Barbara Val

• Comment on: Stuck in the middle

  Barbara Val's comment | 27/10/2010 5:05 pm

  --Where are the service charges for SHARED OWNERSHIP?
  
  they would be nearly as much as the rent in real life.

• Comment on: Bad language

  Barbara Val's comment | 01/10/2010 4:18 pm

  take my 128 pound-a-month service charge and make it 70 pounds a month. That would be affordable housing.
  
  Ah, but it is plain language, -that doesn't mean they are not lying- when they say "your service charge can go down as well as up"
  --- ha ha ha ha ha -----

• Comment on: Bad language

  Barbara Val's comment | 01/10/2010 4:18 pm

  take my 128 pound-a-month service charge and make it 70 pounds a month. That would be affordable housing.
  
  Ah, but it is plain language, -that doesn't mean they are not lying- when they say "your service charge can go down as well as up"
  --- ha ha ha ha ha -----

• Comment on: Government urged to back shared ownership

  Barbara Val's comment | 30/09/2010 11:09 am

  Another dodgy SO thing: lease extensions. Beware, beware, beware.

• Comment on: Government urged to back shared ownership

  Barbara Val's comment | 30/09/2010 11:05 am

  Sancho:
  
  My lease is a standard one, but certain Housing Associations won't allow people to sublet even at 100%. So yes, it depends on the HA. There are different standard leases. That's why people have to be very careful before they go the SO route.
  
  I will be specific: my lease allows you to staircase to 100%. But it won't allow me to sublet even then.
  
  I can tell you this is a very big HA, one of the biggest ones. About 30K properties in UK I think.

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