House exchange - overcrowding?

LAMB99
LAMB99 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
edited October 2021 in Housing and independent living
Hello, 
We have found a house we really like and the other family really like ours. We have a 3 bed house with 2 reception rooms, they have a 3 bed house with 1 reception room.

There are 5 of us but 7 of them.. what are the chances of the council agreeing to the house swap considering we both have the same amount of bedrooms plus they would really benefit from moving here as they can turn the 2nd reception room into a 4th bedroom? 

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    Hi,
    I don’t think anyone can answer that question other than your housing association/council. All you can do is contact them and see what they say. Good luck and I hope it works out for you! 
  • LAMB99
    LAMB99 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
    Poppy123456 we are currently in the 42 day waiting game ? i just wondered if anyone else had been in this situation and what the outcome was 
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Different councils or housing associations have Different criteria so even if other members have done this it won't necessarily be the same for you 

    Hopefully it will all work out well 
  • LAMB99
    LAMB99 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
    I'm hoping it will be ok. Shelter england states that living rooms and dining rooms can be used as bedrooms before it's classed as over crowding and under 10s are only half a person ? hopefully won't take too long to hear back. I hate the whole being in limbo part of it ?
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    LAMB99 said:
     under 10s are only half a person ?
    That's not exactly how i would put. Children under 10 are expected to share a bedroom, even those of different sex. It's all explainded here. https://www.entitledto.co.uk/help/under-occupation

  • LAMB99
    LAMB99 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
    Yes i know they are expected to share a bedroom, our children do. Shelter England states that they are 0.5 of a person though ?‍♀️ 
    Lots of conflicting advice online, thats for sure :) 

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