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How to get a £500k house free

412 replies

Judy1234 · 24/07/2007 17:25

www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23405477-details/Jobless+couple+with+12+children+are+give n+a+%C2%A3500%2C000+home/article.do

OP posts:
expatinscotland · 24/07/2007 23:53

They intentionally gave up work AND had more kids than they had either room or money for the purpose of being supported by the state.

What is enviable about that?

FFS!

They are able-bodied and all their children are NT.

nutcracker · 24/07/2007 23:54

I stand corrected.

Although if they hadn't had 12 kids they wouldn't have the problem would they.

expatinscotland · 24/07/2007 23:55

Exactly, nutty! Their kids are also in nursery and school.

sparklygothkat · 24/07/2007 23:55

It does say £300 a month, but wonder if that is too hype up the story, and is supposed to £300 a week.

We are on benifits and worse off now than when Dh was working. How can people be worse off working I don't know.

UnquietDad · 24/07/2007 23:55

What stops one parent in a family with 12 kids working (which supposedly doesn't stop one parent in a family with 4 or 5 kids working)?

Tortington · 24/07/2007 23:56

its not exactly written in an unbiased way is it

MrsMarvel · 24/07/2007 23:56

It'd be very difficult for Mum if she had to look after 12 kids on her own, and I certainly couldn't do it.

nutcracker · 24/07/2007 23:56

I so so so hate the fact that I am at the mo a crap role model for my kids. My dd2 currently thinks I get to sit at home all day and do nothing and it is so so important to me to get out there and show her that I can do more and that she should work towards getting herself a better life than I gave her.

How can they want their kids to see them as good role models. It's ok saying that they will try and get their kids to have careers etc, but what are they gonna say when their kids say 'well why bother, u didn't and look what u have'.

nutcracker · 24/07/2007 23:57

Most of the kids are at school all day.

alycat · 24/07/2007 23:58

No, neither could I - which is why I don't have 12 children.

expatinscotland · 24/07/2007 23:58

So the solution is to have more kids? More kids = more money and more of an excuse not to work because then you have childcare issues?

No, that's a crock!

And no I don't have a mortgage, never will as am a lifelong renter and yes, my husband is one of those minimum wage earners. He has severe learning disabilities which honestly get in the way of his training up for jobs.

MrsMarvel · 24/07/2007 23:58

What, exactly, do they have?

They rent a council house!

MadEyeMisdee · 24/07/2007 23:58

my home is worth over £250k. i will never have right to buy on it. some homes are exempt from right to buy belive it or not.

aloha · 24/07/2007 23:58

Well, I'd struggle with 12. Which is why I wouldn't have 12! I note her youngest child from a previous relationship is 9, and her oldest twins from her current marriage are 8! Bloody hell. You couldn't make it up. It's not April 1st is it?

UnquietDad · 24/07/2007 23:58

What number is too many to look after on your own? 5? 6? 7? If there is a supposed cut-off point let's hear it.

doyouwantfrieswiththat · 24/07/2007 23:59

some of those kids are more than old enough to look after themselves and/or help out.

aloha · 25/07/2007 00:00

They have a lovely, huge, detatched house in a nice area that they pay no rent or mortgage on, for as long as they want it. That's not bad!

NotReallyHereHunker · 25/07/2007 00:00

They can always eat the youngest if they get hungry.

nutcracker · 25/07/2007 00:00

The house might not be there own home, but they won't get kicked out once their kids are gorwn up, they will stay there as long as they please, so imo yes their kids will look at them and think 'god all we have to do is have loads of kids, and we get a huge house and get to not work'.

sparklygothkat · 25/07/2007 00:00

my HA house is worth about £300k, would never buy it though.. don't agree with right to buy anyway... takes away the council and HA houses from families of the future.

expatinscotland · 25/07/2007 00:00

That's a hell of a lot more than a lot of us have, MrsMarvel, and still don't see that as an excuse to pop out kids we know we can't support so as to keep from working.

And if they do in fact qualify for right to buy, well, there you go! The taxpayer gets to buy them a lovely home in addition to paying to support all their kids.

MrsMarvel · 25/07/2007 00:00

Ref. ages of children.

Former book-keeper Samantha, 35, had five children from a previous relationship when she married Carl, who used to work as a door-to-door salesman. They are Craig, 16, Adam, 14, Jack, 13, Rebekah, 11, and Harry, nine.

The couple then had seven of their own: twins Parris-Jordan and Kesla Blu, eight; twins Mason and Peaches, six; Logan, four, and the three-year-old twins Skye and Kalifornya.

I think I'm more concerned about the kids names than that the parents are temporarily not working.

UnquietDad · 25/07/2007 00:01

To add to that... They have a lovely, huge, detatched house in a nice area that they pay no rent or mortgage on, for as long as they want it, and I BET it's in a good school catchment.

aloha · 25/07/2007 00:01

I'm less cross that I was, I admit. They must be a very rare case. But I still think they are very irresponsible and have a huge sense of entitlement.

StarryStarryNight · 25/07/2007 00:02

12 kids? I can just about cope with 2! Desperately seeking au pair (so I can focus on my job, nevertheless)

Imagine the washing pile! Kitchen after breakfast? Cooking dinner for 14 people, every day? Bloody Hell. If that is their lifestyle choice, so be it. Really it is unique. And I am not about to get worked up about my hard earned taxes going their way, I am no judge. Just amazed they cope.