Once you have applied to buy your home

Guide valuation

When you request information about buying your home, we will advise you if you are eligible and provide you with a guide valuation to help yo udecide if you can afford to buy your home.

Once you have applied to buy your home

Once you have applied for the right to buy, your property will be valued in its existing state of repair and the offer to sell will be based on this valuation figure.

Once your Right to Buy has been admitted we will not carry out non-essential works of maintenance, other than those that have already started.

Once we receive your Right to Buy Application Form (RTB1) we will admit or deny the application within 4 weeks of receiving it: However, if we need to make residential checks outside Stevenage, we will reply within 8 weeks.

We will send you an offer notice setting out the value of the property and the amount of your discount within 8 weeks of accepting your purchase application if you are buying a house, or within 12 weeks if you are buying a flat.

Who will retain the deeds if you buy your home

We do not retain the deeds where a property has been sold under the Right to Buy scheme. If you have bought your property with a mortgage or loan, the deeds will be retained by your lender.

Your title deeds are important documents. If you hold the deeds to your property yourself, you should ensure that they are kept in a secure place.

Further Information

For further information you can contact the Right to Buy Officer on 01438 242463 or e-mail homeownership@stevenagehomes.org.uk

The booklet available for download below is a summary of the Right to Buy and is not intended to be comprehensive.