Was wondering if anyone had much experience with the council and how quickly they turn around empty council houses?
My neighbour recently sadly passed away (she was a fair age) and the house is lying empty, it's a 4 in a block and hers is the only council owned property. Anybody have any idea how long the property is likely to remain empty? A couple of weeks/months?
Apologies if it is heartless to ask but Id be lying if I said I wasn't a wee bit anxious about who could be put in there as we've had issues with bad neighbours before.
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15-02-2017 03:08 PM #1
Council houses
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15-02-2017 03:24 PM #2
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I cant exactly remember but Im sure the new tenant was in around two weeks of my Dads passing.
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15-02-2017 03:45 PM #3
We've only got one council tenant in our stair, the sooner the drug dealing bitch gets evicted the better.
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15-02-2017 03:54 PM #4
IIRC, when my mother-in-law died 10 years ago, I'm sure the Council gave us 2 weeks to clear the place.
BTW, that was in East Lothian. Other Councils may have different rules.
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Unfortunately, I don't make the rules and I am not a Cooncillor.
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15-02-2017 04:31 PM #6
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15-02-2017 05:01 PM #9
Thanks for the replies folks, sounds like i won't have long to wait to meet my New neighbours.
Hope the thread didn't come across as looking down my nose at council tenants as I know there's thousands of good council tenants, i do some work with social housing though so tend to see the worst end of the spectrum which has got me ****ting myself a bit.
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15-02-2017 05:08 PM #10
Playing devil's advocate here, but every house that gets filled quickly means that potentially another homeless person is off the street.
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15-02-2017 05:09 PM #11
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The flip side is, there was an article on the news last week saying the length of time families are waiting to get off the homeless register is unacceptable. They have just announced new targets to reduce this to something like 2 weeks, so you can begin to understand the pressure councils are under to get by the homes back and ready for the next tenants.
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15-02-2017 05:10 PM #12
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Maybe you need to try another of his tactics and get a gun.
😂Last edited by beensaidbefore; 15-02-2017 at 05:13 PM.
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15-02-2017 05:11 PM #13
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Homelessness is a terrible issue but the root cause isn't that there isn't enough roofs for people, imo it's that people that end up on the streets aren't capable of maintaining a household, whether that be due to addiction or whatever.
Simply put, anyone presenting themselves homeless at the council today will be given a short term solution to keep them off the street.
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15-02-2017 05:19 PM #15
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Homelessness is not just being without a roof over your head. It is not having a place to call home. There are plenty homeless people living in B&Bs who are basically v ucked out on the street every day and told they must be home by a certain time or get locked out. Whilst I understand the practicalities of it, that is no way for someone to live indefinitely.
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15-02-2017 07:41 PM #21
i think most councils will be the same, one of my neighbours was murdered in bathgate a week before xmas just past but his house is still lying empty, i think his family were maybe given a bit leeway due to the circumstances to clear the house, he paid his rent a month in advance(like i do) can't blame the councils wanting a clearance pretty quickly after any rental prepayments are up, no tenant/s= no rent money collected
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15-02-2017 07:47 PM #22
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Probably waiting for the furore to die down before they offer it for rental.
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Turns out the new guy was great, it was such a relief!
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16-02-2017 11:27 AM #27
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That's nice to hear. I hope things work out for you sooner rather than later.
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16-02-2017 09:17 PM #28
It all depends on how much needs to be done while the property is empty. Will be cleared out and assessed by inspector as soon as possible (not sure how long families get in these instances). From there it's usually no longer than a couple of weeks for things like electrics, plumbing and kitchen to be upgraded (if needed). Then keys will be given to new tenant pretty soon after and they can move in at their convenience. This is all presuming it is Edinburgh cooncil you are asking about!
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it happened outside a pub in bathgate mate, i think because it wasn't in the house itself wouldn't put people off at all, especially in the area which i am as it's pretty decent/safe etc, i can remember my sister being more excited than me when i got a house in this area, she worked with the council and was aware that it was a very popular area for would-be renters, agree with the bit in bold though, that could well be the reason
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