Category: Useful sites

Shelter

Shelter is the homelessness charity but they also give housing advice for people!
They have housing advice on Homelessness
Including: Emergency housing rights checker, Hostels, Help from the council

Eviction & repossession

Eviction of tenants, Mortgage arrears, Landlord repossession, Harassment & illegal eviction

Housing benefit

Local housing allowance, Calculations, Arrears, Discretionary payments

Paying for a home

Deposits, Mortgage arrears, Rent arrears, Debt, Benefits, Social fund payments

Finding a place to live

Emergency options, Letting agencies, Council housing, Supported housing, Buying

Renting & leasehold

Agreements, Joint tenancies, Repairs, Rights & responsibilities, Leasehold

Families & relationships

Splitting up, Domestic abuse, Living with parents, When someone dies, Pregnancy

Looking up house prices

Want to know how much a house went for? After a few weeks or months it should appear on the land registry figures and every month they’re put out on several websites.
The one I like using best is called House Prices – you can search by street name and town, or by postcode, or part postcode. You can change the number of properties displayed too!
It’s a useful site for tracking down postcodes too!

Listed Buildings

Look up information about Listed Buildings in England, Scotland and Wales
It’s got a list so you can browse listed buildings by country, county and parish/locality. There’s also a postcode search.
There are descriptions, photos and maps on the site so it’s a useful resource for finding out more about a listed building if you’re planning on buying it!
In some areas Grade I Listed Buildings and Grade II* Listed Buildings are listed together but Grade II may be broken down by parish if there are too many.