Right to buy (passing it onto family member?)

Cheeky_Monkey

harryboyy wrote: »

A genuine council tenant? My nan lives in the roughest, highest crime, most diverse part of London, even England. It hardly goes to genuine tenants in need, mostly scumbags and ponces.

I think the OP should go and live with his Nan - he'd fit right in with the neighbours :rotfl:

delicious11

You should be able to put your name on the right to buy application as a family member along with your Nan who is the main tenant. The caveat will be that you should not have received any government help to buy property in the past. If you have done then that amount of money will be deducted from the discount offered.

If your Nan has lived there for 60 years then don't mind the naysayers. The house belongs to her and not the council as she must have paid for it 10 times over by now.

Pixie5740

delicious11 wrote: »

You should be able to put your name on the right to buy application as a family member along with your Nan who is the main tenant. The caveat will be that you should not have received any government help to buy property in the past. If you have done then that amount of money will be deducted from the discount offered.

If your Nan has lived there for 60 years then don't mind the naysayers. The house belongs to her and not the council as she must have paid for it 10 times over by now.

The OP doesn't live in the property so he cannot apply for RTB as he had no RTB.

Does your theory also apply to private tenants who pay the full market rent for properties. Can they buy their homes at a knock down price because they have also paid for it several times over, more so than the OP's gran who will have enjoyed paying below market rent for 60 years.

delicious11

harryboyy wrote: »

Obviously I would bloody look after it, God this has become ridiculously prejudice, what a bunch of prats. This is more like the abuse forum than advice, only a couple of people on this thread have been well informative rather than being an obnoxious, ill informed !!!!!.

A lot of people are jealous of of those who have lifetime tenancies via the council. It is sickening to be honest. Anyone who has lived in council properties knows that they do not maintain them as well as they should and most times they use substandard materials or contractors to do so.

delicious11

Pixie5740 wrote: »

The OP doesn't live in the property so he cannot apply for RTB as he had no RTB.

Does your theory also apply to private tenants who pay the full market rent for properties. Can they buy their homes at a knock down rent because they have also paid for it several times over, more so than the OP's gram who will have enjoyed paying below market rent for 60 years.

Council tenancies are given for life. Private tenancies are not so stop comparing the two. Further more I believe that family members are allowed to be on the rtb application. Even if that is not the case, such tenancies can be inherited so Nan could pass it on to him anyway and he could buy it outright then.

AdrianC

delicious11 wrote: »

A lot of people are jealous of of those who have lifetime tenancies via the council.

If lifetime tenancies are such a bad thing, how come the OP is trying to extricate his grandmother from one?

delicious11

AdrianC wrote: »

If lifetime tenancies are such a bad thing, how come the OP is trying to extricate his grandmother from one?

Lifetime tenancies do not give one the right to do what they wish with their properties. i.e extend or do up to a certain standard. Perhaps Nan finally wants a state of the art kitchen and bathroom put in after 60 years etc. There are lots of factors involved when a person decides to move on from a lifetime tenancy to full ownership.

delicious11

Here you go OP. You have to be living with your Nan for up to 12 months before your name can go on the property. If you are really serious about going forward with a RTB application start making arrangements to move in with Nan now.

https://www.gov.uk/right-to-buy-buying-your-council-home/overview

Joint applications

You can make a joint application with:

• someone who shares your tenancy
• up to 3 family members who’ve lived with you for the past 12 months (even if they don’t share your tenancy)

Cheeky_Monkey

delicious11 wrote: »

Council tenancies are given for life. Private tenancies are not so stop comparing the two. Further more I believe that family members are allowed to be on the rtb application. Even if that is not the case, such tenancies can be inherited so Nan could pass it on to him anyway and he could buy it outright then.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I suggest you get your facts straight before you embarrass yourself any further

AdrianC

delicious11 wrote: »

Here you go OP. You have to be living with your Nan for up to 12 months before your name can go on the property.

Why on earth would he want to live amongst ponces and junkie scumbags?