Clouseau said:No.2 With each Married Quater costing the Government £80K pa, how long will it take before we see this ?perk? Disappear?
sgtpepperband said:As the original post says, MQs are 'perks' - they are a privilege not an entitlement.
Greenie said:Flags---the private firms do usually offer a relocation package -but usually only open to key personnel [manager/supervisor status]
Married Quarters aren't a perk matey. You pay to live in sub standard accommodation, regardless of the shitty state.Clouseau said:No.2 With each Married Quater costing the Government £80K pa, how long will it take before we see this ?perk? Disappear?
Additional question: If the average soldier/sailor/airman has to pay commercial rates of rent he would be eligable for housing benefit. Is this right?
sgtpepperband said:I have had MQs before I bought my own property so I can see both sides to this proposal (if it is one; I have yet to see or hear anything official about it). But I would like to play 'Devil's Advocate' for just a moment...
As the original post says, MQs are 'perks' - they are a privilege not an entitlement. My wife's company are not obliged to provide her with a house, so why should the MoD? Likewise with Married Accompanied postings; if my wife worked overseas I would not expect her company to pay for me to go out to live with her.
sgtpepperband said:But despite this, MQs are a valuable means of allowing personnel to get a foot in the property ladder; live relatively cheaply in the community, save some money then go out into the big, wide world. But it concerns me when you see personnel who have lived in MQs all their married life and come their time to leave (22 years) they have to vacate the MQ - but have not save money to buy their own property, thus becoming another statistic in the 'handout society' we live in!
Or maybe I'm being ironic.
Dabs said:Married Quarters aren't a perk matey. You pay to live in sub standard accommodation, regardless of the shitty state.Clouseau said:No.2 With each Married Quater costing the Government £80K pa, how long will it take before we see this ?perk? Disappear?
Additional question: If the average soldier/sailor/airman has to pay commercial rates of rent he would be eligable for housing benefit. Is this right?
£80.000 per annum per married quarter is some tossers way of making money, it most certainly isn't realistic and the government shithead who believes such bollocks should have been put down at birth in his dream world. Which Dandy or Beano have you been reading?
Streaky said:The married patch in Rosyth was bad for being known as a knocking shop.
sgtpepperband said:As the original post says, MQs are 'perks' - they are a privilege not an entitlement. My wife's company are not obliged to provide her with a house, so why should the MoD? Likewise with Married Accompanied postings; if my wife worked overseas I would not expect her company to pay for me to go out to live with her.
Nigaramus said:They've just about completed a load of them on the HMS Daedalus sight where the Field Gun track was and beyond.
rictic said:sgtpepperband said:As the original post says, MQs are 'perks' - they are a privilege not an entitlement. My wife's company are not obliged to provide her with a house, so why should the MoD? Likewise with Married Accompanied postings; if my wife worked overseas I would not expect her company to pay for me to go out to live with her.
Civvy companies that expect you to relocate every couple of years pay relocation packages which can run to £000's. If you are expected to relocate to an expensive area you receive a large lump sum to compensate for the difference in house prices. If you are sent overseas the package generally includes a housing allowance that allows you generally to pocket a sum per month, free flights home for holidays a medical package, education package for children and a company car. If you are senior enough it will also include a driver, maid etc....
I don't know of any seviceman that gets free housing when posted abroad or gets a freebie car thrown in as well.