Right to buy

Generali

Feisty stuff chinau9!

Graham_Devon

Chinau, well done. You have just proved to us all that you are nothing more than a chav parasite.

chinau9

I only ask a question about the discount right to buy and all I get is abuse. I shall be reporting everybody that abuses me from now on. If you have not got anything postive to say then keep your mouth shut!

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Chinau, well done. You have just proved to us all that you are nothing more than a chav parasite.

scope

chinau9 wrote: »

If you have not got anything postive to say then keep your mouth shut!

I dont think anybody has got anything positive to say about the right to buy scheme, so I suspect we all will then.

JasonLVC

chinau9 wrote: »

You are in a dream world. The council have run out of money for better home schemes. What happened to the right to buy profits the council received? They should be using that to build new homes and repair their homes. Ask your local council and get off my back you bully.

All proceeds from council house sales are returned to Central Government for redistribution to poorer regions (ie, the North/Scotland). The money goes to the (ODPM) Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Council recevies nothing and loses the rental income that property would have generated. The more houses sold, the less rental income thus harder to maintain repair standards.

JasonLVC

chinau9 wrote: »

Point of correction my house was sold to me at market vaule with a small discount. In fact Im still having to pay service charges so I am saving your tax payers money by giving back the discount.

So you must have bought a flat if you are paying service charge?. Never seen a HOUSE sold leasehold to a tenant in my life. Also, house was not sold to you at 'true' market value.

Surveyors value council houses less than an equivalent non-council house. Strange but true. Due to stigma associated with council houses they value them less but once it becomes ex-council if you get it re-valued it will be valued as a private property and go up in value straight away on the basis 'owners' take more care/pride in the property.

I was selling 4 bedroom homes in Staffordshire for £80k and being revalued at £95k almost two months later!.

In answer to your OP. The law was passed over a decade ago and then recently adjusted in 2004 to extend the period of retention before the property can be sold, as well as a capping of the maximum discount. You could have lived their 5 or 50 years - the cap is a maximum discount. If you've actually already exchanged and bought the property then you were sold the house at a price you accepted so even if they did get the price wrong (unusual as very strict processes are followed) then you'd have no comeback anyway.

But £16k, sounds about right, it depends upon where you are situated in the world.

The council hasn't run out of money, New Labour isn't giving them money to spend on properties, they are blackmailing councils into transferring their housing stock to associations by strangling their revenue streams, but that's an argument for another day.

As an ex-boss of Right to Buy at a Council be assured the advice here is corrct.

wecanhelpu

chinau9 wrote: »

I only ask a question about the discount right to buy and all I get is abuse. I shall be reporting everybody that abuses me from now on. If you have not got anything postive to say then keep your mouth shut!

I am positive that you are a f*cking idiot

mishmash

I found this quite interesting.

Have to say I am quite ashamed of being one of those evil people who bought their council house.

I was also one of those terrible young single mums mentioned in an earlier post. I became homeless when my partner and father of my children decided he did not wish to be tied down! I had to leave with me the kids and what we stood up in, nothing else.

I had 3 children under 3 years of age and worked part time ( going to college as well), I couldn't get a mortgage or find any privately let properities. I had to live in very cramped conditions( me and the kids in one room) at my parents for almost 2 years. eventually I was offerred a council house that others had refused as it was in a dodgy area and was in a real state.

The house is the only council one on the street, and the council would only spend money on their estates, saying it was not viable to do any repairs to my house. I had to gut the house, clean it, the house and gardens were full of rubbish, I put in a new kitchen, central heating, all new carpets flooring, decorated, fenced the garden, new front door (old one not secure) before we could even move in. I used all my savings (from living with parents) and had to take out a loan.

Over the years I maintained the house, payed full rent but I also worked voluntarily in the community with the residents ascociation, doing community clean ups, planting a community garden, giving evidence about anti social behaviour, working with the authorities to improve the area. Which after years of unpaid work , the area became more desirable.

When I graduated I was working but still struggling, paying back a student loan, not getting maintenance ( a whole other story). I still could not afford to buy a property in the normal way. Although it goes against the grain of my beliefs, I bought my council house and got £16 k reduction, which I actually spent more than that with doing a driveway, new bathroom and kitchen and other home improvements. My house is now worth double what I payed for it, but so are other peoples on the open market ( not council).

I just wanted to say that I do recognise that right to buy is taking homes off those who need them, But the legislation on where the money from the sales go, is not my doing. I am not and have never been a scrounger, in fact I have more than contributed to my community and continue to do so.

I can understand why feelings run high as the original poster appears to want to weedle out every penny he can, but most of us ( I believe) are just doing the best for our families, often in difficult circumstances.

Michelle

TheImportanceOfBeingIdle

chinau9 wrote: »

If you had the right to buy, would your opinion be the same?

I had the opportunity to buy my mothers house. 4 bedrooms. Large dining room. Large living room. She's been there for over 25 years. The house would have cost me about £20,000. I decided not to buy it for her. Why? Because that means one more family will have to rent a private house at a stupid rate just because I decided to be selfish and buy the house from the council.

Sour grapes? Me? No. Far from it. The council has knocked down well over a hundred of their houses where I live. They are planning on knocking down hundreds more. Why? Because they're selling the land off to a private developer.

Get another job? Is that aimed at me? I won't discuss details of my previous jobs but I will say I'm more than comfortable with the money I earn now.

Bitter and twisted? Why? Because I disagree with people buying council properties? You really are deluded.

I'm in a dream world and the council has run out of money for the scheme???
You really really are deluded. I could take you to several areas where I live where the council are still shifting families around while they spend money renovating their homes.

If you think I've bullied you then report me. Let the Abuse team have a laugh about the fact that you seem to think that a debate constitutes bullying. You have no argument so resort to the 'poor me' tactic.

wecanhelpu has hit the proverbial nail right on the head.

hornetgirl

chinau9 wrote: »

I only ask a question about the discount right to buy and all I get is abuse. I shall be reporting everybody that abuses me from now on. If you have not got anything postive to say then keep your mouth shut!

You got your answer at the beginning of the thread.

It would appear that "anything positive to say" = agrees with you. Anyone who disagrees with you = abusive