We need a house for 8. Council houses?
 

Hi all,

I hope someone can help me with this. I need a house for 8 of us, 1 adult 3 boys & 4 girls. Ive heard of someone living in a council house that was knocked through. Does anyone know anything about this?
I'm loathe to ring them but i will eventually, just want to have some kind of ideas first.

Re: We need a house for 8. Council houses?
 

I think Properties you require are thin on the ground, but its Hyndburn Homes you need to contact not he Council

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i reckon you'd be lucky to get a 3 bedroomed house the way things are going at the moment, oh and by the way, people who are moving into council houses/social housing are only getting very short tenancies, i think its 2 and a half years and then they move you on (don't know if its inforce yet or not but thats what the government have been on about) and they will only pay upto £100 a week rent, the rest you have to put to yourself

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There should be laws about how much rent can be charged £100 a week IMO is FAR to much.

Good Luck Unless you homeless I would expect the waiting list to be large, probably best trying private.

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£100 per week, thats more then my Mortgage...

Re: We need a house for 8. Council houses?
 

I have not found any with more than 4 bedrooms advertised .

the cheapest is -
4 bedroom semi-detached house to rent in Abbeydale Way, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5

PS noticed the bedrooms are 'tichy' so you will need bunk beds

Re: We need a house for 8. Council houses?
 

Is this a wind up?:confused::confused:

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Only two years ago she posted that she had three children
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...tml#post595678

She has gained 4 more rather rapidly

Re: We need a house for 8. Council houses?
 

May be 2 families merged together

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..but still only one adult:confused: - maybe some tragedy has left her with nieces and nephews

Re: We need a house for 8. Council houses?
 

my brother and his family have just moved into a private rented house in Ossy and he's paying £115 a week....it's only a 2 bedroomed

Re: We need a house for 8. Council houses?
 

When I moved over here 3 years ago I was paying £95 a week for a 2 bedroomed house on Nuttall St, which is not exactly a 5 star residential area :)

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Its where we put Dingles for their initiation period Dave:D

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I hope you get it sorted

Re: We need a house for 8. Council houses?
 

Thankyou for all your replies. It doesn't sound very hopefull does it? I spoke to Hyndburn homes today & they said they were in touch with other housing associations, so fingers crossed.

' I have not found any with more than 4 bedrooms advertised .

the cheapest is -
4 bedroom semi-detached house to rent in Abbeydale Way, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5

PS noticed the bedrooms are 'tichy' so you will need bunk beds '

Thanks for looking MargaretR