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To take a council house or continue saving for a mortgage?

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roseycheeks93 · 06/05/2019 11:25

Myself and my partner have been saving a house for going on a year, we're nearly there in terms of the deposit, but as a fall-back option we signed up to our local council and have been bidding on houses for the past couple of months. This past week we have been selected for a property but are unsure whether to accept or not, and just keep saving to buy our own house as planned.

The house itself is OK, decent size garden, no garage, on-street parking, 2 bedrooms (we're not parents at the moment) and is quite cheap. We also have the right to buy option after we've lived there for 3 years.

Just wondering if anyone has any advice or has been in a similar situation.

Kind regards,

RoseyCheeks :)

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Curiousmum69 · 06/05/2019 13:57

Take the council house. And keep saving for a mortgage.

bamboofibre · 06/05/2019 13:58

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laurthorn · 30/09/2021 11:45

Hi lovely! I would love to know what you ended up doing as we are currently in the same position :)

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