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The Right to Buy scheme was introduced in 1980 and allows tenants to purchase their council property at a discount. The Right to Buy is dependent on whether it is your only home, how long you have lived at your property, if the property is self-contained, that you are a secure tenant, and that you have had a public sector landlord (such as a council, housing association, armed services landlord or NHS trust for three years).
Understanding Right to Buy
Our solicitors have helped many individuals to purchase their council homes from when the scheme began to now. We take out any technical jargon from the process and focus on your owning the home you love.
What Discount do you Receive with the Right to Buy Scheme?
The discount received with the Right to Buy Scheme is based on the market value of the property. The maximum discount is more than £80,000 or £100,000 in London. The discount increases each April. Other factors which influence the discount you will receive includes:
- The length of tenancy
- The type of property
- The property’s value
A Streamlined Process
Our Right to Buy Conveyancing service is streamlined from years of experience which means we move quickly. With our conveyancing solicitors you will be able to say you own your house in no time.
Preserved Right to Buy
If, while you were living in it, your house was sold to a private landlord, you may have the Right to Buy. This is otherwise known as ‘Preserved Right to Buy’. Getting in touch with experts in the know can confirm if this is true for your case or not.
Right to Acquire
If you are not eligible for ‘Preserved Right to Buy’, you could be eligible for the ‘Right to Acquire’ scheme. This scheme is available to anyone who has had a public sector landlord for three or more years. Also, your property must have been bought or built by the landlord after 31st March 1997. It must be funded by a social housing grant. Alternatively, it will need to have been transferred from a local council to a housing association after 31st March 1997.
The Future of the Right to Buy Scheme
There are notions that the Right to Buy Scheme will be extended to housing association tenants in the future. If this does happen, as always, our teams will stay up to date with the latest changes in law and extend our service to help those who want to purchase the property they live in.
Our Right to Buy Conveyancing Service
Our conveyancing team is committed to helping home movers experience the excitement of moving house. We will lead you through every stage of the legal process, keeping you continually informed of the work we do by regular text message updates.
We will take the jargon out of the mortgage process and explain all legal issues in plain English. We will be pro-active in progressing matters and work with other solicitors and estate agents in the housing chain to move your transaction forward quickly.
We do all we can to make sure your house purchase progresses smoothly for your peace of mind.
Additional Services
- Right to Buy
- Buy To let
- Re-Mortgage
- Selling
- Other Services
- Equity Release
- Co-Habitation Agreements
- Lease Variation
- Property Transfer, Acquisition & Disposal
Speak with Expert Conveyancing Solicitors
We have been providing excellent conveyancing services since 1976. Driven by our expert solicitors who understand this area of law thoroughly. You speak with them today on 0844 800 9860.
“…a pleasure to work with. Raj gave us expert advice and helped us secure our purchase.” Mohammed, who accessed our Conveyancing service to secure a property. Mohammed was kept in regular contact with by Raj and Vicki, two of our expert conveyancing solicitors.
Our Approach
Our conveyancing solicitors are efficient and professional, delivering our service in a time frame that suits you. Where possible we provide a completion date so you will know when you can finally celebrate in your forever home.
Our Work
Our experienced solicitors work quickly home as soon as possible. We make the process straightforward by taking over the legal aspects of your Right to buy home purchase. We work hard to keep our clients informed of every detail of their transaction and can provide this information with live text message updates. You will also have access to our experts to query anything you need to throughout the process.
Our Clients
We work with anyone who is considering or preparing to purchase their council house and is looking for initial advice or for help completing the process.
Right To Buy FAQs
A council house can be any property, house, flat or bungalow built as public housing by the government for people to live in for reduced costs. Since the 1980s the government have been selling off these properties which is what the Right Buy to Scheme was created.
A secure tenant is someone who has the right to live in their property for the rest of their life. You can only be evicted by court order in serious situations as you have security of tenure.
Yes, if those family memebers live there and it is their principal home you can purchase the property together. They must have lived their for the 12 months preceding a Right to Buy application.
Yes, you can borrow money form family members if they do not live in the property but only you will be included on the Right to Buy application. Only a secure tenant can purchase a property through Right to Buy.
Yes and many buyers use their discount as a deposit on the property.
You can still apply but your rent account must be cleared of arrears by the time the sale goes through or it will fail.
Yes with consent from the other tenant you can apply and purchase the property. This is important as the other tenant must sign the Right to Buy application and verify their signature with their ID.
