Once you have found an exchange partner(s), all parties must complete the application form on the Homeswapper website and upload all required proofs of ID.
Be aware that we cannot start to process your application until all parties have completed the required forms and provided sufficient evidence of their identity.
A mutual exchange must be completed within 42 days following receipt of all completed applications including supporting documents.
The right to withdraw from the exchange
Either tenant can withdraw from the exchange up to the point of signing for each other’s properties. Once the exchange documents have been signed the right to withdraw ceases.
Signing a Deed of Assignment
A Deed of Assignment is a legal document, which transfers the names on the tenancy from your name into the new tenancy holder’s name(s). Without this document, the tenancy of your new property will still be in other person's name and your old property will still be in your name.
Although at this point, we have agreed for the exchange to go ahead, you still need to sign a Deed of Assignment before the move takes place.
You will be asked to return to your own home at your cost.
Failure to do so may result in you losing your tenancy, leaving you intentionally homeless.
When you'll need to sign it
When you tell us the date that you and the other parties have agreed to move, we will arrange a time, before you move, for you and all parties to sign the deeds.
You will all need to be present at the same time to witness each other’s signatures.
Along with your signature, we will require four weeks rent in advance from whoever is moving into the Luton Council, and if you are receiving benefits a notification of a change in circumstances receipt.
You should do this before sign-up. Other housing providers will have their own procedure.
After you've signed the Deed of Assignment
Once signed, you will each receive a copy of the deeds. From this point, all parties relevant are bound to the exchange, and you can legally move.
All tenancies will start on a Monday.