Batchelors Housing Team has considerable experience in all matters relating to Shared Ownership including KeyWorker Living, Social Homebuy (as well as standard Right to Buy and Right to Acquire) and Open Market Homebuy.

We are able to advise at all stages of the legal process.

Our Commercial Property team are able to ensure development progresses smoothly for all mixed tenure schemes.

The Corporate team have experience in funding projects and drafting appropriate agreements.

Our Residential Property team have specialists who can assist in plot sales including liaising with lenders over Mortgagee Protection Clauses (MPCs) and appropriate undertakings. They can also assist shared owners in subsequent disposals.

Staircasing arrangements are also handled by our Residential Property Team including, where necessary, reverse staircasing.

Our Housing Management team has considerable experience of Shared Ownership. Daniel Skinner, partner at Batchelors, regularly trains clients on the subject and has appeared at some of the leading seminars and events across the country. Daniel acts for several of the leading RSLs who specialise in Shared Ownership.

We have been involved in several high profile claims for possession against shared owners and have sought and obtained injunctions to enforce the terms of agreements.

We also have experience of drafting appropriate and effective Shared Ownership agreements avoiding many of the pitfalls caused by the use of model agreements