Right to buy discount diminished

ruggedtoast

Council tenants get "right to buy", and apparently complain about it because it isn't generous enough.

Private tenants pay far higher rent, have no security of tenure, and don't even get the right to hang a picture.

What is wrong with this picture?

slscarborough

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Council tenants get "right to buy", and apparently complain about it because it isn't generous enough.

Private tenants pay far higher rent, have no security of tenure, and don't even get the right to hang a picture.

What is wrong with this picture?

Everyone has the opportunity to apply for council housing but they dont and then complain about higher rents!!

seven-day-weekend

slscarborough wrote: »

Everyone has the opportunity to apply for council housing but they dont and then complain about higher rents!!

'Apply' they might be able to. 'Get' most people won't.





Sound like Yoda I do !:)

slscarborough

And then judge those that do!!

outofmoney

slscarborough wrote: »

Everyone has the opportunity to apply for council housing but they dont and then complain about higher rents!!

We apply, we don't get because they have mostly been bought!

Whilst I personally don't agree with RTB, my advise would be to think carefully before doing anything. So many have bought their council properties and then had a sudden change in circumstances and can no longer keep the house. If they were still with the council this would not be an issue.

If we are ever lucky enough (13 years and still waiting) to be given a house, I would rather keep it that should anything happen to me financially we would still have a roof over our heads.

Mara69

Notmyrealname wrote: »

But if you were buying a regular property, you'd not be offered a statutory 30% off....

£75k maximum actually.

slscarborough

Just in case OP in still curious I have now receievd my RTB offer and none of the discount was reduced. I was advised by my Housing Association that they only use this when extensive work has been carried out meaning they would be selling at a loss.

moremore

Fire_Fox wrote: »

If the kitchen was substandard you should have brought the standard to the attention of the council at the time, if it genuinely needs replacing then presumably the valuation takes this into account. Which part do you think is unfair, the valuation in the house's current condition, or the cost that is being deducted for the 'improvement'?

As if the council is going to care, if their prized contractors did a bad job, do me a favor, they would probably praise the builder for doing a bad job and that is no exaggeration.

Also remember if your home is in a block of flats the council will be employing their builders to carry work in their properties and they DO NOT check any works that THEIR BUILDER (often their builders will sub contact the work out to other builders and you will not know who will be coming into the block of flats. Bear this in mind as this will be costly to you later on and you may not be able to pay these massive charges levied by the council.

If you are in a freehold then then you will be able to employer your own builders to carry out works to your home.

Welshwoofs

Why on earth do we still have Right To Buy in an age where social housing is scarce? And given that it is scarce, why on earth do we have people whinging that they don't get as big a discount as they thought they would and ...oh, cry, cry...they've paid (under private rental market value) rent for X years so they should be given more off the cost price shouldn't they.

Sound of the world's smallest violin here.

And now after that interlude....back to the real world.