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Properties to rent
 

                                                                           

 

We have 3 unfurnished properties for rent in Chickenley WF12.

Orchard View

• 2 bed property – monthly rent £764.99 + £6.89 service charge.
• 3 bedroom property – monthly rent £841.48 + £6.89 service charge.

School Street

• 3 bed property – monthly rent £629.82 + £6.89 service charge

Parking to front and secure garden to rear. Fitted kitchen (no built in oven and hob) and family bathroom and downstairs WC.

Kirklees Council is the managing agent for the landlord who has stipulated the following criteria:

• Positive landlord reference.
• Positive employment reference.
• No CCJ's, IVA's or defaults.
• One months rent and deposit of one months rent payable at sign up.
• Subject to an affordability financial assessment.

Occupancy criteria: each bedroom must be in use, children under 10, and two children of the same sex aged under 16 can share a room. Anyone over 16 must have their own room.

Application

Please email nonhraproperty@kirklees.gov.uk or call on 01484 414886 to register your interest in applying for one of these properties. An application form will then be sent to you for completion.

Ash View Extra Care Housing Scheme – Ashbrow, Huddersfield, HD2 1JG  - Last few 1 bedroom flats remaining (August 2025).

 

 

 

 

Key features

• Extra Care housing scheme suitable for people with both housing and care needs.
• One- and two-bedroom flats offering independent living.
• On site care provider (24/7) providing core care. (Reflected in service charges).
• Option to use care provided for assessed care needs and 1 to 1 support. (additional cost)
• Communal spaces and gardens.
• Available now

Property description

Ash View is Kirklees Council’s brand-new Extra Care Housing scheme which opened in October 2024. It is located in the Ashbrow area of Huddersfield, close to the A641 Bradford Road and the Asda supermarket.

The scheme has 50 self-contained flats. All flats are wheelchair friendly and there are 2 elevators in the scheme.

 

 

In addition, the scheme has its own communal and garden spaces where residents get together socially.

Care and support will be available from our chosen care provider, Community Integrated Care- a health and social care charity, delivering a host of specialist, community-based services, that support people to lead fulfilling and independent lives.

 

These properties will be managed by Kirklees Council and the scheme has the following criteria: -

Criteria

 

• Applicants must have an assessed Care need.
• Applicants must have an assessed Housing Need with a current Choose ‘N’ Move application.
• Suitable for people aged 50 and over although younger people can be considered dependent on individual circumstances and needs.

 

Interested ???

 

There are a small number of one-bedroom flats still available to let at the scheme (as of August 2025). If you meet the above criteria, please contact the following :

 

Contact details to express an interest in Extra Care Housing (including Ash View).

 

Kirklees Council Adult Social Care Tel. 0300 304 5555 – Select Option 2

Or via online form:

Contact adult social care services | Kirklees Council

 

If approved, allocations will be made via Choose’n’Move. The Empty Homes Team, Housing Management, will complete a manual review of the shortlist for each property and offers will be made, in priority order, based on the following eligibility criteria:

• Under-occupation
• Assessed medical need for level access accommodation.
• Over 60

Ordering of shortlists will be as follows:

• Band (A) Applicants - Under occupying a Local Authority home by 2 or more bedrooms and with an assessment medical need for level access accommodation. 

 

• Band (A) Applicants - Under occupying a Local Authority home by 2 or more bedrooms.

 

• Band (C) Applicants - Under occupying a Local Authority home by 1 bedroom.

 

• Band (B) - Applicants with an assessed medical need for level access accommodation

 

• Applicants over the age of 60 allocated based on bedroom entitlement

 

We encourage all applicants to only bid on properties in areas that they are familiar with and therefore, urge you to read thoroughly the property descriptions before placing a bid.

Please note property viewings are appointment only, contact our Support and Information Team (SIT) on 01484 414886