Kitchen Remodeling

LadyMoonlight!! asked:

I finally won my battle with my local Council! Our Victorian terrace is in a bad way and needs extensive repair work and they have agreed to give us a renovation grant to do the work (you see, persistence does pay off with these people!)

Trouble is, as our kitchen and bathroom will have to be totally ripped out (including the roof and floor), we’ve been told we have to move out for 6-8 weeks while thw work is done.

My in-laws live 250 miles away so we can’t stay with them (would be one hell of a daily commute), my mum’s not far away but doesn’t really have the room and none of our friends could put us two, our 15 month old son and our cat up for that long (luckily my mum in law will take our dog in for us! She she could take the cat too I guess . . .)

Council say they might be prepared to find the 3 of us some temp. accommodation but we’d have to pay rent for it, which we can’t do on top of our mortgage.

Anyone else been in this situation? I really don’t know what to do
The Council offer “renovation grants” to houseowners who are on a low income but need renovation work in order to bring the house up to a “Liveable” standard. It is for people who need work done which they cannot finance themselves but would mean they could not continue living in the house without it being done.
My Grain - we can’t get a loan from anywhere due to a terrible credit rating. Not even the highest interest, “bad credit” loans will help us.

Question posted courtesy of: Allen