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Welcome to Epsom and Ewell Homechoice, Epsom and Ewell Borough Council's new way of allocating housing association properties for rent and shared ownership properties for sale.
HOMECHOICE aims to give you more choice in deciding where you want to live. Properties that are available for rent will be advertised from midnight Thursday each week. Shared ownership properties for sale and mutual exchanges will also be advertised.
You must then tell us which properties you are interested in. This process is known as "bidding". You will be able to bid for up to three properties each week. You may only bid for a property if your application has been accepted onto our Housing Needs Register.
Our website contains useful information to help you find a suitable home. You can use this website to:
Search for available properties
Apply for a property
View results of previous lettings
If you or someone you know would like would like help to use Homechoice please contact Housing Services. Click How to Contact Us for contact details and opening hours.
NEWS UPDATES
Homebuy - Catalyst
HomeBuy is a Government led initiative that enables eligible individuals and families into homeownership by offering assistance in a number of different ways. For many people, this program will provide the best chance of owning a home in the area in which they want to live and work.
Epsom & Ewell Borough Council work with Catalyst Housing Group, the Government appointed Homebuy Agent covering the Surrey area, to promote the HomeBuy initiative and all the available options.
To apply for Homebuy or any other low cost home ownership scheme in our borough you need to apply to the Council’s Housing Needs Register and also with Catalyst Housing Group who are the Homebuy Agents for Surrey. All applicants may be subject to confirmation of employment status and eligibility criteria.
Parkview, Epsom – Rosebery Housing Association
26 new shared ownership homes built for Rosebery Housing Association by award winning developers Crest Nicholson and Linden Homes.
2-bed flats, 2-bed houses and 3-bed houses are being built and the first will be ready to move into in July 2010.
Buying a 2-bed flat worth £220,000 would typically cost you only £88,000 if you bought a 40% share in the property. Your rent on the part you do not own would be £302.50 a month. When you can afford to buy more of the property your rent goes down until you own your home outright.
For further information go to Rosebery Housing Assocation
Rosebank or Rosebery Heights - Homebuy Direct
Rosebery Heights is a collection of contemporary 1 and 2 bedroom apartments and beautiful 4 bedroom townhouses. Apartments available exclusively on HomeBuy Direct.
HomeBuy Direct allows you to purchase 100% of your new apartment at just 70% of the price now. The outstanding amount is covered with a loan, which is interest free for the first five years*.
*You must meet the criteria set down by this Government scheme to be eligible, details of which are available from the Crest Nicholson Sales Advisor. Subject to status, terms and conditions.
For further information go to Rosebery Heights Heights on the Rightmove website.
Teachers
In you are a teacher you may be able to purchase a property through Homebuy Direct with Teachers Building Society. For further information go to Teachers Building Society Society website.
H.E.L.P - New employment and training advice service launched by Housing Services.
Epsom & Ewell Borough Council, Reigate & Banstead Borough Council, Tandridge District Council, Mole Valley District Council, and Elmbridge Borough Council have joined together with VT Enterprise Ltd and have launched an innovative new advice service called HELP - Housing Employment Local Partnership, which will help East Surrey residents get access to training and employment opportunities when they seek housing advice from their council.
A team of three staff, skilled in providing employment and training advice, will work with the councils’ own Housing Options teams to deliver the service. This means that, as well getting advice on housing issues, anyone seen by their council’s Housing Options team will be offered support with entering training, learning or employment.
This will include better off at work calculations, assistance with job applications, interview techniques and work action plans, as well as financial management and benefit advice.
Of the three HELP staff, there is one advisor covering Reigate & Banstead and Tandridge and another Elmbridge and Mole Valley. A coordinator will be based at Epsom & Ewell Borough Council’s offices.
If you, or anyone you know, would benefit from this service please contact Nina Jago on 07766 314567 01 01372 732000.
Please Be Aware Of The Following:
The pictures of properties that you will see on the property search pages are generic pictures of the roads, blocks of flat or schemes and are meant to give general guidance of the location that the available property is in.
Your bidding position will not take account of our lettings plans. This will mean that the bidding position may not be a true reflection of whether you will receive an offer.
Your bedroom eligibility is for Epsom & Ewell Homechoice and East Surrey Homechoice. There are slight differences between these policies. This will mean that you may be able to bid for East Surrey Homechoice properties that you would not necessarily be entitled to under our own policy.
You may NOT AT ANY TIME view the interior of any available property until you have been contacted by the landlord and arrangements for viewing have been made.
If you have logged in to your account page on a public PC, please remember to log out before leaving the PC. You can do this by using the Log our button on the right hand side of the tab bar above.
Helping You to Use the Service
If you have been unable to log in please contact us as soon as possible.
If you or someone you know would like help to use our service please contact us. Click How to Contact Us for contact details and opening hours.
If you would like to use the telephone bidding service call
Property Information Line 01372 732666
Take down the Reference number of any properties you are interested in, make sure you have your log in details to hand, and then call
Property Bidding Line 0845 2701908
All calls are charged at local rates
We would welcome your feedback on this service. If you have any comments to make please contact us at housing@epsom-ewell.gov.uk
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