Shared Ownership Housing Scheme keeps Family in Picturesque West Sussex Village

Chichester District Council have worked with the Housing Association to provide Shared Ownership Housing in the village of Kirdford near Petworth in West Sussex and the Wadey family talk about their experience and finding home.

The Wadey family of five previously lived in a much smaller house and the Shared Ownership Scheme has meant that they have secured a home in the Rydon Homes newly developed Bourn Meadows.

The family have moved into one of four houses that have been provided by the Southern Housing Group for social rent. The scheme has been set up to offer people the chance to get onto the property ladder and so they have also acquired some flats for first time buyers too.

The Shared Ownership Scheme that the Wadey’s have entered into has meant that they have been able to remain in the village of Kirdford where four generations of Wadey’s have grown up. In fact Mrs Wadey’s grandmother used to work in the apple-packing house in the former Kirdford Growers, which is where their house has been built.

Mrs Wadey has remarked that the scheme has afforded them the opportunity to part buy their home whilst paying rent on the rest. The home that they have bought using the Shared Ownership Scheme has a garden and because of the wonderful location, they are able to bring their family up in the Countryside that they love and going to the same schools with all of their children’s friends.

The partnership between Chichester District Council and the Southern Housing Group has provided a valuable, affordable scheme giving young people the chance to live in a rural village in the heart of the countryside and restore ‘long term viability’ to the village.

The Bourn Meadow’s are a great example of a successful partnership for providing shared ownership housing. If you would like help in finding a similar scheme in your area, then please contact us.