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Forces sweethearts

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Keep1ng the quarter dur1ng an 8mth course?

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ForcesSweetheart · 28/02/2008 21:35

Scuse the number 1's, sp111ed coffee on 1aptop and some keys b*ggered.

DH 1s due to go on an 8 mth retrad1ng course 1n June (1n B1andford - we're 1n a1dershot), does anyone know 1f we'11 have to g1ve up the quarter and move, or wou1d he be ab1e to just room 1n the b1ock dur1ng the week and come home at wkends. Rea11y don't fancy mov1ng for just 8 mths.

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kerryk · 28/02/2008 22:06

no you should be able to keep the quarter, they cant move you for 8 months just to move you back to the same place again (well they can but it makes no sense)

dh and i are living apart on a 2 year posting just now and i am having to fight to keep my quarter, go into your welfare office to put your mind at ease.

VanillaPumpkin · 28/02/2008 22:08

Eight months should be no prob!

Drusilla · 29/02/2008 14:14

When we were at Blandford they were always chronically short of quarters, because of all the courses, so that may be something to use in your favour. We were there 3/4 years ago but as they are currently in the middle of an uprgading programme I expect they are even shorter now.

SammyC · 29/02/2008 15:25

I agree with all the above think you will be fine, wont harm just checking.

Kerry K - we had a prob keeping our quarter when my dh got posted, we kept a low profile for a while in hope we would be over looked, it did seem to work! fingers crossed for you! The good thing is the admin between different depts can be quite poor, which can work in our favour so if no one has been told your dh posted fingers crossed you may get away with it!

Sorry to take over op!

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ForcesSweetheart · 29/02/2008 21:09

Thanks fo1ks. We wou1dn't necessar1y be com1ng back here at the end of the 8 mths, cou1d be posted anywhere. 1 know there 1s gu1dance somewhere about be1ng a11owed to reta1n the quarter 1f the expected durat1on of the post1ng 1s 1ess than 11 months, the b1t we're not so sure about 1s whether he'd be a11owed to have a room 1n the b1ock at the same t1me, as 1t's too far for h1m to commute each day (about 90 m11es each way). 1f he wasn't a11owed to have both a quarter and a room 1n b1ock we'd have to move down there.

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laura032004 · 01/03/2008 08:49

Yes, you can keep your quarter if the course / posting is less than 11 months. Your DH should also be fine to get a room in the block so long as he isn't claiming home to duty mileage (which he'd have to get special permission for anyway since it's so far). Just make sure they charge him the correct rate for the room.

SammyC - completely agree with the keeping a low profile thing, now that it's so disjointed, I'm sure they'd never realise you were retaining a quarter if you didn't make them aware of it. We retained ours (we would have been entitled to it anyway under the 11 month rule, but they weren't to know that DH's posting would be a short one, only we knew that had been agreed with the appointer), and no-one said anything.

kerryk · 01/03/2008 09:59

keeping a low profile was never a option for us, they wanted us out as soon as dh's posting started, i am refusing to move now.

fed up with all the wifes who are allowed keep quarters for months and months after splitting from there husbands and yet they want to throw me out even though my husband is still part of the regiment and i work attatched top the army.

patsy01 · 01/03/2008 11:14

yes but those wives who have split up from dh's have 90 days just like the rest of you and then after that has passed are entitled to another 90 days at a higher rate of rent just like you would be too!

patsy01 · 01/03/2008 11:17

Kerryk is your dh not on that course he was on anymore? as if he is it's only 6 months and you wouldn't have to move out of your quarter until he passed the course and started his new job as it's not classed as a posting.

shoshe · 01/03/2008 11:30

Forces, you would be lucky to get a quarter here at Blandford, most of the older quarters are being refurbed at the moment (and the project is running very far behind, what a surprise!) so I cant see them moving you anyway.

laura032004 · 01/03/2008 15:28

If you split up with your DH, then he should change his marital cat, then you would just have 90 days as patsy says.

kerryk - are they trying to throw you out, or get you to move to where your DH is posted to?

That's the one bonus of the Navy if you live in a base port area - you can retain your quarter no matter where your DH is posted to.

Have now been informed by DH looking over my shoulder that DE pass a monthly list of people in quarters to the UPO/UAO for them to check that those people are still entitled to quarters. I suppose it depends how tight they are on quarters to how hot they are on checking the list.

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