Would you buy on a council estate?

milliebear00001

CloudCuckooLand wrote: »

Have you zoomed in enough? You should get parish/ward level, not just town.

Not sure you will get meaningful stats at postcode level, too small a sample.

The ward is pretty large, and my estate only one small area of it. Will give it another go though!

milliebear00001

theartfullodger wrote: »

Always go Saturday nite about 11:30 .. very illuminating...
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Also, go visit where you plan to live Friday/Saturday evening...

Cheers!

Lodger

I've already done a drive-by then. It is literally, completely dead!

nettttie

I love my ex la house. On the edge of Cheshire/Lancs on goyt valley - surrounded by a couple of posh small estates and lots of big old stone houses/cottages. It's not an estate - a single row of 40 houses on one side of a cul de sac. no trouble with hoodies, all houses bought bar 2.

however 4 houses have been for sale over past 4/5 years and only one sold.

nettttie

BTW - my mum was just like yours! :eek: but she's ok now

Bob_the_Saver

Is the question would you buy? or is it would you live?

neverdespairgirl

milliebear00001 wrote: »

Where is yours skintchick? I don't think I've ever come across an LA property that wasn't part of an estate. Is it part of a private development?

There are quite a lot in London, just a few built in one go.

milliebear00001

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

Is the question would you buy? or is it would you live?

Live. I plan to live in the house for a good few years, then sell and trade up (hopefully).

If you wouldn't consider living on one, can you explain why?

chirpchirp

My first house was an ex LA property. We bought it for 69k (1996) and sold 4 years later for 126 and then it sold later on for about 220 I think about 5 years later so I don't see a problem with selling it on.

The estate is a reasonably nice town and we never had lovely next door neighbours. However, I did have an issue with some of the children and the times they were allowed to play out and when and where they were allowed to play. So I moved as I had a young child whom I did not want to get involved in such activities.

I am now moving to an older property where the other houses in the road are ex LA and I have no problem with that being the case.

In general, post second world war council houses were built to a particular standard ( sorry if mentioned earlier in thread but haven't read each post). This means their rooms are generally bigger than other houses built at a similar time.

With any house, it always comes down to the individuals who are living near by. Even in a millionaire's road, there are bound to be issues with some of the residents. I appreciate it's hard when a parent criticises what you are buying but sometimes you just have to smile sweetly and say I hear what you're saying but I've done my research and it's a risk that I feel is worth taking.

debrag

An estate as in high rises, dirty, graffity everywhere etc then no but where I live now is just terrace houses where quite alot have been bought, I face the woods and there are loads of animals around, if it wasn't full of trash/chavs with no mute buttons then I would buy here.

poppysarah

Does it look like a council house? and is that what she threw a wobbler about.


EX LA houses usually are massive and have decent sized gardens so make great value for money if you're not a snob!