About Plumlife
At Plumlife we provide the opportunity for people to achieve the dream of buying their home by offering help to those who cannot afford a property with just a commercially available mortgage. We specialise in offering government-backed schemes such as Shared Ownership and HomeBuy Direct, as well as the popular Rent To Buy "try before you buy" discounted rent deal.
We've been appointed by the Homes and Communities Agency, the government body that funds affordable new homes, as one of its 15 Homebuy Agents. Plumlife is HomeBuy Agent for Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and South Yorkshire. A HomeBuy Agent is a one stop shop, allowing you to apply for a whole host of schemes and developments regardless of the supplier, and operate under the 'HomeBuy' brand.
Through Shared Ownership we can offer people who meet the necessary criteria, the chance to buy a home for between 25% and 75% of its market value. We own the rest of the property and charge you rent on this proportion. This works out cheaper than buying 100% of a house or apartment at once, and you can buy more of your home later, when you can afford to.
As a HomeBuy Agent, Plumlife administers the HomeBuy Direct equity loan scheme. This is the latest product designed to help people step onto the property ladder, and is ideal for those struggling to raise a deposit in today's economic climate. There is a huge range of really desirable new homes on offer. Full details can be found here
We offer a one-stop shop registration service to anyone who lives or wants to live in Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Yorkshire. When we have all your details, we can tell housing developers all over the region that you are looking to buy.
Plumlife is part of Great Places Housing Group, which owns and manages around 16,000 affordable homes across the north west. The work of Great Places is overseen by a board of management with our work carried out by local staff. Great Places is a large, developing housing association, working in more than 30 local authority areas and is a key partner in several nationally-important regeneration programmes.