would you buy next door to

amcluesent

Learning difficulties could include shouting for hours on end, tourettes, innapropriate touching, etc. Etc. You just don't know whether they could get worse due to physical problems and your house would be unsaleable.

greenmoneysaver_2

This person is posting on more than 1 thread about this and gets the same answers

1) don't be so judgemental
2) if it really puts you off don't buy
3) the main issue would be it is a working as well as living environment and there may be traffic/noise issues with that

Thye haven't posted enough to get good advice (e.g. is it cheaper/bigger/better location than other stuff?) so until then let them live in their own world!

RuthnJasper

greenmoneysaver wrote: »

This person is posting on more than 1 thread about this and gets the same answers

1) don't be so judgemental
2) if it really puts you off don't buy
3) the main issue would be it is a working as well as living environment and there may be traffic/noise issues with that

Thye haven't posted enough to get good advice (e.g. is it cheaper/bigger/better location than other stuff?) so until then let them live in their own world!

I strongly suspect we are dealing with a troll...

oneeye1

RuthnJasper wrote: »

I strongly suspect we are dealing with a troll...

and you would be wrong

RuthnJasper

oneeye1 wrote: »

and you would be wrong

I'm always happy to be proved wrong - that's a good way to learn things.

oneeye1

RuthnJasper wrote: »

I'm always happy to be proved wrong - that's a good way to learn things.

well believe me you are wrong ive had a troubling 24 hour trying to come to terms with the situation ,i accept due to ignorance that i have so much to learn and have been re assured by people i know whom work with L.D. people.the big problem for me is that whilst trying to educate my self i find on websites of organisations who help that people with L.D are much more likly to suffer from a mental illness for many differenet reasons incl depression now that bothers me as they state 25 -40% suffer from mental illness so the chances are that some of the clients next door would have L.D and a mental health issue.
i might add im slightly ashamed of my attitude and fear but its born thru lack of knowledge

ruggedtoast

My friend. Purge your shame.

With a Rightmove link! :j

purple12

I used to work in a home for adults with learning disabilities and honestly, I couldn't imagine better neighbours. Security was great because the house was staffed 24 hours - I know, I spent nights there myself, working and we'd hear if there was any trouble in the area. The next-door neighbours told us that they had tried to oppose the home being set up when they heard but they were thrilled by the outcome in the end and felt it made the area much better.

Adults with learning disabilities in a group home setting are going to have staff who are trained and experienced around all times of day and night and therefore you are at much less risk than in an 'average' house in a street..

marklv

oneeye1 wrote: »

a home with occupants with learning difficulties that need 24 hr care and you have a 2 and 5 year old.thats my predicament and im scared my kids would freek out at the sight of them as they do look quite severe

cheers

Big deal - so what? I've had some real nightmare neighbours in my time; people who would party until 4am, scream and bang on walls. I then had an idiot who left his two labradors in the garden and did nothing when they barked all night.

As long as the neighbours are not noisy or cause a nuisance, what are you worried about? What's the big issue?

vivatifosi

marklv wrote: »

Big deal - so what? I've had some real nightmare neighbours in my time; people who would party until 4am, scream and bang on walls. I then had an idiot who left his two labradors in the garden and did nothing when they barked all night.

I was just thinking exactly the same. I'd trade my sane but pigheaded neighbour who thinks it is ok to light bonfires at 4am on hot summer nights when everyone is sleeping with their windows open for a family with learning difficulties in a shot.