Just an update. I contacted the solicitor and the interest on the damages is 0.5%. Going to leave it at that. Thanks again

Thanks for replying, but i am still confused. The case was Legal Aid funded and the Landlord agreed through a Tomlin Order to pay damages at a certain date, which he did. The solicitor would not let us have the money until the landlord paid costs. When the Landlord paid the money under the Tomlin Order, should the solicitor have given that to the Legal Aid agency and then the Legal Aid agency send the money? Obviously i am very happy to receive the damages, but wanted to maker sure that the amount of interest was right. Thanks

Before i contact my solicitor, could somebody please tell me if this sounds about right. We went through a housing disrepair claim and to cut a long story short, we received £5000 in damages. This was paid to our solicitor around May 2014, but we were not allowed the money until the landlord payed costs to our solicitor. We have just heard from our solicitor and we were always told we would get interest on the money. We have received a cheque for 5048, is £48 interest about right? It would be 2 years next month that the solicitor as held the money. Thank you

No definitely not, the bed would stick out way too much and the door wouldn't open. When we did have a bed in there it had to go below the window and the bed up to the radiator.

Hope this is ok. It was measured skirting board to skirting board. Thanks for your help. bedrom size.pdf

I will try and do a more detailed plan. My son no longer uses the room it's just used for storage now. The ceiling slope is below the box, the box is covering the sloped ceiling in the hallway.

The door opens to the left, and yes there is a window. The space on the left from the wall to the door is 84cm. Thanks

I have tried to create a PDF of the room size, i hope you can see it. The box is in the bedroom due to the sloping ceiling in the hallway. Thanks bedrom size.pdf bedrom size.pdf

He was 9 when we moved in. My daughter moved out last year and he moved into her room when he was 11.

It does make sense what you say, i will give it some serious thought. Thanks for all the replies.

Thank you, So if i rented it originally as a 3 bed and did used to use it as a bedroom, there would be not much point me appealing. Yes it is a Social Housing property. i am self employed and get help towards the rent. I will look into the downsizing grant, thanks for mentioning that.

We have lived here 3 years, we rented it as a 3 bed house. We moved in with me and my partner our son and daughter. Our daughter had the bigger bedroom and our son the box room. When our daughter moved out last year, we let our son have the bigger room. We told the Council our daughter had moved out and we received the letter about our benefit been reduced by 14% for the room. We responded to them, and this as been going on since then. The room is just used for storage at the moment.

Thanks for the replies. I will read the links posted. It is a Council house. The room concerned is a box room, the box is there as the room is above the stairs in the hallway. When it was used as a bedroom we used to tell the Council we thought it was too small, but they was not interested. When there was a bed in there there was no room for anything else. The room was used by our youngest child, then when our older child moved out, we let him have the other bigger room. This as been going on since August last year when we told the Council our older child had moved out. The room does have heating, ventilation, lighting and heating, its just very small. Could somebody please tell me if i did appeal and go to the Tribunal, who will attend? Would it be someone from where Housing Benefit is paid or my local housing office. It is a Council house, but what does a NHO housing mean. Thanks all

Could someone please tell me if i should still take my appeal to the Courts & Tribunal Service. I have finally received a response from the Council and they state "Your housing provider has determined your property has three bedrooms and the room was designed to be used as a third bedroom. They also quote a Upper Tribunal Decision SSWP v David Nelson (and James Nelson) and Fife Council (2014) UKUT 0525 (AAC). They have measured the room and said it as 51.1 square feet of usabale floor space. Thanks

Hi all I was given a letter letting me know that from next time i sign, the Jobcentre is introducing an Electronic Signing System. It says next time i sign i will need to provide six signatures on an Electronic Signing Pad and one proof of ID. After this i will only need to provide a signature for fortnightly or weekly jobsearch review appointments. Also as my partner works part time they no longer do the B7 forms, its electronic now. just letting everybody know what to expect.