Friday, May 15, 2009

Housing Options

A couple of years ago I learnt from a Portuguese friend living in London about the shared-ownershiph housing scheme. The tenant buys a share of the flat and the council owns the other share. It seemed very good and as I was starting to hate landlords, I registered with them. I wanted to own a flat in London. Even if I had the council as the landlord.
After my registration, I never heard from them again. Until today.
I received this email:

Dear Home Seeker,

Thank you for creating an online account with Housing Options as part
of your search for a quality, affordable home.

If you're looking to make your move sooner rather than later, we'd
like to help you make the most of Housing Options by offering you a
more comprehensive home matching service.

To take advantage of this opportunity, take the next step, complete
your Housing Options online application at:

http://www.housingoptions.co.uk/ho2/

You will need to go to step 2 and click on Apply. From here simply
follow the instructions.

Our online application form is a quick and secure way to apply for
affordable homes available in London and we have teams on hand to
talk you through the application form step-by-step should you need
any help along the way. If you need any help you can either email
housingoptions@mht.co.uk or call 0845 230 8099.

If you have recently submitted an application, or used a paper form,
please disregard this email.

We look forward to helping you make 2009 the year you make yourself
at home!


Best regards,


From all at Housing Options


To which I replied:

Dear Housing Options,

Thank you for your email but I registered in your website almost two years ago.
I no longer live in the UK so you can forget about my subscription.
Once again I thank you for your promptness in replying to my email.

Kind Regards,




Amazing!

3 comments:

Mãe Happy said...

Conseguiu ser no mesmo século! :P

Isto é bom, para os que pensam que só em Portugal as coisas funcionam mal!

Wicked Halo said...

pois, pensa assim...se fosse em Portugal, em vez de 2 anos esperavas 5 :DDD

Restelo said...

Tinha deixado aqui um comment tão giro mas a minha net estava emparvalhada e não ficou... buhhhh
Era qualquer coisa a ver que ao menos foi 2 anos depois de saíres do uk, porque em PT só receberias 2 anos depois da tua morte... mas tava mais giro, bolas