Can I claim against council for loss of value to my property?

WelshBluebird

mo786uk wrote: »

they are muppets

Umm no we are not.

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

As with all parts of society, many students are quiet and wouldn't cause any problems.

That simple fact kind of goes against yours and OP's argument though. Students are just like "other parts of society". Just as you say most students are fine, it is the case that a minority of "normal" people living in an area are not fine. It certainly is not limited to students and student housing.

shaun_from_Africa

WelshBluebird wrote: »

Umm no we are not.



That simple fact kind of goes against yours and OP's argument though. Students are just like "other parts of society". Just as you say most students are fine, it is the case that a minority of "normal" people living in an area are not fine. It certainly is not limited to students and student housing.

What argument? I never made an argument one way or the other.
I simply stated a couple of facts which were that some students may cause problems for the OP and others may not and that I personally had problems with living next to a noisy student bedsit.

I realise that this problem isn't limited to students (and I never stated that it was), but if you have 40 students living in a high density accomodation block then the possibility of having noise related problems must be far greater than living next door to a "normal" 4 bedroom property with only 4 people living there.
Ten times the number of residents (students or not) must mean there is ten times the chance of one or more of them being anti-social.

WelshBluebird

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

I simply stated a couple of facts which were that some students may cause problems for the OP

As can non students though. Yet somehow, I doubt the OP would still be whinging if the council had just given planning permission for the same amount of non student accommodation on the same area.

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

I realise that this problem isn't limited to students (and I never stated that it was), but if you have 40 students living in a high density accomodation block then the possibility of having noise related problems must be far greater than living next door to a "normal" 4 bedroom property with only 4 people living there.

Ten times the number of residents (students or not) must mean there is ten times the chance of one or more of them being anti-social.

As above, from the way the OP has worded the post, it appears to me as if his problem is with the fact they will be students. I very much doubt the OP would be complaining if this was just as "normal" apartment complex for 40 people.

shaun_from_Africa

very much doubt the OP would be complaining if this was just as "normal" apartment complex for 40 people

I think that if they were totally honest, many people would agree that there is a fair chance that a complex with 40 students living in it would have more noise problems than one with 40 mature adults.
It's not only the fact that there will be 40 residents, but there will be plenty of visitors for both study and social reasons.

I've never been a uni student, but I have visited many people living in student accomodation and there was, without a doubt a good "party atmosphere" in many of them.

whatmichaelsays

philc27 wrote: »

I have to say I'm somewhat disappointed by the tone of some the posts made in this thread. Aside from the fact that they make no attempt to answer the original question, some of them display a distinct lack of community spirit.

But surely "nimby-ism" isn't in a "community spirit" either?

Someone has clearly identified a need for student accommodation in area and the council agrees, so where would the OP prefer to see these apartments constructed? If that is "somewhere else", then can you blame people on here for responding with a "distinct lack of community spirit"?

George_Michael

Someone has clearly identified a need for student accommodation in area and the council agrees

Either that or someone has identified an extremely good money making opportunity and is close friends with someone in the council planning dept.

whatmichaelsays

George_Michael wrote: »

Either that or someone has identified an extremely good money making opportunity and is close friends with someone in the council planning dept.

But if there was no demand for student accommodation, the money-making opportunity is pretty minimal, surely?

And like it or not, students do contribute to the local economy - I can show you plenty of areas in Leeds that rely heavily on the "student pound" and I dare say that it is the same in many other cities around the UK.

Flyboy152

philc27 wrote: »

My local council have given permission for the development of high density student accomodation* close to my house.The road is a quiet back road - not perfect, but mostly given over to normal residential housing.

I am certain that the value of my house will be diminished as a consequence. I'm considering legal action against the council for the lost value. Before I spend any money on a solicitor, I'd like to ask if any of you are aware of anybody that has done this before, and if you're aware of any legal provision for this? I'd be very grateful for any responses, so please reply if you have anything that you think may be helpful. Thank you.

*rooms for about 40 students in a 3 storey block. To give an indication of the density, the council bizarrely refused 4 compact houses squashed onto the site, but allowed this.

When would you like them to compensate you? Are you considering moving home now? How much do you want? Why didn't you object to the plans when you had the chance?

I doubt it is the council who is building this accommodation, ergo, it would be the developers who your grievance is with.

Flyboy152

philc27 wrote: »

I don't want to cost the council money either. But the fact remains that my property is worth less than an equivalent house that isn't next to student flats. If I want to move to get away, then I will have to make up the difference myself.

And how do you know this?

There have been a couple of negative comments so far, but maybe people should consider how they would feel if they suddenly found 40 students crammed into next to their house. Oh, and one more thing: there is no outside space at the plot, so if the students want to go outside, they will be in the street

Aah...is this the real objection?

Flyboy152

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

It appears that some councils were looking into doing this or may do so in the near future, so if it's okay for them to do, why shouldn't householders have the same rights if their property value is lowered?

Ministers have admitted that Government inspectors are building a secret database that will eventually cover all 23 million homes in England.
The revelations follow a week when council tax bills for 2008-09 have been landing on doormats all over the country. This week, the Government will confirm that some will have rises this year of up to 11 per cent, more than four times the rate of inflation.

As this was four years ago and nothing happened, I doubt it has made much of an impact, even it was true.