As a council tenant, you must inform your council when you are not in your councilhouse for more than 42 days. This could be because of an illness etc but you are generally not allowed to leave your council house unoccupied for more than 42 days.
Is a council house yours for life?
As a secure tenant, you can normally live in the property for the rest of your life, as long as you do not break the conditions of the tenancy. You can: rent out rooms – but you cannot sub-let the whole property. buy your property through the Right to Buy scheme.
Who sold off council houses?
By the time Margaret Thatcher left office in 1990 it was 67%. 1.5 million council houses were sold by 1990, by 1995 it was 2.1 million and as a result of the Right to Buy the Treasury received £28 billion.
Do you have to pay back your council house discount?
As you’re in the second year, you would repay 80% of £48,000 (£38,400). You may not have to pay back the discount if you transfer ownership of your home to a member of your family. You’ll need to agree this first with your landlord and then get a solicitor to do this for you.
How long does it take to get permission to build a house?
Personally I think this is badly worded law since works can be carried out surreptitiously, but that is another post. If you sought permission and didn’t build compliantly, it can be 12 years or more depending on whether extensions had been granted to the original term, which is usually 5 years.
Is there a limit to how many years you can build a house?
If you sought permission and didn’t build compliantly, it can be 12 years or more depending on whether extensions had been granted to the original term, which is usually 5 years. This blows the mythical 7 year limit out of the water. Even this is not written in stone depending on the circumstances.
