Home ownership service - right to buy
Details
Do you wish to purchase your Council house?You will need an application form, which you can obtain from any Aberdeen City Council Area Office or from the Sales & Consents Office in St.Nicholas House. If you cannot collect an application form, we can post one out to you. Your completed form should then be returned to St.Nicholas House, where it will be registered and the sale process will begin.
If you have any queries about purchasing your Council house, you can either:
- See the contents of the Frequently Asked Questions page.
- E-Mail your enquiry to the address below.
- Telephone the Sales & Consents Unit on the number below.
- Visit the Sales & Consents Unit at the address below.
The Sales & Consents Unit is open between the hours of 8.30am – 5.00pm, Monday – Friday.
On 5th September 2007 the Scottish Government approved the designation of Pressured Area Status to the following 36 letting areas in Aberdeen in relation to Right to Buy. For further information regarding this, please see the Pressured Area Status page.
Contact(s)
- Sales & Consents Unit Council House Sales (Right to buy)
Phone: 01224 522314
Email: SalesAndConsentsUnit@aberdeencity.gov.uk
Neighbourhood Services Central Area
Aberdeen City Council
St.Nicholas
House Broad Street
Aberdeen AB10 1BX
Frequently Asked Question(s)
- Are there any areas in this council that have been given pressured area status?
- Are there any exemptions to the right to buy my council house?
- Can I apply to buy my council house?
- Can I buy my council house if I transferred my tenancy into a pressured area before the area was given pressured area status?
- Can I buy my sheltered house under the Right to Buy scheme?
- Can I purchase my council property if I am a joint tenant?
- Can I still buy my council house if I have rent and/or Council Tax arrears?
- Can my son/daughter/relative/friend buy my Council house on my behalf?
- Can other members of the family join in the purchase of our council property?
- Can the Council refuse to sell me the council property that I'm living in?
- Do I need to employ a solicitor to help me buy my council house?
- How can I buy my council house?
- How do I apply to buy my Council property?
- How long would it take for me to buy my council house?
- How much discount am I entitled to when I buy my council property?
- How much will it cost me to submit an application to buy my council house?
- How will the selling price of my council house be decided?
- I am about to apply to become a joint tenant with someone who is currently a tenant in a pressured area. Can we still buy our council house?
- I am eligible for right to buy and have already applied to buy my house. If pressured area status is granted before the sale has gone through, will I still be able to buy my council house?
- I am moving into a pressured area through a mutual exchange with another tenant. Can I still buy my council house?
- I am on the waiting list / transfer list and have been offered and refused a house in a pressured area. Will this be counted as one of my offers of housing?
- I currently live in a pressured area where I am eligible to buy my house, but I am looking for a transfer of tenancy to a different pressured area. Can I buy my new council house?
- I currently live in an area that has been identified as a pressured area, but I have only been living there or become the tenant there after 30 September 2002. Can I still buy my house?
- I currently live in an area that has been identified as a pressured area. Can I still buy my council house?
- I don't currently live in a pressured area, but I am looking for a transfer of tenancy into a pressured area. Will I still be able to buy my council house?
- I have been living in a council house in a pressured area from before 30 September 2002 but I have only recently become the tenant under the Succession to Tenancy policy. Can I buy my council house?
- If I buy my Council property, am I entitled to any discount?
- If I have a Short Scottish Secure Tenancy Agreement, can I buy my house under the right to buy scheme?
- If my right to buy my house is suspended for 5 years due to pressured area status, will I still be able to count this time towards qualifying to buy and building up discount?
- If the person who bought the council house dies before the 3 years are up, does the discount have to be repaid?
- Is my right to buy my sheltered accommodation affected by pressured area status?
- Is my right to buy my tied house affected by pressured area status?
- Once I've agreed to purchase my council house, when do I stop paying rent?
- Once I've bought my council house, can I then re-sell it?
- What conditions exclude me from the right to buy the council property that I have a tenancy on?
- What happens if I can't keep up with my mortgage repayments when I buy my council house?
- What is pressured area status?
- What other costs do I need to consider when buying my council house?
- What's the procedure once I apply to buy my Council property?
- When buying my council house, when does the 3 year discount penalty period start from?
- When working out my eligibility to buy my council house, and calculating the discount, can I include tenancies with other public bodies?
- Where can I find more information on my right to buy my council house?
- Will I need to have my council house surveyed before I buy it?
- Will the council still do repairs on my property while I am buying my council house?
