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Offered housing association property but old tenant wants it back
martinsmoneysaver1984
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Hi all
Not sure if this is the right forum, so please can someone advise if it's not?
My sister has a 22 month old daughter and has been living with her in a one bed council flat since just after her daughter was born. Our local authority use a bidding system in order to move properties.
She has been bidding on 2 bedroom properties for a while now and was called on Friday to say she was top of the list for a two bed house. The housing association who rent the property arranged for her to view and advised her if she accepted the property she would be provided with keys on Wednesday 22.10.14 at the viewing.
Today she received a call to say that the old tenant (who has already vacated the property) has decided she wants to move back so they would be cancelling the viewing.
Naturally, my sister is disappointed.
Her question is whether this is normal practice and whether there is anything she can do about it or will she need to go back to bidding?
If anyone can offer any advice, we would be most grateful.
Many thanks in advance.
Not sure if this is the right forum, so please can someone advise if it's not?
My sister has a 22 month old daughter and has been living with her in a one bed council flat since just after her daughter was born. Our local authority use a bidding system in order to move properties.
She has been bidding on 2 bedroom properties for a while now and was called on Friday to say she was top of the list for a two bed house. The housing association who rent the property arranged for her to view and advised her if she accepted the property she would be provided with keys on Wednesday 22.10.14 at the viewing.
Today she received a call to say that the old tenant (who has already vacated the property) has decided she wants to move back so they would be cancelling the viewing.
Naturally, my sister is disappointed.
Her question is whether this is normal practice and whether there is anything she can do about it or will she need to go back to bidding?
If anyone can offer any advice, we would be most grateful.
Many thanks in advance.
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Until she signed a tenancy agreement or paid rent, she has absolutely no rights over the property at all.
What has happened is not usual but obviously up until the point of signing the tenancy agreement, it can happen.
Hopefully, as she bidded successfully for this property, she is near top of the list and will be successful again soon.0 -
Thank you for your reply.
She was advised that there are few two bed houses and she would be more successful bidding on flats (which she has been). The house was about 6-7 miles out of the area she has been bidding on and further out than she really wanted to go but she was wiling to do so in order to secure a house with a garden which is why she is so disappointed.
As you say fingers crossed she will receive another offer soon.0
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