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Selling House to Local Authority 2020

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  • 19-02-2020 11:11am
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    kilburn
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    Hi All,

    Considering putting my house up for sale and approaching the local authority gauging their interest before i put it on the open market.

    Thought it might be useful if anyone in else is in the process if we could all discuss it in one thread.

    Anyone else started this process yet this year?

    How much below market rate do they go?

    Thanks


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    Nika Bolokov
    Registered Users Posts: 651 ✭✭✭Nika Bolokov


    kilburn wrote: »
    Hi All,

    Considering putting my house up for sale and approaching the local authority gauging their interest before i put it on the open market.

    Thought it might be useful if anyone in else is in the process if we could all discuss it in one thread.

    Anyone else started this process yet this year?

    How much below market rate do they go?

    Thanks

    Just had a friend try this and DCC turned down a house in Crumlin as there was too much social housing in the area.....an area they built and filled with social housing.

    Surprise all round as most houses there are now probably privately owned !


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    KilOit
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    I'd imagine your house has to be under certain price but I thought I heard they bought houses over 400k in the past


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    shesty
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,907 Mod ✭✭✭✭shesty


    Observing houses that a council have bought in our local area lately, they were all houses with no extensions or attic conversions or additions, basically....they have a standard spec for their houses and I have an impression they won't go for houses that have been extensively remodelled structurally, as let's face it, it wouldn't be that fair. If it would cost them to undo big structural work that you have done I don't think they are very prepared to take it on.Maybe something to bear in mind.


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    niallo32
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    Nika Bolokov wrote: »
    Just had a friend try this and DCC turned down a house in Crumlin as there was too much social housing in the area.....an area they built and filled with social housing.

    Surprise all round as most houses there are now probably privately owned !

    Most councils have or at least had a social housing threshold, I got a Govt minister to write to them when I wanted them to take one from me and they'd no problem ignoring that limit at the time.


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