HAVING a council house can be handy for a number of reasons, you have affordable rent and don’t have to worry about spending on house upgrades.
Typically, when you live in a council house, you can get a new kitchen or bathroom for free, and even a front door.
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But one mum’s new council house door has left people in hysterics as they notice two massive blunders that have been made.
Her son took to social media to share the new door his mum was given by the council.
Captioning the post, her son wrote: “My mum’s front door was replaced by the council.
“Genius craftmanship.”
In the video, the door was covered with a thin white curtain and as he pulled it back, a spy hole could be seen near the edge of the door.
While most doors have one so you can take a sneak peek at who is knocking, it seemed unnecessary when he showed what was next to it.
The top half of the door was made of clear glass, meaning there was no way you could sneakily look into the spy hole to see who was there.
And that wasn’t the only problem.
Eagle-eyed viewers were quick to find another key error with the door.
While the man filmed from the inside of his mum’s house and the spy hole was placed the right way up, the same couldn’t be said for the letterbox.
Instead of the letterbox protector being on the outside of the door where it should be, it had been built onto the inside of the door.
The clip soon went viral on his TikTok account @red_elbow with over 229k views and 10k likes.
Many were left in hysterics as they spotted the array of errors.
One person wrote: “Omg why is the UK like this?”
Another commented: “My door has the same. I’m like who is gonna use that when the person outside can see you stood there.”
“Even the letterbox is on the wrong way,” penned a third.
The reality of living in a council house
LEANNE Hall, Digital Writer at Fabulous, has discussed what it was like growing up in a council house, and why those living in such properties are often judged…
When I was a child I grew up in a council house, and was blissfully unaware of the discrimination that came with that, until I became an adult.
My younger years were spent running up and down the stairs of my flat, meeting with other friends who lived there and making the most of the communal garden.
But now, it seems no matter your circumstance, everyone has something to say about why you shouldn’t be there.
Living just outside of London like I did, rent prices are still high, and as my mum was at home raising three kids at the time, it wasn’t easy to find a job that fit around that.
People in council houses are often labelled as ‘scroungers’ or ‘lazy’ but it’s nothing of the sort.
Most families in council homes experience overcrowding, and let’s not even mention the horrendous amount of damp and mould that comes from living in old social housing that hasn’t had work done to them in 50 or so years.
It’s not ideal for many, but it does provide a secure home without the fear your rent will shoot up every single year, which I would argue is vital to children growing up on the poverty line.
Meanwhile a fourth said: “spat me brew out!”
“Only the council,” claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: “Hilarious!”
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