GENERAL DIY AT HOME

geek84
geek84 Scope Member Posts: 140 Empowering
in Everyday life

Hi Folks

Due to my hemiplegia, I have great difficulty in doing general DIY jobs around the house. I always need to pay a 'Handyman' to get things done. I even have issues with using a screw driver and hammer.

Do you know if I can get any financial support with this type of thing?

Thank You

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  • orangeapple57
    orangeapple57 Scope Member Posts: 49 Contributor

    Check with your local council because Banbury area have this service however Witney area do not. I'm getting ripped off by handyman prices. It cost me £80 to get my back gate repaired and even then I still had to adjust it myself so I applied for the Cherwell DIY but I think I'm out of area 🥺

  • paddy1
    paddy1 Online Community Member Posts: 21 Connected

    If your pension age there is AA benifit which is suposed to pay for the extra expenses you might incure due to your health condition ,,

  • Zipz
    Zipz Online Community Member Posts: 4,062 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/123828/general-diy-at-home

    This is one of so many things PIP has to cover.

  • SaraC_Scope
    SaraC_Scope CP Network, Scope Posts: 359 Empowering

    Hi. Yes as @Zipz has said, this is one of the areas my PIP entitlement would have to cover. I have hemiplegia and couldn't manage DIY, so would have to pay a professional. I try to ask for recommendations from friends to find the best price and a trusted person.

    Sara

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 4,810 Championing
    edited October 2024

    Site won't let me flag this as spam. Thank you Scope.

  • orangeapple57
    orangeapple57 Scope Member Posts: 49 Contributor

    Why flag it? I'm confused. It's good advice if it wasn't what I'd already done to arrive at the guy who was well recommended as the 'best' in the area.

    He seemed reasonable the first time but then took ages the second visit meeting his target time to quote for his time.

    I gave the benefit of the doubt and asked him to come fix a curtain pole that fell down, he came but then insisted he has a minimum time so unless I had another job he would charge me more than the 10 mins job.

    When you are struggling you don't want to invent extra jobs to meet the minimum then that job takes twice as long so he can get more money out of you.

    There's a lot of cons but I could not complain as he was struggling himself following a stroke so I haven't managed to source a better alternative 😭

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 11,423 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hey @orangeapple57 the comment WhatThe was talking about was from a spammer and they had linked to a site that had nothing to do with the OPs questions.

  • geek84
    geek84 Scope Member Posts: 140 Empowering

    Hi Folks

    Many thanks for your responses.

    I applied for PIP a few weeks ago. Do you know the average time for a response?

    Would all DIY job costs be covered by PIP?

    Thanks

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 15,415 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/921145#Comment_921145

    oh no not more spammers

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 11,423 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hey @geek84 it's good to hear you got your PIP application in. Best of luck to you! You may be looking at around 8 weeks before you hear anything, then you'll probably need a telelphone assessment, then there'll be another wait after that, so it wont happen quickly I'm afraid. The PIP money is for you to do whatever you want with, so if you want to use it for DIY costs, then you can do that. 😁

  • geek84
    geek84 Scope Member Posts: 140 Empowering

    Hi Many thanks for your reply @Albus_Scope

    Is there any help/assistance/guidance available on how to answer the phone assessment questions?

    Thanks

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