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i have been searching for a bungalow with a wetroom with easy access etc as my back is getting worse and worse. i assumed i would be in for a long wait if i got one at all as i am on my own and its not as if i am currently in a high rise or something.
i only need 1 bedroom and a wetroom rather than a bath and need the room as i aint small and most shower cubicles are tiny.
i started making bids etc 3 weeks ago and friday i got a call to go and look at a bungalow not far away, now i assumed i would be one of many veiwing and that i would be well down the list. but at the end of the tour and the assesment by the disabilities lady they said i could have it. and bonus the rent is £50 a month less than i am paying now and its all mains so no more gas bottles so i will save on heating.
you could have knocked me over with a feather, so wednesday sign lease and look to sort out carpets and removals that should be fun with covid.
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Good luck with the move mitch!
I live in a ground floor 1 bed sheltered flat in Surrey that has a large wet room and i’d also like to move but unlike you i’ve done nothing yet to try and find somewhere else.
That;s great news, Mitch! My older brother’s in sheltered housing (1 bedroom bungalow) and had to wait about 8 months to get somewhere within reasonable distance of the rest of the family – he’s about 15 miles/30 minute drive from our mum and our older sister. But as we know, some people have to wait years.
? @Mitch
even more bonkers this afternoon the council rang to see if i wanted to look at a newly renovated ground floor flat with a wetroom. so thats 2 different social housing providers in a week offering veiwings.
i wonder if they arent getting any enquiries because of covid. i reckon i must have just struck it lucky. most everything i bid on i came up as between applicant 15-20 or higher. the newly renovated flat only had 3 bids.
maybe its the area.
Spoilt for choice? Makes a nice change. 🙂
who would have thunk it, carpet fitters around here are swamped, ive spent all day trying to even get quotes and they are all saying it would be a month before they can fit owt.
at least someones busy lol
Congratulations on your new bungalow hope all goes smoothly with the move
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Congratulations! Very well done. It took us almost a year to be offered a bungalow with a wet room – my wife is a wheelchair user and I am also disabled.
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2019 Ford Kuga Vignale 1.5 auto AWD. (Ext lease)Mitch You are using GAS BOTTLES in a house not gas piped in from company that’s strange
no i am currently in a park home and its an old site and the homes are a mixture of lpg, oil and mains depending on their age. i am in an older one at the moment so its lpg cylinders not a problem until it runs out at 4 in the morning and its blowing a hooley. i am moving to what used to be termed a council house, well bungalow. now an arms length social housing provider.
Ok Mitch that why gas bottles then ,, good luck in your new home
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