Condemning a property

aardvaak

My house is falling down around me.

There is no fully usable kitchen

There is no fully usable Bathroom

There is no working central heating

There is no hot water

There are holes in the roof

There is a lot of damp

There are lights not working because fused through water

I have one calor gas fire in the sitting room

What are the advantages of calling my council to get it condemned?

What are the disadvantages of calling my council to get it condemned?

Do I have any other options?

keithdc

aardvaak wrote: »

My house is falling down around me.

There is no fully usable kitchen

There is no fully usable Bathroom

There is no working central heating

There is no hot water

There are holes in the roof

There is a lot of damp

What are the advantages of calling my council to get it condemed?

What are the disadvantages of calling my council to get it condemed?

Do I have any other options?

Who owns the house?

aardvaak

aardvaak wrote: »

My house is falling down around me.

There is no fully usable kitchen

There is no fully usable Bathroom

There is no working central heating

There is no hot water

There are holes in the roof

There is a lot of damp

What are the advantages of calling my council to get it condemed?

What are the disadvantages of calling my council to get it condemed?

Do I have any other options?

Me solely outright

PasturesNew

Why do you want it condemned?
I can see no benefit or advantage to you whatsoever, so perhaps you can explain your thinking....

With a rotten house, why not just put it up for auction?

What's actually going on here?

aardvaak

PasturesNew wrote: »

Why do you want it condemned?
I can see no benefit or advantage to you whatsoever, so perhaps you can explain your thinking....

With a rotten house, why not just put it up for auction?

What's actually going on here?

What's actually going on here? - I don't know what you mean but no money, and no income

Who would want to buy it?

Where could I then live?

PasturesNew

aardvaak wrote: »

What's actually going on here? - I don't know what you mean but no money, and no income

Who would want to buy it?

Where could I then live?

I still don't see it.

If it's condemned (which is a rare thing), then you will have to move out and you will still own it and still be responsible for it - and be unable to kip there ....

As it is, at the moment, you can at least kip on the sofa and bring your bag of chips home.

If it's condemned it'd just have a notice stuck on it and you'd be locked out ...

So .... I'm confused as to what you think would change for you.

Your property, your responsibility.

You can't get it condemned and swan off into the sunset.

Aylesbury_Duck

As PasturesNew has suggested, there seem to be bigger things at play here than the state of the house. Ultimately you can sell it, accepting whatever you can if it's really in that bad a state. Are you thinking that the council will step in and help if they can see the state of the house?

Robin9

Is this your 17th Century house ?

Doozergirl

I'm not even sure there's such a thing as condemning a house, I've seen and rescued plenty of wrecks and they were almost all lived in (or rather left) by elderly people who didn't want to leave their houses, despite them literally falling down around their ears and being infested.

The only way I'm aware that a council would condemn somethig would be to protect a tenant from a rogue landlord. They'd make an order forcing the landlord to carry out work on pain of prosecution. So even if you managed it, they'd just be trying to enforce something that you're telling us you can't afford to do.

If you sell, you will have some money to buy somewhere else or rent. Do you have any idea what you house should be worth if it was like your neighbours, for instance? Do you live in a high price area like the south or in a lower priced area?

Is your head in the right place? Are you okay or are you vulnerable? Do you have any income at all - benefits etc?

aardvaak

Doozergirl wrote: »

I'm not even sure there's such a thing as condemning a house, I've seen and rescued plenty of wrecks and they were almost all lived in (or rather left) by elderly people who didn't want to leave their houses, despite them literally falling down around their ears and being infested.

The only way I'm aware that a council would condemn somethig would be to protect a tenant from a rogue landlord. They'd make an order forcing the landlord to carry out work on pain of prosecution. So even if you managed it, they'd just be trying to enforce something that you're telling us you can't afford to do.

If you sell, you will have some money to buy somewhere else or rent. Do you have any idea what you house should be worth if it was like your neighbours, for instance? Do you live in a high price area like the south or in a lower priced area?

Is your head in the right place? Are you okay or are you vulnerable? Do you have any income at all - benefits etc?

I do take the point said above about condemning it

But still wonder what other options I have?

It is not in a high priced area it is very rural east anglia

I am vulnerable I am disabled with severe arthritus in hips and many other problems
I have been told can not get benefits as I have very little Nat Ins conts.,
Property was left to me by now dead parents - the three of us originally lived here now it's me
I doubt if anyone would take this place on even for free

Doozergirl

Perhaps it would help to go onto the benefits board and see what you could be entitled to? If you are disabled then I really don't think Nat Ins contributions come into it. This is the UK after all and even though the process may not be easy for you, we do look after the most vulnerable in a better way than giving them absolutley nothing.

People will buy the house, I'm sure. My company specialises in fixing very broken houses and there's more than just us out there. It's also a building plot for a new house. It has value. What you need to do is start the ball rolling with an estate agent, perhaps one that offers auctions if you're worried there's only a small market for it. The market might be bigger than you think though.

Either way, it sounds like you need to leave the house if you have no prospect of renovating it yourself. Moving to rented might be an idea but how about getting a valuation first and letting us know how that goes? You might be surprised.

I don't know much about benefits, but I do about houses. It sounds like you deserve a more comfortable home now and a better time of things. Happy to be a sounding board for you on this thread if you like and want to keep it going.