andy 1

yes i can buy the house with a big discount, at one time 3 bedroom houses were going for around 20'000 pounds with a full discount where i live,i don't know what they are now.
i never bought mine because i was in a low paid job with a wife and three kids to support,and if anything went wrong with the property the council would fix it free of charge,but it looks like those days have gone.
also i think the council are trying to off load all there council houses onto housing associations.
also when i spoke to my local councillor about this paying for repairs,he told me that the government have told the council that all there housing stock as to meet minimum standards (double glazing plastic doors roof insulation) that sort of thing by 2010 and the only way the council can afford it is by charging its existing tenants to have there repairs done.thats probably why there trying to off load them