Neighbours’ anger as benefits family of ten who complained their house was too small get £425,000 pad on posh street
A NEIGHBOUR of a benefits family moved to a £425,000 dream house after moaning about their four-bed home has branded it "disgusting".
Arnold Sube, his wife and eight kids have cost taxpayers an estimated £44,000 a year in benefits and his latest move to Milton Keynes, Bucks, caused outrage.
The family’s detached pad - in a leafy street dotted with Porsches and Mercedes - has a master bedroom with ensuite, and three further double bedrooms.
There is a dining room, a utility room off the kitchen and a garage, plus gardens and a driveway.
A neighbouring family who struggle to pay the £1,200 private rent of their four-bed home on the same road, have hit out at the family's move.
A mum-of-five, who did not want to be named, said: "If you want my opinion it's disgusting, just disgusting these rooms in these houses are so spacious, there is more than enough room and they are complaining.
"Me and my husband both work and we spend most of our income on the rent, we have two special needs boys so it's difficult but we don't cheat the system.
"We can't even get on the housing waiting list. It's disgusting that they had a house and complained.
"We pay an extortionate council tax because it's a four bed."
The couple refused to comment on their move today but Arnold Sube had brazenly claimed to The Sun his family was being “neglected” when their previous four-bedroom home felt too cramped.
Mr Sube and wife Jeanne are on benefits adding up to an estimated £44,000.
Yesterday several neighbours said they thought it “unfair” the family now did not have to pay a penny towards their £1,200 a month rent.
One woman said: “If you have eight kids you should not expect to be bailed out. The father has played the system and won.
“They are extremely fortunate. This is a lovely estate. Parents are desperate to move here.”
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Another neighbour said: “This is a great place to live. We work hard and pay our bills and they get this for nothing.”
A third added: “Young people are living with their parents until their 30s because they have to save thousands for deposits for much smaller homes.”
In Milton Keynes, Bucks, the average cost of a family home is £264,393.
Tory councillor Michael Garrett said: “Mr Sube has had a result. He and his family have been moved on to one of the best estates.”
Tory MP David Morris said: “Families up and down Britain could never dream of affording a big house like this. Yet they are having their noses rubbed in that fact by being made to fork out for someone else to live like a king.”
The Sun told in September how the Cameroon-born Subes, both 33, moved to Britain from France.
The NHS is funding a £27,000 psychiatric nursing degree for Mr Sube, who works part-time as a care support worker.
We found one bedroom of their end-of-terrace four-bed in Bletchley, Bucks was being used as a study and saw an X Box, laptops, android phones and a Sky HD box.
Yet Mr Sube, whose family had cost taxpayers an estimated £44,000 a year in benefits, moaned the house was too small and they barely had enough money to live.
They had turned down homes, including a five-bed.
They softened their stance when the council warned they could lose their right to housing by making themselves homeless — but still insisted on a separate dining room.
One neighbour did stick up for the family.
Luna Ibrahim, who lives in a rented home with her teenage daughter, said: "I don't care where they are from, I think the fact they are immigrants is half the reason everybody is keeping up a fuss.
"Everybody should be entitled to have a house with enough rooms for the children if they are above a certain age.
"If it was up to me I would give all the people in Calais a home, they are people at the end of the day.
"If people are willing to drag their families thousands of miles for a better life there must be a reason for it."
Luton Borough Council, responsible for homing the family, said: “The council is focused on its statutory duty. To protect privacy, it is not in a position to provide updates on individual cases.”
