Bid online 

Log in to Greenwich Homes using the registration number we sent you when we accepted you onto the housing register. 

You can bid on properties, or you can add them to your basket and come back to them later. 

Bid online

Bid by text 

You can bid by text using the number 07786 207 913.  

You must write your text message in this format: 

Choice Based Letting (CBL), the property reference number, and your applicant number. 

CBL is what we call the way we offer social housing to people, as it gives them choices about which properties they’d like to bid on. 

The property reference will be on the advert and your applicant number is on the letter we sent you when you registered for housing.  

An example of what your text bid should look like is: CBL 179104 12191. 

You will need to send a separate text for each property you want to bid on and each text will cost your mobile provider’s standard rate.  

You will receive a text response to confirm your bid within 5 minutes. 

Bid by telephone 

Call the Greenwich Homes bidding line on 020 8921 4340 and listen to the instructions. You will need to make a new call for each property you want to apply for. 

The bidding line is also available in other languages: 

• French: 020 8921 4340 
• Vietnamese: 020 8921 4343 
• Somali: 020 8921 4345 
• Turkish: 020 8921 4347 
• Cantonese: 020 8921 4370 
• Tamil: 020 8921 4300

What happens after you bid 

When you bid, you will get a bid position number. This number reflects your position in the list of bids at the time of your bid and how likely you are to get the property at that time.  

Your bid position number will change a few times because it is affected by other people’s bids and how suitable they are for the property. 

We will only consider giving the property to the people in bid positions 1, 2 and 3 when we have received all the bids.  

How you find out if your bid was successful

If your bid is successful, we will contact you by letter within 5 working days and invite you to view the property in person. If you refuse to view the property or you do not accept it and you do not have a good reason, we may deprioritise you. 

We will only invite you to view one property, no matter how many you bid on. 

We will not contact you about any unsuccessful bids, but you can see all your bids in Greenwich Homes. 

You can also view the latest bidding results list online.