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Originally Posted by martyh
it wouldn't be the first time that 2 council properties have been knocked into one ,i myself have worked in such properties this would have been much more preferable than moving them into the one they are in now and a fraction of the cost ,even ,as Flyboy has said they could be moved to a different borough or even different part of the country
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True. My cousin bought an ex-council house. where the council had knocked two semi detached houses into one. It did mean that although it was a large house, it had a lot of very small rooms though.
Still, we don't know both sides of the story. Yes, I agree that the council should not have placed them in a mansion *if* other properties were available, but the council does have a duty to provide accommodation for them (they have kids).
The problem is that (thanks to a combination of high property prices and the policies of both Tory and Labour governments), the councils don't necessarily have access to enough properties to house all their tenants.