Downsizing or Upsizing? - The Myths Busted

Struggling to find a home swap because nobody wants your smaller flat or house? Who is actually down-sizing, and who is upsizing?

3-way chains help improve swapping possibilities massively, and with excellent tips for making your property stand out more, it can quickly be quite easy for people to find more suitable sized social housing.

Think bedroom tax, job opportunity, family closeness. These are the real reasons people want to exchange and have more social mobility.

Yes it will be harder to find a tenant who wants to down-size. There is no avoiding that truth, as most households are expanding and want more room.

There can be good reasons though to down-size for tenants.

“I had an operation on my leg and I could no longer get up the stairs, so I needed to down-size."

Ask your landlord if they will offer any direct transfer of tenancy for you into another of their properties.

"Simon moved to a 1-bedroomed bungalow in Islington. He received a £500 social-housing down-sizing payment from his landlord, which he used to pay for the removals costs.