Selling House on ESA and DLA

Hi need some advice . I am in the proceed of selling my family home to a ground floor flat to make my life easier ,however I will have a fair bit of capital over .Now however out of that capital I have a fair few debts that need paying plus work to be carried out on the flat to get it as i need it ,Also my daughter who suffers with Bipolar,PTSD,and Personality disorder(still awaiting dx) but that is what her own gp thinks it is and she is waiting to attend a apt at the hospital is also in a debt which to make her life less stressful I would like to pay. Will my benefits be stopped as I will go over the £16,000.00 even though once I've paid for the alterations on the flat debts and new household items have been paid for it will be more than likely go under the £16,000.00.It seems unfair that even though I'm trying to make my life easier with a smaller home debt free etc I could actually make my life worse with the stopping of my benefits, and my daughter becomes more ill or even worse .Thank you in advance

Hi and Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explain where everything is

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Your DLA is not means tested, so this will not be affected, no matter how much you have in the bank.

The ESA depends on whether it is totally contributory, or whether there is any element of income-related ESA. If you are in receipt of income-related ESA(even just as a top up), you must inform DWP when you have sold your house. You should then get DWP permission for any expenditure of large amounts. Having this in writing will protect you from future claims that you deliberately deprived yourself of money in order to maintain, or restart, the income-related ESA.

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