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Right to Buy and Council delays
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demi60
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Hi there,
Just looking for some advice. In January 2018, I started to buy my council house. I have the mortgage in place and even have an extra loan for home improvements. In January, March and May I have written to the council to ask if they could tell me if the property is underpinned to which I have received no reply from the council at all until yesterday.
When the surveyor came around to assess the house so I could get the mortgage, he said that these houses were sturdy and solid. I asked him the question about underpinning and he said that it didn't look as if it had been underpinned. The survey report satisfied the mortgage lenders. I've phoned the Right to Buy team also 3 times for answers - to have been underpinned or not!
We have been set for completion for weeks now and my solicitor has so far sent 3 letters to the council's solicitor's asking for a completion date.
My solicitor emailed me over their reply with yet no completion date. To date all I received is a Notice to complete by 23rd July or my RTB will be cancelled which I sent to my solicitor.
So I think I will get a structural survey for peace of mind but I think this is a delaying tactic by the council as they have so far ignored my letters and phone calls until yesterday stating that they do not keep historical data on all their properties!
Any advice will be much appreciated. :mad:
Just looking for some advice. In January 2018, I started to buy my council house. I have the mortgage in place and even have an extra loan for home improvements. In January, March and May I have written to the council to ask if they could tell me if the property is underpinned to which I have received no reply from the council at all until yesterday.
When the surveyor came around to assess the house so I could get the mortgage, he said that these houses were sturdy and solid. I asked him the question about underpinning and he said that it didn't look as if it had been underpinned. The survey report satisfied the mortgage lenders. I've phoned the Right to Buy team also 3 times for answers - to have been underpinned or not!
We have been set for completion for weeks now and my solicitor has so far sent 3 letters to the council's solicitor's asking for a completion date.
My solicitor emailed me over their reply with yet no completion date. To date all I received is a Notice to complete by 23rd July or my RTB will be cancelled which I sent to my solicitor.
So I think I will get a structural survey for peace of mind but I think this is a delaying tactic by the council as they have so far ignored my letters and phone calls until yesterday stating that they do not keep historical data on all their properties!
Any advice will be much appreciated. :mad:
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