How can I find out which houses are HOUSING ASSOCIATION ?

coffee_king

Hi there
Does anyone know how to find out which houses on which streets are Housing Association in the UK?
We're looking at moving house and I dont want to sound like a snob but I'd like to know who my neighbours are before deciding whether to make offers or not.
I know that on new estates they have to give a percentage to HA.

Thanks
coffee_king

BitterAndTwisted

The ones with ill-tended gardens and cars up on blocks?

Wee_Willy_Harris

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

The ones with ill-tended gardens and cars up on blocks?

Mattresses..... Don't forget the mattresses!

pinkshoes

Any new build estate with more around 20 or more properties will probably have 1/3 as social housing. Some of these will be for key workers (so fine!!), and others could be rented...

Having lived on one of these estates, I know where you're coming from. I will NEVER live on one again!! (95% of residents lovely, but the other 5% caused 95% of the problems!!)

Ask the EA etc... and try and get something in writing. Perhaps enquire with local housing association too.

poppysarah

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

Mattresses..... Don't forget the mattresses!

And the rats...

Running_Horse

Here we go again.

One thing I have noticed is modern HA tends to be paving blocks out front, everywhere. Private tends to have small carefully tended plants, slightly different in each property.

EmRayMarRhys

But you ARE being a snob.
One thing I will say is that actually it's an advantage being near social housing. Reason being that if there is anti social behaviour from their tenants, HAs will be proactive in trying to resolve it. A private landlord could go either way (I'm not saying all private landlords are !!!!) and they may or may not act.

Just personal opinion from a HA tenant.

coffee_king

The Estate Agent would simply not know or lie to sell the place, so I wouldnt believe anything they tell me.

leveller2911

Nothing to say you won't move into a "nice" area only to find the BTL landlord next door has let to a scumbag,Chav,dis-functional family........

Oooh its a gamble, well do ya feel lucky?.........;)

john_white

EmRayMarRhys wrote: »

But you ARE being a snob.
One thing I will say is that actually it's an advantage being near social housing. Reason being that if there is anti social behaviour from their tenants, HAs will be proactive in trying to resolve it. A private landlord could go either way (I'm not saying all private landlords are !!!!) and they may or may not act.

Just personal opinion from a HA tenant.

Not so. Having lived in HA block (as a leaseholder) we found the HA to be useless. We had windows broken, were threatened all sorts. We informed the HA who said, unless they were breaking the terms of their ASt there was nothing they could do. A bit of swearing and threatening was not considered a breach of tennacy.

We thought at the start that we would be fine as you say, but the reality was very very different.

FOURCANDLES_2

Good grief some people have issues they need to deal with , clearly down to upbringing.