Applying For Shared Ownership or Leasehold Retirement Housing
Who can apply?
How do I apply?
What if there are no properties for sale?
What happens if there is a property for sale?
Anyone over the age of 18 can apply. For our retirement properties applicants must normally be 55 years of age (although some leases stipulate 60 as the minimum.) Couples are eligible to buy if only one person has reached the minimum age.
There are several easy ways to register for housing with us:
By Telephone - Simply call our helpful and friendly Leasehold Services Team on 0845 600 1767 (Mon - Fri 8.30am - 5.30pm).
Our Leasehold Services Team are specially trained to give detailed information about our properties and will guide you through the process of registering with us. You will be asked a few simple questions about your housing requirements.
In Writing - Please write to us at Leasehold Services Team, ‘Johnnie’ Johnson Housing Trust, Astra House, Spinners Lane, Poynton,SK12 1GA. You will need to include brief details of your housing requirements, together with your age, the areas in which you wish to live and a daytime telephone number.
By Email- The address is leasehold@jjhousing.co.uk. To apply by email, you will need to include brief details of your housing requirements, together with your age, the areas in which you wish to live and a daytime telephone number.
Via our Website - You can visit our website at www.jjhousing.co.uk and complete a brief enquiry form.
What if there are no properties for sale?
If there are currently no properties for sale your application can still be registered and when there is a suitable property ‘For Sale’, we will write to you to see if you are still interested
What if there is a property for sale?
- You should register your interest ASAP.
- You will be then invited to view the property at a suitable time
- At this stage you will be asked if you are in a position to complete quickly or if you still have your own property to sell.
- If you are still interested in the property after viewing, you will be contacted by one of our Housing Managers who will carry out a detailed telephone assessment. At this stage it would be useful if you could provide your financial details, medical details and a mortgage details if necessary. It will also give you the opportunity to ask any other questions you may have.
Following the Housing Manager’s call if you have been successful, you will receive a letter reserving the property for a 6-week period. The Housing Manager will then arrange to meet with you to discuss the lease in further detail.
