Does living near council flats devalue your property?

Johnnytwostep

If you like living in a sinking hole, losing money every day then move near a council estate.
What with all the drug dealing, broken cars in the driveway, carp everywhere, feral children hanging around at all hours of the day and night would be a great place to live. at least if you need any advice on how to claim benefits you know where to go, they are all experts.

DTDfanBoy

Johnnytwostep wrote: »

If you like living in a sinking hole, losing money every day then move near a council estate.
What with all the drug dealing, broken cars in the driveway, carp everywhere, feral children hanging around at all hours of the day and night would be a great place to live. at least if you need any advice on how to claim benefits you know where to go, they are all experts.

Whilst there will always be the clueless around, ie Johnnytwostep, any sensible person will weight up the location with a bit of common sense.


I wander past this "council estate" most days when walking the dog.


https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Bidborough/@51.1656679,0.2394048,116m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47df459b767466c1:0xc6d4874e4702e38b


It has views to die for, and I've yet to be verbally abused or physically attacked by any of the residents when walking past it


I can't say that living in close proximity to a council estate has cost me money every day :beer:


OP you should have a good look around the area at all times of day and night to get a feel for the place.


I'd much prefer to live in a nice area with an element of social housing, that live in a crappy area that has none

gazter

ognum wrote: »

Interesting question as the majority of new build estates now by law have a percentage of social housing, I guess the difference is you can't spot those home by the design as they are the same as everyone else's.

So in some cases yes, the value will be less in others no!!!,

No they don't.

Morglin

Not in the London boroughs it doesn't - even ex council properties, themselves, are selling within days at exorbitant prices round here!

Lin .)

1234mas430

You might get lucky & move in with Johnnytwostep & Bantex (clever boy)
as boring ,narrow minded neighbours to pass the time away with...

pinkpiglit

We live in a privately owned apartment block (warehouse conversion) which is directly opposite a council estate. One of our friends came to visit for the first time recently and thought the estate looked "lot like a castle". It's very well tended and generally quiet.

It also hasn't stopped a flat in my own block for selling above the £1 million mark recently.

Lily-Rose_3

1234mas430 wrote: »

You might get lucky & move in with Johnnytwostep & Bantex (clever boy)
as boring ,narrow minded neighbours to pass the time away with...

:rotfl::rotfl::T

Riggster

Johnnytwostep wrote: »

If you like living in a sinking hole, losing money every day then move near a council estate.
What with all the drug dealing, broken cars in the driveway, carp everywhere, feral children hanging around at all hours of the day and night would be a great place to live. at least if you need any advice on how to claim benefits you know where to go, they are all experts.

Must be rural with carp everywhere?

SG27

DTDfanBoy wrote: »

Whilst there will always be the clueless around, ie Johnnytwostep, any sensible person will weight up the location with a bit of common sense.


I wander past this "council estate" most days when walking the dog.


https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Bidborough/@51.1656679,0.2394048,116m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47df459b767466c1:0xc6d4874e4702e38b


It has views to die for, and I've yet to be verbally abused or physically attacked by any of the residents when walking past it


I can't say that living in close proximity to a council estate has cost me money every day :beer:


OP you should have a good look around the area at all times of day and night to get a feel for the place.


I'd much prefer to live in a nice area with an element of social housing, that live in a crappy area that has none

Or maybe they have had bad experiences of living in council estates.

It doesn't matter how politically correct you want to be the truth is you will get more hassle from council properties. Of course some are worse than others. I grew up on a council estate and didn't realise how bad it was until we moved when I was 18. Whilst we got along with many people there were also the ones just hell bent on causing hassle!

If I could help it I would never want my kids anywhere near that sort of environment.

thequant

SG27 wrote: »

Or maybe they have had bad experiences of living in council estates.

It doesn't matter how politically correct you want to be the truth is you will get more hassle from council properties. Of course some are worse than others. I grew up on a council estate and didn't realise how bad it was until we moved when I was 18. Whilst we got along with many people there were also the ones just hell bent on causing hassle!

If I could help it I would never want my kids anywhere near that sort of environment.

Exactly, the risk from a council estate is higher than that of a private estate.


It's get a bit tiresome debating these issues when they are always seen in black and white, and everyone finds counter examples to prove an exception to the rule.


Fact is you get good neighbours in social housing and bad neighbours. Like everything in life there is good and bad everywhere.


However the risk in council housing is far, far greater of getting a bad neighbour.


I'm from a council estate and can explain how the good and bad council estates occur.


Good estates will have waiting have very long waiting lists due to demand. Those who care about where they live, are happy to wait it out.


Those who don't care, those are not bothered about having a crack dealer next door will apply and be moved onto these estates very quickly due to the shorter waiting lists.


The result of this is over time social housing becomes polarised between the good estates and the bad ones.