A struggling dad has been pressured to divide his teen daughter and son's bed room with a curtain to provide them no less than a bit privateness within the household's cramped flat.
Simon Mansbridge stays within the small two bed room property together with his spouse and two youngsters, with the council telling him they'd qualify for a bigger residence 4 years in the past.
However regardless of bidding on the Homefinder app each week, the 41-year-old has but to obtain a single supply, Coventry Reside reviews.
Within the time he has been ready, his youngsters have change into youngsters and have been left with no different choice however to a share the tiny room - with the dire state of affairs beginning to have an effect on their psychological well being.
He stated: "It is extremely tense as a result of I do not see Lorena having her personal area, my son having his personal area, I might say it's tense on them as nicely, as a result of they need to put up with one another . "
When Mr Mansbridge was given full custody of his daughter Lorena three years in the past, he was instructed they'd qualify for an even bigger property.
However this hasn't occurred, and issues within the flat are piling up.
"I've reduce up a curtain dividing the bed room to allow them to shut themselves off from one another, so yeah I've put a curtain up within the centre of the bed room dividing [it] to allow them to shut the curtains and have some privateness.
"Nevertheless it is not a really huge room, there's two beds, two chest of drawers, a wardrobe, they actually have not bought lots of area" he stated.
And it causes sensible points on prime of the emotional misery : "My daughter at aged 14 has her monthlies and that, she wants her personal area and her personal privateness, after they're getting modified, one will go into the lavatory whereas the opposite will use the bed room, they're having to knock the door and ask if they will are available in."
The youngsters's bed room has been cut up precisely in half by Mr Mansbridge, together with his daughter Lorena's aspect adorned with photos of mates, playing cards and Disney bedding.
His son Kerrison's aspect is painted blue, together with his Xbox, aftershaves and birthday playing cards hung up.
Regardless of all of this, Mr Mansbridge's daughter Lorena continues to excel at college, and Kerrison works with him as a butcher in Alderman's Inexperienced.
However their state of affairs has now change into determined.
Mr Manbridge stated: "Once I bought custody of my daughter, I've taken court docket orders all the way down to [the council] to indicate that I want an even bigger property as a result of I've custody of my daughter, it has not carried out something in the best way of pushing me ahead for a 3 bed room property.
"Over the previous couple of months, at weekends, [my son] has been going out at staying at his pal's homes, so he has his personal private area, however apart from that within the week he is caught at residence.
"We're very careworn, restricted on area with furnishings, all people's belongings inside the flat, it's a huge battle particularly within the evenings once I get residence. [I'm] making an attempt to get issues sorted, dinners carried out for everybody, getting everybody to allow them to sit down and loosen up and have their very own area within the evenings."
Mr Mansbridge has lived within the flat for 15 years, however stated that the household can not afford a deposit for a personal property: "The lease now on non-public properties is extortionate it's getting unattainable.
"The stress of bidding on properties for 3 years it is taking it toll on myself and my companion."
Coventry Metropolis Council had been approached about their HomeFinder ready listing.
A spokesperson for Coventry Metropolis Council stated: “The brand new Homefinder scheme went dwell on the 13 September 2021, and since then there have been 53 three-bedroom properties let and 52 of these have gone to Band 1 – which is the very best precedence band.
“We presently have 1,223 households on the scheme with a three-bedroom want and 782 are one-bedroom overcrowded.
“So there's a important ready listing.
“We perceive Mr Mansbridge’s issues, and if he believes he needs to be in a special banding, then he can submit a change of circumstances type with the explanations for the change and we'll assess this towards the Homefinder coverage.
“Alternatively he might have to think about privately renting a property to resolve his circumstances extra rapidly.”
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