So confused right now :(

FatVonD

peachyprice wrote: »

Can't you take the flat you've been offered now then do an exchange with your mum when she'd ready to move into the house, she then gives your flat back to the council?

This makes perfect sense.

paulineb_2

sparkles22 wrote: »

Also, I know this all affects my boyfriend as well. I just think we would be mad to turn down the possibility of a fully furnished, fully decorated flat.

But do you know a timescale as to when this flat might end up being yours

Id personally be very reluctant to turn down a decent offer of a council house, if you refuse a certain amount of offers, you are I believe classed as making yourself intentionally homeless and you wont be prioritised for housing.

Im not a housing officer but I used to work with young people who were being allocated tenancies and it was made very clear to them by housing staff that they needed to have very good reason for knocking an offer back, or it would be a very long time before they got another one.

Also, this flat that you may get in the future, the links are to you, not your boyfriend. Which means if anything happened in the future with your relationship, if you split, hes basically putting at risk getting any more offers of housing because hes turned two offers down.

FatVonD

carefullycautious wrote: »

You then go on to say it is owned by Stepdad and his siblings Really?

I think this may be because the other siblings inherited when the mother died, the house having been owned by both of the parents (and never the OP's stepfather.)

It would seem the OP's stepfather has tried to buy a council house he wasn't entitled to at a huge discount and it has backfired spectacularly.

sparkles22

But the point is that if we had their flat, it would be all there for us. We wouldn't have to spend a penny. I know how unbelievably selfish that sounds. I know I'm coming across as a complete princess. I just think, we've waited long enough already, a couple more months won't kill us.

In regards to the funding of stepdad's care, his pension pays for most of it, his children pay for the remainder. The house very well may need to e sold, which is why we are having the meetings with the social workers, lawyers etc.

Again, this is the reason OH is not keen to wait around on the possibility of this flat becoming ours. We are just assuming the house could be sold to my mum and the flat would go to me. But in reality, there is a strong possibility this will not be able to happen.

paulineb_2

julie03 wrote: »

i thought council tenancy successions were applied when someone dies, i didnt think you could just hand them on to whoever you want, its not yours to give

If youve purchased a house you can give it to whoever you want, but I agree, unless the mum and stepdad actually own the house that they are living in at the moment, which they may well do, they might not be able to pass it on.

The law may be slightly different in Scotland so not really sure on that score.

They might need to get permission from their landlord to pass the tenancy over to another family member.

paulineb_2

sparkles22 wrote: »

But the point is that if we had their flat, it would be all there for us. We wouldn't have to spend a penny. I know how unbelievably selfish that sounds. I know I'm coming across as a complete princess. I just think, we've waited long enough already, a couple more months won't kill us.

In regards to the funding of stepdad's care, his pension pays for most of it, his children pay for the remainder. The house very well may need to e sold, which is why we are having the meetings with the social workers, lawyers etc.

Again, this is the reason OH is not keen to wait around on the possibility of this flat becoming ours. We are just assuming the house could be sold to my mum and the flat would go to me. But in reality, there is a strong possibility this will not be able to happen.

Well if theres a strong possibility that you wont get the flat, then why are you even thinking about turning down offers of housing?

peachyprice

sparkles22 wrote: »

But the point is that if we had their flat, it would be all there for us. We wouldn't have to spend a penny. I know how unbelievably selfish that sounds. I know I'm coming across as a complete princess. I just think, we've waited long enough already, a couple more months won't kill us.

In regards to the funding of stepdad's care, his pension pays for most of it, his children pay for the remainder. The house very well may need to e sold, which is why we are having the meetings with the social workers, lawyers etc.

Again, this is the reason OH is not keen to wait around on the possibility of this flat becoming ours. We are just assuming the house could be sold to my mum and the flat would go to me. But in reality, there is a strong possibility this will not be able to happen.

And if it turns out the house doesn't belong to your step dad so you'll never get the flat?

You are being a princess, you want it all on a plate, for as little as input from you possible.

Molly41

You really dont know how lucky you are:(

julie03

i just thought if her mum and stepdad are both on the tenancy the tenancy can only pass onto one of them and thats only on death, i have never heard of council houses being passed on at any other time, i may be wrong though

sparkles22

It would seem the OP's stepfather has tried to buy a council house he wasn't entitled to at a huge discount and it has backfired spectacularly.

- He did purchase the house, around 20 years ago. He was fully entitled to do so. The lawyer wrote the papers up (well, we thought he had). His mum and sister were there as witnesses. The council were fully aware of this, and full permission was granted. If the lawyer had done his job properly, the wills would have read as the house belonging to stepdad, stepdad's parents to live there until their death. When that happened it should have been a simple case of him moving into the house he bought with his own money.