Jobless mother-of-11 who has never worked gets a £500,000 luxury eco-home in the country built just for her (funded by the taxpayer)

'Benefits mother' set to be handed the keys to six-bedroom 'eco home'

She currently lives in two houses which have been knocked together

Said to be weeks away from the move into her new custom built home

Heather Frost's relatives have slammed decision to give her property



This is the house that taxpayers built – specially for a jobless mother of 11.

Heather Frost, 37, is weeks away from moving into the bespoke £500,000 six-bedroom eco-home with her brood.

Meanwhile the finishing touches are being applied to the brick and timber property by builders and decorators.

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Access denied: Jobless mother-of-11 Heather Frost was just weeks away from moving into this £500,000 eco-house courtesy of the taxpayer. Now the housing association has said it does not meet her needs

Heather Frost with her family (L to R) Chloe, 13, Beth, 8, Angel, 16, Daisy, 5, Toby, 19, Page, 11, Sophie, 21, Ruby, 7, Jay, 14, Emily, 10, Tilly, 3

There was outrage earlier this year when it was revealed that Miss Frost was not content with her current property – made from two houses knocked together into one – and a new home was being built for her.

Yesterday more details emerged about the house she will call home in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

With 1,850 sq ft of space for her and her children to enjoy, the property has been designed by architects to reduce energy and water consumption as well as letting in as much natural light as possible.

There are three bathrooms, a large open-plan kitchen-diner and two lounges with French windows, as well as a large rear garden, which backs on to open countryside.

Plush pad: The six-bedroom home was custom built for Ms Frost and her large brood near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire Large garden: Ms Frost complained about her current 'nightmare' living arrangements with her numerous children Serene green: These pictures are the first look inside and outside the rural home which would cost hard-working families at least £1,500 a month to rent

The eco-home was organised by Tewkesbury Borough Council, which sold a plot of land to Severn Vale Housing Association for a discounted price of £210,000.



'You’d have to work all your life to get a house like that and she is walking in – it’s not fair. If you look at other council houses people are put into they are nothing in comparison' Relative of Heather Frost

It placed a condition on the sale that one of the 15 homes being built would be given to Miss Frost, who has previously admitted owning a horse and treating her partner to flying lessons.

Yesterday her own relatives were among those speaking out against her imminent upsizing.



One said: ‘You’d have to work all your life to get a house like that and she is walking in – it’s not fair. If you look at other council houses people are put into they are nothing in comparison.’

It is thought only nine of Miss Frost’s 11 children will be making the move at the end of this month, with two moving out.

A spokesman from Severn Vale Housing Society said: ''I can confirm that Heather Frost was never guaranteed the property and she will not be moving into it. We decided that it does not meet her needs' Abodes well: A spacious living room with French doors leading to the garden Comfortable: One of the three bathrooms (left) and a view of the landing from one of the six bedrooms (right) A builder working on the site said: ‘It’s basically two semi-detached houses knocked into one. We haven’t had any specific requests as to how it should be fitted out. It is the same as all the others but just bigger.’ 'I can’t believe she’s had the gall to go ahead with it – but that just shows how unfair the Government is towards people who work hard' Jim Morrison, neighbour Neighbours of the property have set up a petition to keep the Frosts away from the area. One signatory, Sandi Ayres, said she could not afford to have one child let alone 11. Another neighbour, Jim Morrison, added: ‘I can’t believe she’s had the gall to go ahead with it – but that just shows how unfair the Government is towards people who work hard.’ Miss Frost, who declined to comment at her current home in Gloucester yesterday, first became pregnant at 14, to a 23-year-old boyfriend who ended up in prison.

Downstairs: Tewkesbury Borough Council came up with the idea for the eco-house after selling a plot of land in the town to Severn Vale Housing association for a discounted price of £210,000 One of the bedrooms: The house has been described as an eco-mansion designed to reduce energy and water consumption and let in as much natural light as possible

Plans for the new £500,000 family home that Heather Frost is said to have complete control over. She is said to be 'weeks away from move'



The family's current home. The council has knocked through two houses to create a larger one for the family, who have lived there for five years

Their current front garden, which holds a skip, a battered mini van, an old Robin reliant and a new car

She had her second child, Toby, with a different father when she was 17.



Her brood comprises Sophie, 21, Toby, 19, Angel, 16, Jay, 14, Chloe, 13, Paige, 12, Emily, ten, Bethany, nine, Ruby, seven, Daisy, six, and Tilly, three.

It is believed that Miss Frost – who is unable to have more children after she suffered cervical cancer - pockets around £30,000 in state handouts each year. The average UK wage is £26,500.

Matthew Sinclair, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said benefits should provide a safety net and not be an alternative to work.