Wifes gran, 87, house is structurally unsafe

[littlened]

The council have been round recently as it's come that time where they want to do work on the houses (new kitchen, re-wire, boiler). During their visits they've discovered that a side wall of the house has moved outwards about 2 inches, so the house is structurally unsafe.

They need to move her out of the house. At the moment they are offering to put her in transit accommodation, or permanently re-home her to sheltered accommodation. She won't go into sheltered accommodation and going into transit accommodation will mean moving house twice, and at 87 year old it's the sort of thing that could kill a person off.

We've told the council she would have a two bedroom bungalow, but they've blatently refused to give her one, we've said she would re-home to another two or three bedroom house, but again, the don't seem to want to give her one. I suspect because they want the houses for other people.

Has anyone else had a family member be in a similar situation?

And for anyone asking why she wants a house or two bedroom bungalow. Both her son and daughter live away (Birmingham & Japan), and they come to stay, and she really doesn't want to not be able to have family stay with her. The council of course don't accept this as a valid reason. They'll only give her a two bedroom bungalow if someone stays with her three nights a week, and apparently they'd need evidence?

It's also worth mentioning that just under two year ago her daughter paid for a walk in show to be fitted and a stair lift. If she is re-homed than that's money completely down the drain. They bought these themselves because the council refused to fit a shower or stair lift because she could manage without them, instead they fit a stair rail.

[girojim]

Originally Posted by littlened

The council have been round recently as it's come that time where they want to do work on the houses (new kitchen, re-wire, boiler). During their visits they've discovered that a side wall of the house has moved outwards about 2 inches, so the house is structurally unsafe.

They need to move her out of the house. At the moment they are offering to put her in transit accommodation, or permanently re-home her to sheltered accommodation. She won't go into sheltered accommodation and going into transit accommodation will mean moving house twice, and at 87 year old it's the sort of thing that could kill a person off.

We've told the council she would have a two bedroom bungalow, but they've blatently refused to give her one, we've said she would re-home to another two or three bedroom house, but again, the don't seem to want to give her one. I suspect because they want the houses for other people.

Has anyone else had a family member be in a similar situation?

And for anyone asking why she wants a house or two bedroom bungalow. Both her son and daughter live away (Birmingham & Japan), and they come to stay, and she really doesn't want to not be able to have family stay with her. The council of course don't accept this as a valid reason. They'll only give her a two bedroom bungalow if someone stays with her three nights a week, and apparently they'd need evidence?

I'll dee it

[Il Postino Pat]

Sounds like they wanted her out the whole time...

[littlened]

Originally Posted by Il Postino Pat

Sounds like they wanted her out the whole time...

They probably did, and one hand I can understand why, they have an old lady taking up a three bedroom house. So with that in mind you would think they would do what they could to move her to somewhere suitable and free up a house.

[Norm]

Wifes gran, 87, house is structurally unsafe

Rules ffs.

[Teed]

Originally Posted by littlened

The council have been round recently as it's come that time where they want to do work on the houses (new kitchen, re-wire, boiler). During their visits they've discovered that a side wall of the house has moved outwards about 2 inches, so the house is structurally unsafe.

They need to move her out of the house. At the moment they are offering to put her in transit accommodation, or permanently re-home her to sheltered accommodation. She won't go into sheltered accommodation and going into transit accommodation will mean moving house twice, and at 87 year old it's the sort of thing that could kill a person off.

We've told the council she would have a two bedroom bungalow, but they've blatently refused to give her one, we've said she would re-home to another two or three bedroom house, but again, the don't seem to want to give her one. I suspect because they want the houses for other people.

Has anyone else had a family member be in a similar situation?

And for anyone asking why she wants a house or two bedroom bungalow. Both her son and daughter live away (Birmingham & Japan), and they come to stay, and she really doesn't want to not be able to have family stay with her. The council of course don't accept this as a valid reason. They'll only give her a two bedroom bungalow if someone stays with her three nights a week, and apparently they'd need evidence?

It's also worth mentioning that just under two year ago her daughter paid for a walk in show to be fitted and a stair lift. If she is re-homed than that's money completely down the drain. They bought these themselves because the council refused to fit a shower or stair lift because she could manage without them, instead they fit a stair rail.

Isn't that what the conservatives want to introduce though, they can remove people from homes they've lived in all their lives and rehouse them in a property that best suits them (smaller) to allow others to have houses?
my next door neighbour was rehoused temporary while his house was modernised, he died two weeks later.

[littlened]

Originally Posted by Norm

Wifes gran, 87, house is structurally unsafe

Rules ffs.

You'll have to ask Pell, he took the last ones

[Norm]

Originally Posted by littlened

You'll have to ask Pell, he took the last ones

I've seen them man, they were in his last mailout.

[Crook Mackem]

Why has she not bought the house ?

In light of developments, probably a good thing like. Let the council fix it, then buy it. It`ll be dirt cheap will it not ?

[littlened]

Originally Posted by Teed

Isn't that what the conservatives want to introduce though, they can remove people from homes they've lived in all their lives and rehouse them in a property that best suits them (smaller) to allow others to have houses?
my next door neighbour was rehoused temporary while his house was modernised, he died two weeks later.

It does all make sense from a numbers point of view, but it completely removes a fair amount of independence from a person. Although there may not be much wrong with sheltered accommodation, it does kind of feel like you're dumping them there to die.

and as for your last sentence, that's exactly what we are worried about. She was recently pretty poorly, spent a fortnight in hospital and had family staying with her. She's improved a lot since then but she's not perfect, and essentially all this change is taking everything she knows away from her. Her home, her neighbours, she's close to a couple of shops and two parks where she likes to walk to help her osteoperosis, all that...gone!