Datadogie
Active Member
A year and a half ago my employer and landlord has decided to sell a street of 8 properties. I was born in mine 66 years ago and took over tenancy 40 years ago.
I was invited into the Housing Managers office and told to hold off until the last of the houses were being sold. I was told to put in a fair cheeky offer to which I took to mean
I would get the house at a reduced price due to my long tenancy. The first houses sold for £140,000 then this covid came. Roll on till now. The last house that was sold sold for £151,000
and the last two are on the market for £155,000.
They have now told me that I will have to pay the market price. Obviously I'm fuming. I'm not a rich man so last year I applied for a Government LIFT scheme the will buy a share up to 40% the value
of the house so one year ago I was in the position to buy at £140,000. So my argument is why would I wait and continue to pay rent for over a year if the housing manager had not put me in this position. They are playing with emotional blackmail and legal right. I am at a lose of what to do as my time is running out due to my age. I have applied and been accepted for the LIFT a second time but only have 7 weeks left to decide what to do.
I was invited into the Housing Managers office and told to hold off until the last of the houses were being sold. I was told to put in a fair cheeky offer to which I took to mean
I would get the house at a reduced price due to my long tenancy. The first houses sold for £140,000 then this covid came. Roll on till now. The last house that was sold sold for £151,000
and the last two are on the market for £155,000.
They have now told me that I will have to pay the market price. Obviously I'm fuming. I'm not a rich man so last year I applied for a Government LIFT scheme the will buy a share up to 40% the value
of the house so one year ago I was in the position to buy at £140,000. So my argument is why would I wait and continue to pay rent for over a year if the housing manager had not put me in this position. They are playing with emotional blackmail and legal right. I am at a lose of what to do as my time is running out due to my age. I have applied and been accepted for the LIFT a second time but only have 7 weeks left to decide what to do.