Lets Get Nutty a new house

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the campaign starts here

Nutty - I live in kent - although the London end so I'm just as near as your dad and lots of us live round near there so we can all come and visit you!! TWINKIE XXX

Wasn't holding much hope on the council exchange forum, NC, but ta muchly for that link, will have a look through it after kids are in bed

Just read your other thread and I'm sorry you're going through a really bad time at mo no advice for you, but if you ever need a rant about anything, you can mail me on spiritndarkness(at)blueyonder(dot)co(dot)uk (also my msn too ) hugs

I phoned Castle Vale today to see why i hadn't heard if i'd been awarded medical points, and they said it takes 5 weeks. 5 bloody weeks for them to read a bloody letter and make a desicion

Tossers

Exactly CD

how is it all going Nutcracker??

Nutty,
Are you specifically wanting to stay where you are? I live in Derby and they have a good system for houses ... www.derbyhomefinder.org/ but you would need to get registered with our council etc.

We moved into a council house last year and was expecting a real fight over it but it was fine and if you see a house (even a boarded up one) you can apply to have it(this happened to us).

Derby houses are also coming under the Decent Homes scheme and new kitchens, roofs, bathrooms, heating upgrades are being carried out over the next 4 years.

It's a nice enough area - some areas are a bit off but otherwise generally nice and the general cost of living is average.

It's also not so far away from your mum.

Em

Do you mind if i ask which area of Derby you live in Aelexya ???? Dp's family live in Derbyshire in Church Gresley, Midway and Newhall (i think).

I actually live in Derby itself - one of the suburbs Alvaston, although I originate from Hilton one of the villages towards Burton.

Em

Thanks Aeleyxa. I will go on that site and have a look. Are there any areas in particular that you would say to avoid ???

Hmmm difficult one because there are some areas but then again the people living there would argue. I lived in Chaddesden for a while and loved it there but others would say it wasn't the nicest place.

Normanton, Peartree and Allenton are the "poorer" area, Sinfin, Chaddesden, Mackworth and Alvaston, are the bigger estates but with mixed opinions and Allestree, Littleover and Mickleover are highly desirable but have least council housing.

Also with Derby Housing, once you get onto the council list you also get onto all the Housing association lists too - so increase your chances.

Email/msn me if you want to ask anything [email protected] - probably easier than the board. (I also don't want to risk offending anyone livig in a particular area ROFL)

Aeleyxa - My god, that site is brilliant. Why don't they have anything like that here.
There were 8 three beds and 1 four bed available. There was one in littleover and one in snodden (?) that said they were very high in demand.
Thanks so much for your help. I'm at least going to get an application form. I'll email you to let you know how it goes

Remember that they are purely the homefinder houses ... there are still loads of empty properties that are around and we aren't that terrible a place LOLOL AND that doesn't include all the Housing Association places.

If you register with the council you'll get points awarded again and go on the list but you should get really high priority as you're moving into the area and have doc's letters etc.

Definitely get in touch with the housing options centre as well. And if you move round here you know at least one person already

Good luck
Emily

The saga continues.
It now seems that in the very near future there will be an empty 4 bed house on the estate we live on now. The people living in it are going to be evicted, infact a few people suspect that they may of already done a runner.
Twice now i have rung the H/A to see if i will or won't be considered for it. Last week i was told definatly no, because we would be underoccupying it (only by a very small box room). However i have just called again, and been told that i am down for 3/4 and so will automatically be considered if it does become empty.
The girl i spoke to assured me that all of my circumsyances will be taken into account ie: the overcrowding, noisy neighbour, time i've been waiting and medical points. This is a good result but i still don't believe that i will be offered it, because i think someone there who knows nothing of my circumstances will probably pull rank and say NO.

Anyone got any ideas of what i can say or do to win them over ???
I really wouldn't be under occupiying all that much. The living and dinning rooms are the same size as the 3 beds, the only difference is a slightly bigger kitchen and an extra box room. You get two doubles and to VERY small singles.
I just feel like i'm probably going to have to really fight to get this, but am not sure what to say.
I also think it should be taken into account that i already live in the area, and my children are settled in school e.t.c.
I don't know, what do you think ???

Morning Nutty
I think you should go down to the housing office in person and speak to someone with some authority - firstly you will get more reliable information and secondly, you will stick in their minds more when it comes to allocation

Hi Lisa, we have tried that before, they won't let me speak to anyone direct. When i was 6/7 months pregnant with ds, a 3 bed house became empty and i was told i couldn't have it, because i hadn't had the baby yet. I was so furious, and upset. We tried to make an appointment then to speak to someone about it, but they said that was their decision and that was that

Could you register your positive interest in writing. Address it directly to the housing Officer in charge, by name, so that it is their responsibility to contact you back, delivering it by hand if necessary.

Good luck

Yeah, thats a good idea Liz. Should i mention that i will take it further if i don't get offered it, or will that just annoy them do you think ???

We have someone from the H/A coming today to discuss our neighbours behaviour. I don't think she's anything to do with the rehousing side of things, but i will still mention it.

Think I'd keep the tone pretty positive at this stage, you want to keep them onside! Even if this Housing Officer isn't involved directly she may be able to give you the contact name.

Nutty I think it would be a good idea to send a letter to the person dealing with the house listing all your issues/reasons again.

TBH when dealing with council employees I have only ever had results when going completely over their head - eg when my brother's housing benefit took months to come through I called the head of Lambeth Council and said that I was a Radio producer and was going to make a programme about their inefficiency and use his claim as an example.

He got a cheque then next day.

I think you are right CD.
I honestly feel that we should be considered for it, as i have loads of points. If i really thought that it was too big for us, then i wouldn't even go after it, but like i said, it's really not that big.
It would really be the answer to our prayers

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Bloody good idea twiglett. I am going to try and pick the estate managers brain about it later, so i'll let you all know what he says.

I don't mean to offend anyone.

Nut my father always says why write to the monkey when you can write to the organ grinder after all monkey tend to play about and the organ grinder might not even see the letter.

I wish you the best of luck could you not ring your council offices and asked to be put through to the housing officer????

If you do get through try and be as nice as pie there'll remeber you then as the nice one (hopfully)

A bit of good news at last.
The anti-social team manager came to see us today to discuss our noisy neighbour.
After a long discussion we all decided that giving her an ASBO would be useless as she would break it sooner or later. She is now going to serve her with a 'possesion of property order' which then means that the H/A will have a year to gather enought evidence to evict her.
We have got to carry on filling in the diary sheets and chase up environmental health.
Me and dp and the neighbour below, have all agreed to stand up in court to give evidence, should it be needed.
Tha H/A have agreed to keep us up to date with whats going on, instead of us chasing them all of the time. They have admitted though that it doesn't mean that they will be able to get her out.