Recent content by bainsteven

That's a fair comment - are you allowed to let-out a house bought on a Rent to Buy scheme though?... I wouldn't have thought the people who qualify for the mortgage would be in a position to be landlords? Don't you need a special "Buy to Let" mortgage? (and also somewhere else to live?!) :-)...

Surely the cheaper Social Housing is, the better?! - so more people can afford to live!... isn't that the point?! I don't disagree with that - I just don't necessarily want 100 houses (crammed into a plot which was made for 50) next to door to me. Can't please everyone though :-)

Hiya Guys, Thanks for all your replies and comments - apologies for taking ages to get back to you! I asked the Foreman - they were damaged bricks which needed replacing. The entire estate is being built by the Council as "Rent to Buy"... so the shoddy workmanship seems par for the course...

Hiya Guys, Any ideas why the builders on the site next to our house have removed random bricks from a (seemingly) finished wall?! (see attached photo) They took some bricks out on Thursday, then filled them in again... then took some more (different) bricks out on Friday, and have now left...