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Council? I'll give you council!
I am a council tenant who just swapped premises earlier this year (from 2 bed ground floor maisonette to fair sized 3 bed). It was a mutual exchange meaning we must accept the house in the condition it was in decoratively, the council do however make sure that gas, electrics, water and the structure are all in good condition.
This was the state the house was in when we found it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rINIgJE9oAM
Highlights include:
I had to provide the van to move our belongings into her house and hers into ours.
Getting the van stuck on the verge outside our former property (OK, this one is my bad).
When we turned up with the van to start moving her things, WE, as they couldn't be bothered to do it in the weeks prior as we asked, in fact had to take various rubbish that was left all over the property (bin bags of general refuse, clothes, printers, multiple bikes, broken furniture etc) to the tip. I had to fingertip sort it all when I got there too.
When we had finished the above and wanted to move, it turned out that half her things had not been packed, "Oh, well I was going to wait for you to move in here and then use your boxes to move out"(?!?!?!).
Blood over the floor where the dog hadn't been neutered and bled all over the floor and walls.
Smell of cat urine everywhere.
Scraping excrement off the toilets with a screwdriver.
Holes in the internal doors (and now I think of it, panel missing on the external door to the walkway attached to the house) and some missing entirely.
Nicotine staining on all the windows and sealant on them brittle and in pieces.
Broken freeview and sky dish on bay window roof.
... and so much more!
Virtually all sorted, hopefully will be a completely different house when we buy it next year.
I am a council tenant who just swapped premises earlier this year (from 2 bed ground floor maisonette to fair sized 3 bed). It was a mutual exchange meaning we must accept the house in the condition it was in decoratively, the council do however make sure that gas, electrics, water and the structure are all in good condition.
This was the state the house was in when we found it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rINIgJE9oAM
Highlights include:
I had to provide the van to move our belongings into her house and hers into ours.
Getting the van stuck on the verge outside our former property (OK, this one is my bad).
When we turned up with the van to start moving her things, WE, as they couldn't be bothered to do it in the weeks prior as we asked, in fact had to take various rubbish that was left all over the property (bin bags of general refuse, clothes, printers, multiple bikes, broken furniture etc) to the tip. I had to fingertip sort it all when I got there too.
When we had finished the above and wanted to move, it turned out that half her things had not been packed, "Oh, well I was going to wait for you to move in here and then use your boxes to move out"(?!?!?!).
Blood over the floor where the dog hadn't been neutered and bled all over the floor and walls.
Smell of cat urine everywhere.
Scraping excrement off the toilets with a screwdriver.
Holes in the internal doors (and now I think of it, panel missing on the external door to the walkway attached to the house) and some missing entirely.
Nicotine staining on all the windows and sealant on them brittle and in pieces.
Broken freeview and sky dish on bay window roof.
... and so much more!
Virtually all sorted, hopefully will be a completely different house when we buy it next year.
Edited by Speed_Demon on Saturday 6th February 16:29
Speed_Demon said:
Council? I'll give you council!
I am a council tenant who just swapped premises earlier this year (from 2 bed ground floor maisonette to fair sized 3 bed). It was a mutual exchange meaning we must accept the house in the condition it was in decoratively, the council do however make sure that gas, electrics, water and the structure are all in good condition.
This was the state the house was in when we found it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rINIgJE9oAM
Highlights include:
I had to provide the van to move our belongings into her house and hers into ours.
Getting the van stuck on the verge outside our former property (OK, this one is my bad).
When we turned up with the van to start moving her things, WE, as they couldn't be bothered to do it in the weeks prior as we asked, in fact had to take various rubbish that was left all over the property (bin bags of general refuse, clothes, printers, multiple bikes, broken furniture etc) to the tip. I had to fingertip sort it all when I got there too.
When we had finished the above and wanted to move, it turned out that half her things had not been packed, "Oh, well I was going to wait for you to move in here and then use your boxes to move out"(?!?!?!).
Blood over the floor where the dog hadn't been neutered and bled all over the floor and walls.
Smell of cat urine everywhere.
Scraping excrement off the toilets with a screwdriver.
Holes in the internal doors (and now I think of it, panel missing on the external door to the walkway attached to the house) and some missing entirely.
Nicotine staining on all the windows and sealant on them brittle and in pieces.
Broken freeview and sky dish on bay window roof.
... and so much more!
Virtually all sorted, hopefully will be a completely different house when we buy it next year.
judging by your profile on that youtube video you are both powerfully built and a director of your own supplement company, why are you in a council house? I am a council tenant who just swapped premises earlier this year (from 2 bed ground floor maisonette to fair sized 3 bed). It was a mutual exchange meaning we must accept the house in the condition it was in decoratively, the council do however make sure that gas, electrics, water and the structure are all in good condition.
This was the state the house was in when we found it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rINIgJE9oAM
Highlights include:
I had to provide the van to move our belongings into her house and hers into ours.
Getting the van stuck on the verge outside our former property (OK, this one is my bad).
When we turned up with the van to start moving her things, WE, as they couldn't be bothered to do it in the weeks prior as we asked, in fact had to take various rubbish that was left all over the property (bin bags of general refuse, clothes, printers, multiple bikes, broken furniture etc) to the tip. I had to fingertip sort it all when I got there too.
When we had finished the above and wanted to move, it turned out that half her things had not been packed, "Oh, well I was going to wait for you to move in here and then use your boxes to move out"(?!?!?!).
Blood over the floor where the dog hadn't been neutered and bled all over the floor and walls.
Smell of cat urine everywhere.
Scraping excrement off the toilets with a screwdriver.
Holes in the internal doors (and now I think of it, panel missing on the external door to the walkway attached to the house) and some missing entirely.
Nicotine staining on all the windows and sealant on them brittle and in pieces.
Broken freeview and sky dish on bay window roof.
... and so much more!
Virtually all sorted, hopefully will be a completely different house when we buy it next year.
Edited by Speed_Demon on Saturday 6th February 16:29
t box then buy it under our rights initbriangriffin said:
judging by your profile on that youtube video you are both powerfully built and a director of your own supplement company, why are you in a council house?
Haha, I am powerfully built (I even have the PH shirt as a joke) but sadly I don't own the company, was just chosen to review them.I moved in (from an outright owned property
) with my partner who is a long term tenant.Edited by Speed_Demon on Saturday 6th February 18:14
Stickyfinger said:
Are you offended ? 
My last purchase was a Victorian leather arm chair....cost me £80 plus a £200 upholstery fee with £40 extra for horse hair rather than "synthetic" padding....how much was your one from World of Leather ?
Does that really make me superior to you or just someone who would rather have a well made chair that lasts more than 3 years, rather than one which has been made with a staple gun and plastic in a Chinese sweat shop ?
I worked in furniture manufacturing for quite a few years and I'm not sure you know much at all about this.My last purchase was a Victorian leather arm chair....cost me £80 plus a £200 upholstery fee with £40 extra for horse hair rather than "synthetic" padding....how much was your one from World of Leather ?
Does that really make me superior to you or just someone who would rather have a well made chair that lasts more than 3 years, rather than one which has been made with a staple gun and plastic in a Chinese sweat shop ?
Edited by Stickyfinger on Tuesday 2nd February 13:19
I was always brought up to believe that inheriting your furniture was 'U' as opposed to 'non-U' (although I may be mistaken, because my parents always described the 'U' as 'Us' rather than 'Upper') - however, I am old, and I think it only applies once you are no longer living with your parents....
Edited by Dand E Lion on Saturday 6th February 22:47
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