Am I prejudice?????

Ashingtonian

Davesnave wrote: »

We are all influenced by our life experiences and many of us tend to think that what we see around us is the norm, even if logic tells us it must be otherwise.

Anyone calling themselves 'Ashingtonian' probably hails from Ashington. There are 3 Ashingtons in Britain; the largest being a place where there have been social problems ever since the mines closed in the 80s. For example:

http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/WAMDocuments/91C5FC42-9D8E-46F2-9552-0D1F2AB12842_2_0.pdf?nccredirect=1

There's also Ashington village in West Sussex and an even smaller Ashington in Somerset.

The latter two are not noted for social problems.

Hey good research Davesnave, yes I'm indeed from the one in the north east and we have more than our fair share of chavs lol. As with many towns it has its posher and rougher areas.

rosyw

"Ashingtonian - any thoughts on the owners in rosyw family experienced?"

Ashingtonian wrote: »

Sounds like a nightmare to be fair, as I have stated there are bad owners as well as bad renters, my point all along has been on the balance of probability you're more likely to have trouble with renters (especially private ones). If this view is classed as being bigoted then so be it.

Nightmare is correct!

We all have neighbours, whether they rent or own shouldn't come into it, of my near neighbours the worst by far is an owner occupier, the ones that rent are nice quiet types and very polite when spoken to. Private renters are no more likely to be bad neighbours than anyone else, with it becoming increasingly difficult to get on the property ladder a lot of those who in the past would have bought are now having to rent, on the flip side,with the lack of social housing, those that years ago would have been classed as "council house types" are now being forced into private rentals. What makes a good or bad neighbour is largely down to whether or not they were brought up to have respect and consideration for others, sadly we seem to have a fair number of people who weren't, and they come from all walks of life!

Rosemary7391

The only difference I can see, and it applies more to flats than houses, is that if a place is rented rather than owned you have 2 chances to get an annoying person involved. A bad landlord can be very frustrating for anyone trying to get repairs done to the block, or if they're responsible for fixing a problem affecting your flat (eg a leak from above). That's less of a problem for houses because a house in poor repair isn't likely to directly affect your house.

exiled_red

It very much depends on the person/people involved, I have lived in my flat for 11 years, for 9 years I was renting and for the last two as an owner. I looked after the flat while I rented it the same way that I looked after it since I owned it. My block has 15 flats and I am the person who has been living there the longest, I would say that about half the flats have been/ are rented and the other half owner lives in. 90% of the neighbours while I have been there have been fine I have only ever had issues with 2 people one set of people in one of the rented flats who were booted out after a year, the other are a family who own their flat at have lived there for 3 years.

While it's easy for some people to say that if you would prefer to live around owners, you might think that there would be a better chance of them being nice neighbours, getting on with people and looking after the property, but if they don't you will likely be stuck with them for much longer than a bad tennant who the landlord could move on after a year.
What you need it whoever owns the house to care about the property and the neighbourhood whether they are a living there themselves or letting the place out. If they are a landlord who doesn't care much about the property then their tennants are less likely to care.

knightstyle

Well I had a look on streetcheck for info on this small cul de sac, 29% of houses are let, there were 244 crimes within 1 mile, most for anti social behaviour and criminal behaviour.