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How to sell a home: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), using estate agents, finding a legal professional, getting offers, transferring ownership and making complaints.
Selling a home takes about 5 months on average. The process can take…
If you have a mortgage on the property you’re selling, you’ll need to move…
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) tells you how energy efficient a…
You can sell your home yourself or use an online, high street or hybrid…
A legal professional can handle the legal work involved in transferring…
Choosing a buyer Buyers can make offers verbally (over the phone or in…
After you’ve accepted an offer, you’re responsible for drawing up a legal…
You can contact a legal professional if you need help selling a property…
You can make a complaint to a company involved in the sale if you’re…
Buy your housing association home - including how to apply, who is eligible, discounts available and where to get help and advice.
You might be able to buy your rented housing association home at a…
You can get a discount of between £9,000 and £16,000 on the price of your…
Fill in the Right to Acquire application form. Send it to your landlord.…
If your landlord agrees to sell, their offer will tell you: the price they…
If you sell your home within 10 years of buying it through Right to…
Ask your landlord about Right to Acquire. They may also be able to help…
Your right to buy your council home - including how to apply, who is eligible, discounts available and where to get help and advice.
Right to Buy allows most council tenants to buy their council home at a…
You can get a discount on the market value of your home when you buy it if…
Fill in the Right to Buy application form (RTB1 notice). Send it to your…
You can appeal to a tribunal if you’re stopped from buying your home…
Your landlord must complete parts of your Right to Buy application within…
If you sell your home within 10 years of buying it through Right to Buy,…
Ask your landlord about Right to Buy. They may also be able to help you…
Information about how to make your guests feel more comfortable in their new home, set expectations about how to live together and communicate with your guests.
Your council can help you after a fire in your home - Council, emergency housing, Red Cross, fire safety
You are not allowed to sublet your home unless your personal circumstances make it difficult to live there.
What structural alterations are, when and how to apply for permission, how they may affect your home's value and what you owe on your equity loan.
A speech delivered by Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, Peter Kyle, at Mansion House, London on Wednesday 3 September 2025.
Fire safety advice for householders and businesses.
This page provides a template for a home user guide and a ventilation guide to inform homeowners how to operate and ventilate their dwelling.
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