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Mutual Exchange (HomeSwapper)
Berneslai Homes has partnered with HomeSwapper to provide a free mutual exchange matching service for Barnsley Council tenants.
Launched in October 2008, this new service includes access to a mutual exchange website, which allows you to find other council or Housing Association tenants within Barnsley and elsewhere in the country who would like to exchange their home.
HomeSwapper is the largest mutual exchange matching service in the UK. Over 70% of new members are matched automatically to one or more potential swaps within 24 hours. It can also help tenants find a swap quickly because:
HomeSwapper has over 36,000 members. Any tenant from a Social Landlord (council, housing association etc.) can register for this service. You can swap with tenants of any registered social landlord, not just Berneslai Homes. HomeSwapper covers all of the UK, so you can find swaps locally or nationally.
You can search the HomeSwapper website without registering for the service. You can also access maps to help work out the location of the home you may want to swap to.
If you register, HomeSwapper will automatically search every night for potential new swaps that meet your requirements. For people with internet/ email access these can be viewed in your personalised area of the HomeSwapper website. If you have not got access to the internet/ emails Homeswapper will let us know about any potential swaps and we will forward that information on to you at your home.
Homeswapper will send alerts of potential new swaps by email weekly, if you have email; or text message to your mobile phone fortnightly, if you have a mobile phone. If you do not have email or a mobile phone Homeswapper will notify Berneslai Homes and we will contact you by letter.
The good news is that the service is free to Barnsley Council (Berneslai Homes) tenants.
For more information on what the service provides and to register for HomeSwapper visit the HomeSwapper website