Moving away from rural area, into social housing

fierystormcloud

j.e.j. wrote: »

Yes I think they are starting to do this now. My HA has been trying to enforce these criteria, since we had some awful dodgy tenants who they had to take to court to get rid of them.

Yes it's a good idea so the places don't end up as ghettos...

krlyr

balletshoes wrote: »

As far as the social aspect of moving from very rural to semi or town living goes, please don't worry about that.

I grew up on a farm, moved to a small town with my family when I was 16, and now live with my own family in a city. You can be as social or anti-social as you like - I get on great with my neighbours on both sides of my terraced house, but we don't spend any time in each others houses, its a chat in the garden when we're both coming in/going out of the house, or sometimes over the back garden fences in the good weather when we're both out enjoying the sunshine. Just because you live surrounded by other people and houses, doesn't mean you have to have people dropping in on you unnanounced. To be honest, that was far more the norm when I lived on the farm.

I agree with this I grew up in a cottage in the middle of a farm (not our farm, but my parents knew the owner and we pretty much had all the fields as our playground!), continued to live there with my brothers until I was about 25. Now I live in a mid-terrace down a long cul-de-sac, with strangers saying hello nearly every time I walk the dogs, neighbours to wave to as we pass or have a chat over the fence (until we heightened it, that is - the neighbour did the work for us so it's not like we were just being anti-social, it just needed to be higher because of our dogs)

It's a different lifestyle - and personally I'd go back to the farmhouse in the blink of an eye if I could afford it! But OH much prefers being a bit more social, and it's perfectly acceptable for me. Nice to know that if you were really poorly, caught in bad weather, etc. there's that neighbourly feel, I know I could ask a favour.

Neighbours have never been in our house though - even when the builder did our fencing and guttering, he just popped through via our gardens!

pickledonionspaceraider

I know a person who keeps hens in the back garden of their social housing place.

The hens were kept in peace for many a year and no one minded, but then they got a cockerel - and the neighbours were furious, and to be honest, I don't blame them. No one wants an enforced dawn wake up call.

The council came out and the tenant were forced to get rid of the cockerel

Laurensalive

I would just make sure you have all your essential ID documents to hand. As social housing would need to see these. I would not be worried. Cities are nice. Make sure you inform your council of any changes. This means if the situation get worse. I think that they would maybe put you up in a B and B until something comes up.
There is a good programme on at the moment.
CH5 Monday 9pm how to get a council house. Back programmes are on line.

j.e.j.

pickledonionspaceraider wrote: »

I know a person who keeps hens in the back garden of their social housing place.

The hens were kept in peace for many a year and no one minded, but then they got a cockerel - and the neighbours were furious, and to be honest, I don't blame them. No one wants an enforced dawn wake up call.

The council came out and the tenant were forced to get rid of the cockerel

:rotfl:

Did they get the cockerel by mistake? I know sometimes they can't tell what sex the chick is, and it's not unheard of for people to discover that what they thought was a baby hen actually turns out to be a rooster!

pickledonionspaceraider

j.e.j. wrote: »

:rotfl:

Did they get the cockerel by mistake? I know sometimes they can't tell what sex the chick is, and it's not unheard of for people to discover that what they thought was a baby hen actually turns out to be a rooster!

No idea to be honest

marleyboy

OP, I have lived in social housing pretty much all my life. Nobody finds it odd that we dont invite neighbours around for cups of tea. Some people like to keep themselves to themselves, as it stands I only know my neighbours by the odd "hello" and vice versa.

heartbreak_star

We had a cockerel with a speech impediment in the allotments near my Mum's for a while. Instead of "c0ck-a-doodle-do" it sort of went "wark-a-burble-squawk"...

I thought it was hilarious as a fairly early-rising kid. Parents on the other hand, not so much!

HBS x