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||- Can You Buy Your Home? - provides you with information on whether you can buy your home.
- Defective Dwellings - what is a defective dwelling and what is the implication for the Right to Buy?
- Discount - what discount are you entitled to in buying your home?
- How To Buy Your Home - sets out the procedures for buying your home, including the valuation of your home.
- Making An Informed Decision - provides you with information on some of the issues that you may need to take into account when considering whether you should buy your home.
- Once You Have Bought Your Home - the implications of buying your house or flat and what happens if you wish to sell your home?
- Problems With The Purchase Procedure - what to do if you experience problems with the Right to Buy procedures.
- Repairs - a summary of the position regarding repairs once you have applied to buy your home.
- Right To Buy Charter - what standards you can expect from the Council in processing your application.
- Right to Buy - Frequently Asked Questions - sets out a number of basic questions and answers in relation to the Right to Buy.
What is Right to Buy?
The Right to Buy scheme gives you the opportunity to own your home. If you are a secure tenant of Ashfield District Council it is likely that you will have the Right to Buy the freehold or long leasehold of the home you live in. However, buying your home is likely to be one of the biggest decisions you will have to make. You need to think carefully before you buy, consider the cost implication of buying the property and whether it is suitable for your circumstances.
To apply to buy your home you will need to complete an application form (Form RTB1). The application form is available:
- by telephoning the Estates Section of the Council (see "Contact Right To Buy"),
- from any of the Council's Offices at Kirkby in Ashfield, Sutton in Ashfield or Hucknall,
- by submitting an online request for Form RTB1 to be posted or emailed to you,
- by downloading a copy of Form RTB1.
If you are unsure on how to complete any aspect of the application form, the Council's Right to Buy Officer or any other member of the Council's Estates Section will be pleased to assist.
Completed Application Forms
The completed Right to Buy Applications Forms (RTB1) can be:
1. Returned by post to: Right To Buy Officer, Ashfield District Council, Urban Road, Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 8DA.
The Application Form is an important legal document. We recommend to post the form by recorded delivery.
2. Returned by hand to the Council Offices at:
- Urban Road, Kirkby in Ashfield
- Fox Street, Sutton in Ashfield
- Watnall Road, Hucknall
On handing in the form you should obtain a receipt in order to provide proof, if necessary, that the Application Form has been received by the Council.
Ashfield Homes
The "Leaseholder Handbook" available from Ashfield Homes provides long leaseholders with further information on the management of the flat once it has been purchased under the Right to Buy. Further information on Ashfield Homes services is available from:
Ashfield Homes
Broadway,
Brook Street,
Sutton in Ashfield,
Notts,
NG17 1AL
Tel: 01623 608888
Who to Contact
If you need advice or have a query on any aspect of Right to Buy please see "Contact Right To Buy" for contact details.
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