Changes to your home
Once you move into your shared ownership home, there are bound to be things you’ll want to change, replace or remove. But, before you pick up the hammer and nails, check the list below as there are some changes we don't allow to your property and we’ll need to provide you with written consent before you can make any changes.
Things you’ll need permission for
Apply for permission
- EV charging point
- Bathroom fixtures
- Kitchen fixtures
- Boundary walls
- Dropped kerbs or off-road parking/driveways
- Doors and windows
- Solar panels or photovoltaic (PV) systems
- Electrical sockets or light switches
- Non-standard TV/radio aerial, or any aerial for flats or properties under 5 years old
- Conservatory
- Cavity wall insulation
- Installation of a pergola/gazebo/greenhouse/shed in rear garden
- Heating installation
- Telsa battery – internal use
- Outside lights
- Gun safe
- Electric shower
- Mixer tap shower
- Fostering
- Keeping a pet
- Gas/key/smart meters
- Key safes
- Water butt
- Water meter
- Condensing tumble dryer
- Smart meter
- Outside taps
- Coving
And a few things you must not change
- Structural alternations
- Multi fuel burner/open fire
- Cat flaps in composite or fire doors
- Wood burner/open flue
- Loft
- Porches
- Conversion or sub dividing rooms
- Garage conversions
- Laminate/tiled/timber flooring in flats first floor and above
- Any works to communal areas
- Solar panels/PV systems that are third party funded
- Replacement of grass with astro tur
- Parking space bollards with key access
- Car ports
- Lean-to
- Pond
- Ring doorbells in flats
- Tumble dryer vents
- Brick walls
What happens once you’ve applied for permission?
Once you’ve applied for permission, we’ll acknowledge your request within 14 days, and within 28 days we’ll ask for further information, such as photos, plans or quotes to support the application if needed.
Once we have everything we need, a surveyor will decide whether we can grant permission, which may involve a visit to your home. We aim to grant permission as soon as possible, however this can take up to 12 weeks depending on the type of request.
Permission is unlikely to be granted if your home is still within the Defect Liability Period or if there is rent debt on your account.
If your change isn’t listed above
If you're not sure whether you need permission for something, or you’d like to go ahead and request permission for a particular change, you can use our online form.
If you’d like to discuss your ideas with us, don’t hesitate to get in touch however suits you best.
Apply for permissions (Shared ownership)
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