2017-21 help to buy scheme - megathread. All help to buy discussion here please

Maxed-irl · 07-07-2019 11:16PM

Got the keys Thursday great scheme.

newboard · 08-07-2019 08:34PM

Is the HTB scheme going to be renewed into 2020?

Thanks

Creamy Goodness · 08-07-2019 10:08PM

newboard wrote: »

Is the HTB scheme going to be renewed into 2020?

Thanks

No one knows for sure except the government. If it’s to be extended it’ll probably be announced around budget time to drum up good PR.

Mushy · 08-07-2019 10:36PM

fungie wrote: »

We just signed our contracts and gave the HTB details to our solicitor and bank.

Do we have to do something? Our solicitor said nothing.

As niamhzie said, when you get signed contracts back, upload that and loan offer letter to Revenue. Then pass on claim code to developer.

Our solicitor didn't tell us bout this part, I was wondering why it was still at claim stage. Got onto both the developer and our solicitor and had it sorted in few mins (we hadn't been given hard copy of signed contracts).

tomister · 08-07-2019 10:54PM

For those of you who have completed the claim, when entering in the deposit amount did you just state the booking deposit or the total deposit you’re due to pay?

www.bored.ie · 09-07-2019 08:59AM

Hopefully it will be extended for another bit.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/personal-finance/help-to-buy-who-it-helps-who-it-doesn-t-and-will-it-be-extended-1.3950326?mode=amp

RunningFlyer · 09-07-2019 01:11PM

Hi

We are approved for HTB (pin received) and are about to put reserve down on a new-build house in a new development of approx 30 houses. Selling Agent has mentioned HTB scheme is available, but none of the related companies are on the Revenues list that I've just checked.

Is this something to be concerned about or just overthinking things?

Butterface · 09-07-2019 01:49PM

Check with the Estate Agent. They may be registered under a different name with Revenue.

Mushy · 09-07-2019 09:25PM

tomister wrote: »

For those of you who have completed the claim, when entering in the deposit amount did you just state the booking deposit or the total deposit you’re due to pay?

Put in the full deposit amount. A booking deposit is only like 5k. So it'll be 10% of the house value

tomister · 10-07-2019 12:12AM

Mushy wrote: »

Put in the full deposit amount. A booking deposit is only like 5k. So it'll be 10% of the house value

Thank you! Clears that right up!!

colly10 · 10-07-2019 12:02PM

I heard above that the HTB is taken when you sign the contracts.
If I go into the estate agent with a deposit in hand, how long does it normally take for them till contracts get signed?

Is it immediate or what needs to happen/be completed first?

cianlynchali · 11-07-2019 01:26PM

Hi. Does anyone know is it calculated on your tax before your tax credits or after?. Thanks

Mickiemcfist · 11-07-2019 01:28PM

cianlynchali wrote: »

Hi. Does anyone know is it calculated on your tax before your tax credits or after?. Thanks

After. i.e. the amount of tax you actually paid.

GingerLily · 11-07-2019 02:16PM

Mickiemcfist wrote: »

cianlynchali wrote: »

Hi. Does anyone know is it calculated on your tax before your tax credits or after?. Thanks

After. i.e. the amount of tax you actually paid.

It's only a refund if what you've paid in income tax,so no tax credits, USC, PRSI

Ricped · 11-07-2019 08:31PM

Hi everyone,

I’m on the process to buy a new house and we have applied for the help to buy, the first time we made it it was canceled as I had tax due, that was payed and confirmed that was cleared and we were told to re apply again.
We have done it and my parter couldn’t confirm be part of the group as there is no options shown, in the mean time we rang reveneu a couple of times and we were told that we should cancel our application and do a new one, we made it again and same issue.
The problem at the moment is our bank is waiting for the code to get the mortgage approved as well as our solicitor and our time is running out, we can’t find anyone that knows what the hell is going on with our application and we are very close to lose the house .
Anyone went trough something similar ? If yes how did you sorted it ?

Thanks in advance

leg · 12-07-2019 09:16AM

Hi all,

I'm just wondering can anyone help me with a bit of a strange query. I'm currently looking at building a house with my partner. Planning would be in her name to satisfy local housing need while mortgage would be in both our names.

We are currently looking at applying for the help to buy scheme. If we were to submit the help to buy application in both our names could this potentially affect my ability to get planning in my name in the future? The hope was that by keeping application in her name etc. that if the need arose to move I would be able to apply for planning elsewhere in my name and satisfy local housing need as I would not have a house. Would having applied for help to buy affect that.

Any help would be much appreciated and I hope I have explained myself clearly.
Thanks,
Leg

Mrnew · 16-07-2019 09:51AM

Ricped wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I’m on the process to buy a new house and we have applied for the help to buy, the first time we made it it was canceled as I had tax due, that was payed and confirmed that was cleared and we were told to re apply again.
We have done it and my parter couldn’t confirm be part of the group as there is no options shown, in the mean time we rang reveneu a couple of times and we were told that we should cancel our application and do a new one, we made it again and same issue.
The problem at the moment is our bank is waiting for the code to get the mortgage approved as well as our solicitor and our time is running out, we can’t find anyone that knows what the hell is going on with our application and we are very close to lose the house .
Anyone went trough something similar ? If yes how did you sorted it ?

Thanks in advance

I was having the same issue as you was told IT were experiencing a glitch in there system. Allowed me to add my partner to the group today.

RedXIV · 21-07-2019 08:11PM

Hey folks, I've been looking at this recently and as a side note, I was wondering how people are finding new developments to chase down? At the moment, I'm only finding the odd ones that I stumble across in my trips to the shops, friends, work etc. Is there a website or similar that I could use to see upcoming developments?

Cheers!

el Fenomeno · 21-07-2019 09:08PM

RedXIV wrote: »

Hey folks, I've been looking at this recently and as a side note, I was wondering how people are finding new developments to chase down? At the moment, I'm only finding the odd ones that I stumble across in my trips to the shops, friends, work etc. Is there a website or similar that I could use to see upcoming developments?

Cheers!

Where abouts are you looking/considering Red?

RedXIV · 21-07-2019 09:14PM

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Where abouts are you looking/considering Red?

Living in south Dublin and looking for options from south dublin down towards Wexford really. Maybe kildare to west dublin also?

Just interested to see what's out there

GingerLily · 21-07-2019 09:23PM

RedXIV wrote: »

Hey folks, I've been looking at this recently and as a side note, I was wondering how people are finding new developments to chase down? At the moment, I'm only finding the odd ones that I stumble across in my trips to the shops, friends, work etc. Is there a website or similar that I could use to see upcoming developments?

Cheers!

You can set up alerts on Daft for whatever property search your interested in?

RedXIV · 21-07-2019 09:35PM

GingerLily wrote: »

You can set up alerts on Daft for whatever property search your interested in?

Does Daft track new housing developments also?

tomister · 21-07-2019 09:37PM

RedXIV wrote: »

Does Daft track new housing developments also?

Both Daft and MyHome do it. I just have it set as an alert for the areas I’m interested in

el Fenomeno · 21-07-2019 09:38PM

Daft results for South Co. Dublin - Filtered for New Developments:
https://www.daft.ie/dublin-city/property-for-sale/south-co-dublin/?ad_type=sale&advanced=1&s%5Badvanced%5D=1&s%5Bnew%5D=1&searchSource=sale

Daft results for Wicklow - Filtered for New Developments:
https://www.daft.ie/wicklow/property-for-sale/?ad_type=sale&advanced=1&s%5Badvanced%5D=1&s%5Bnew%5D=1&searchSource=sale

Daft results for Wexford - Filtered for New Developments:
https://www.daft.ie/wexford/property-for-sale/?ad_type=sale&advanced=1&s%5Badvanced%5D=1&s%5Bnew%5D=1&searchSource=sale

IrishTimes pieces from January on New Developments for 2019:
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/new-to-market/new-homes-schemes-in-d%C3%BAn-laoghaire-rathdown-1.3774565
South Co. Dublin: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/new-to-market/new-homes-schemes-in-south-dublin-1.3774551
Commuter Towns (includes Wicklow): https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/new-to-market/new-homes-schemes-in-commuter-counties-1.3774536

Also worth looking at Estate Agents & Developers dedicated pages for New Developments. The Estate Agents pages will generally just replicate what's on Daft, Property.ie etc. The developers often have some (minor) details of developments not yet started.

Estate Agents:
DNG: https://www.dng.ie/newhomesresidential
Savills: https://search.savills.com/ie/en/list?SearchList=Id_4458+Category_RegionCountyCountry%27Id_6500+Category_RegionCountyCountry%27Id_46029+Category_RegionCountyCountry&SearchModeConstraintEnum=PropertyTypes&Tenure=GRS_T_B&Currency=EUR&Period=Week&PropertyTypes=GRS_PT_ND&ResidentialSizeUnit=SquareFeet&LandAreaUnit=Acre&SaleableAreaUnit=SquareFeet&AvailableSizeUnit=SquareFeet&Category=GRS_CAT_RES&LocationKey=ireland&Shapes=W10
Kelly Walsh: https://kellywalsh.ie/residential/new-developments/
Knight Frank: https://www.knightfrank.ie/new-homes

Developers:
Cairn: https://www.cairnhomes.com/new-homes/
Castlethorn: https://castlethorn.ie/projects
Glenveagh: https://glenveagh.ie/homes/
Gannon: http://www.gannonhomes.ie/new-home-developments/
Coliemore: https://www.coliemorehomes.ie/developments
Harcourt: https://harcourtdev.com/new-homes
Liam Neville: http://www.liamneville.ie/current-developments/
Victoria: http://www.victoriahomes.ie/our-developments/
Durkan: http://www.durkanresidential.ie/developments/

But of course, Boards is also a great resource. Always threads popping up for new developments in here, and in region-specific forums too!

Best of luck in your search.

RedXIV · 21-07-2019 09:39PM

el Fenomeno wrote: »

ridiculously helpful post

Dude that's amazing!!! Thanks a million!!!

scabo33 · 31-07-2019 10:00PM

Hi everyone, I run my p21s every year and they usually balance out. For this scheme it asked me to submit form 12 and for 2015 it now says I owe 1600 euro and this will be taken out of my tax credits over the next two years. How did this happen? My p21 at the time was fine. My employer I presume is responsible for making sure I pay tax and I’ve never earned more than 30k!

Tipsy McSwagger · 08-08-2019 07:22AM

Can’t upload contract as file is too big, has anyone encountered this issue before?

edit - sorted, i just compressed to smaller file

Phileas Frog · 17-08-2019 07:57PM

Is it the Loan Offer letter that you need to upload to Revenue along with the signed contracts?

fungie · 18-08-2019 05:02PM

Phileas Frog wrote: »

Is it the Loan Offer letter that you need to upload to Revenue along with the signed contracts?

When do you do this? We signed contracts about 6 weeks ago but nothing has happened to your help to buy. We haven't heard from our solicitor or the developer.

Phileas Frog · 18-08-2019 07:05PM

fungie wrote: »

When do you do this? We signed contracts about 6 weeks ago but nothing has happened to your help to buy. We haven't heard from our solicitor or the developer.

Once you get the counter-signed contract back, you need to upload them and proof of mortgage (loan offer?) to the revenue site. After that you give the resultant codes to the builder

2017-21 help to buy scheme - megathread. All help to buy discussion here please

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