.