New housing estate... Opinions please, please help!

embob74

droiderm wrote: »

How would you know how much of an estate is Social housing?
And how actually does that work on a new estate?

On our estate the builders had a plan which could be viewed in the sales office. It showed all the different plots (properties) in different colours. The grey plots (25%) were social housing.
Ask the sales office - they should have the info.
You could check the planning conditions as that would show the percentage of social housing the developers have committed to although it could be quite a trawl!!

LandyAndy

Mobeer wrote: »

But a new build will probably have a bigger garage than a house built in the 70's with a garage sized to fit a big car from that decade - cars have been growing and so have garages.

I'm not convinced. I think developers squeeze the size of garages to give themselves more internal space because they know that for an awful lot of buyers garage = store room.

greensparkle1234

Wow,, thanks for all of your replies :T

Hubby and I tested both cars in the garage and we were able to open the driver's doors and get out as that part of the internal wall was wider. But I don't recall there being much room for the other doors and with our boys, that'd be an issue - I don't want to have to leave them on the drive or in the house on their own while I park the car.

All the bedrooms were a good size, bigger than what we have now, with the addition of fitted wardrobes.

There wasn't much storage in the house - a cupboard under the stairs and the loft would be about all really. Although I don't know whether the beams in newer houses are as strong as that of older houses??

There is a maintenance fee of £130 a year.

There is some housimg association houses on the estate, but owned by the adjoining developer. My friend works for the housing association so can look into it for me if needs be. But I think it's the at the far end of the estate from where the house we like is.

The developer is David Wilson Homes which is renowned for being one of the better ones.

Hubby and I looked at 3 other houses on Wednesday which were about £30k less than this one. So, do we go for an older house and smaller mortgage and do it up as we wish over time, or go for the shiny new house with a bigger mortgage (top of budget!!) but with no work needed other than painting it to our taste rather than magnolia everywhere..??

IHateDida

droiderm wrote: »

Or is it more a case of what we can't sell, gets sold to social housing?

Yes - beware - it happened where I bought....and it completely changed the area Any unsold houses on any new build estate could become social housing very easily.