Adaptions. We've been fighting with our council over changing out wetroom

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  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 61,008 Championing
    Good news @Siwheels73 will you be having a shower instead of a bath?
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Great news finally you can have a bath like you wanted yopee 
  • Siwheels73
    Siwheels73 Scope Member Posts: 750 Pioneering
    @Sandy_123, no, we are having a bath instead of a shower, with a bath lift.
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 61,008 Championing
    Be good when it's done, I've got a walk in shower, I do miss having baths but it's not practicle for me. 
  • Siwheels73
    Siwheels73 Scope Member Posts: 750 Pioneering
    Thanks, @Sandy_123. We have found a way of making it work for us but it has been one HELL of a battle over 18 months.
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 61,008 Championing
    Yeah nothing get resolved with out a fight. You can relax now and hopefully work starts soon
  • SueHeath
    SueHeath Online Community Member Posts: 12,388 Championing
    That's great news @Siwheels73 x
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,453 Championing
    Great news @Siwheels73! Well done for sticking with it :) I hope that you're feeling more positive now. 
  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    That's lovely news @Siwheels73 I'm so pleased for you and @Az_Ali, and what a relief after so much hard work :) 
  • Siwheels73
    Siwheels73 Scope Member Posts: 750 Pioneering
    Today we had 2 Surveyors and an OT in our flat today to discuss the technical requirements of putting our bath in! The Council have agreed more works than we thought, which after the problems is amazing! One more meeting with the contractor and then, I think, we can start ordering. About time too!
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 61,008 Championing
    Hope it all happens soon for you
  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    Fantastic @Siwheels73 I'm excited for you :) I'm sure you'll keep us updated as well!
  • Siwheels73
    Siwheels73 Scope Member Posts: 750 Pioneering
    It's been an epic, nightmarish experience @Alex_Scope! We have found it frustrating as anything, especially the Council interactions that have done NOTHING helpful without months of badgering. We have had to prove a medical need which was dismissed by Council officers with no understanding of our reasoning or disabilities, and their implications.
  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,922 Championing
    This sounds really frustrating @Siwheels73. I can hear how you do not feel heard by the Council and how it has been like a battle.

    Would anything, in particular, make things feel more manageable for you at the moment - other than the Council listening, of course? 

    We are here for you and listening to you. Please don't hesitate to let us know if we can do anything to help  :)
  • littleacorn
    littleacorn Online Community Member Posts: 383 Empowering
    Great news that you have managed to move forward with some type of satisfaction. I always wonder with things like this that the likes of the council keep delaying and blocking so that we just give up. Its such a shame that we get ground down by these people and they get away with it making it just as difficukt for the next disabled person comes along. Showing ablism still has power.
  • Siwheels73
    Siwheels73 Scope Member Posts: 750 Pioneering
    edited October 2022
    @L_Volunteer, had a meeting with the Contractor and Council Surveyor today. The building work SHOULD be going ahead in December. 

    Am planning to rounding off this prolonged situation with an email to the Legal Department at the Council - who I WILL name on here, when the work is done, to tell them what they could, and should have done better!

    As for it being frustrating - undeniably, but it has also been a bit of a game, and an education about the rules the council play by.
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 61,008 Championing
    Its good you've got a date it's a shame it's in December tho
  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    Every day is a day closer @Siwheels73 I'm sorry to hear how frustrating the process has been overall, and I can't wait to hear an update once work starts in earnest :) 
  • Siwheels73
    Siwheels73 Scope Member Posts: 750 Pioneering
    edited November 2022
    We have a date for our bath going in, or at least a start date! 28th November, so slightly earlier than we had thought, but still good! Sorry if people are getting board hearing me witter on!
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 61,008 Championing
    Oh good news @Siwheels73 not long now then

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