Please can anyone help me who has experience in these matters?...
I am currently looking for a homeswap / mutual exchange and am downsizing but I NEED a 2 bedroom place for when my Grandchildren come over to stay , especially as my Grandson is Autistic and needs special care
I am reading in many places online that some / many councils won't even ALLOW you to move into a place with an extra bedroom now even if you pay the bedroom tax :(
I know they don't seem to have special rules for disabled children , but I don't want to view my dream home , go ahead with the paperwork only for the council to refuse me on grounds of swapping for somewhere with an extra room even though I am downsizing , not upsizing
Do you think there is ANY way that they would take into consideration my Grandsons special needs and the fact that I am a carer for him and have him during the school holidays and weekends and he needs his own room???
Or rather I have a feeling that ''rules are rules'' and before even viewing any potential lovely new homes I better find out if I will even be allowed the one extra room even if I pay the bedroom tax
Seems my options are limited even though I will be giving up tons of space for a bigger family to make use of / move into , but am SCARED my preferred areas will say no and dash my hopes as there are some lovely council places in my preferred area , just too scared to ring them to find out right now ( I know it's silly ) but I don't want my dream to be dashed in one phone call with an unsympathetic worker on the other end getting my goat up!!!
( I just don't see why I can't have just the one extra room under the circumstances whichever borough it is , even if I pay out for it which I am already doing where I am but this place is way to big for me now & I thought the council would be happy that a larger family could make use of it , but I am NOT taking a 1 bedroom no matter what so they are holding up the whole process and limiting my options and a family potentially having this place if they say no! ) :(
I am currently looking for a homeswap / mutual exchange and am downsizing but I NEED a 2 bedroom place for when my Grandchildren come over to stay , especially as my Grandson is Autistic and needs special care
I am reading in many places online that some / many councils won't even ALLOW you to move into a place with an extra bedroom now even if you pay the bedroom tax :(
I know they don't seem to have special rules for disabled children , but I don't want to view my dream home , go ahead with the paperwork only for the council to refuse me on grounds of swapping for somewhere with an extra room even though I am downsizing , not upsizing
Do you think there is ANY way that they would take into consideration my Grandsons special needs and the fact that I am a carer for him and have him during the school holidays and weekends and he needs his own room???
Or rather I have a feeling that ''rules are rules'' and before even viewing any potential lovely new homes I better find out if I will even be allowed the one extra room even if I pay the bedroom tax
Seems my options are limited even though I will be giving up tons of space for a bigger family to make use of / move into , but am SCARED my preferred areas will say no and dash my hopes as there are some lovely council places in my preferred area , just too scared to ring them to find out right now ( I know it's silly ) but I don't want my dream to be dashed in one phone call with an unsympathetic worker on the other end getting my goat up!!!
( I just don't see why I can't have just the one extra room under the circumstances whichever borough it is , even if I pay out for it which I am already doing where I am but this place is way to big for me now & I thought the council would be happy that a larger family could make use of it , but I am NOT taking a 1 bedroom no matter what so they are holding up the whole process and limiting my options and a family potentially having this place if they say no! ) :(