Am I prejudice?????

G_M

Oh come on - OP is understandable unhappy about the changed/deteriorated environment where (s)he lives.

This may be because of, or coincidental to, the change from predominately owner-occupied to tenanted properties in the street.

If the question really is about prejudice, and the OP is tainting all tenants with the same brush (though (s)he acknowledges one tenant is fine), then yes, it is prejudice.

OP has been unfortunate - there are streets where all/most properties are tenanted but where behavior is fine. It's the individuals who are the problem, not their property status.

But I suspect this thread is really about frustration with the unfortunate change, and a plea for help/suggestions.

Guest101

knightstyle wrote: »

We can't move as we have a mortgage but would have trouble getting another.
My question is am I prejudiced against people who rent?

Yes


Or


No


Or


I don't know, I don't know you


Or


When you see a letting agency, do you feel the need to attack anyone walking in or out?


Or


.....




Based upon what you've written, you have bad neighbours, regardless of if they are renting.

davidmcn

knightstyle wrote: »

We can't move as we have a mortgage but would have trouble getting another.
My question is am I prejudiced against people who rent?

Sounds like it. If you were forced to sell you'd end up renting. Would you then be prejudiced against yourself?

indsty

No you're not prejudiced at all. You have bought a home that you loved and wanted to bring your family up in. The road has now changed beyond recognition and you don't like it any more. You probably feel stuck because it would not be easy to sell your house with the state of the other properties.

If you really can't stand it any longer then you have to make a move - it isn't worth being miserable. It's a decision you will have to make.

But not liking your neighbours has nothing to do with prejudice - there are plenty terrible neighbours who are mortgage payers or own outright. You are entitled to be very annoyed with the landlords and tenants who do not look after their properties.

ladymarmalade222

No I do not think you are prejudiced. Unfortunately I just think the buy to let market has now become the new social housing warts and all.

Until you are affected by a number of bad neighbours you don't realise how much it consumes you in every area of your life. I loved my home, lived here for 20 years. We have exchanged ready to move in a few days into another house and I feel I can finally breathe out. No more feral kids, mopeds riding up and down the pavement, doors being kicked in, police every few nights and a lovely cannabis farm in a neighbours loft where all their "friends" hang out at his house, the smell is awful.

I know not all tenants are bad, we have a couple of lovely tenants on this street but we have now found as soon as a house is for sale it becomes a rental. It is then rented straight away to a friend of one of the problem families. They eventually all hang about at the front shouting over the road to their friends, smoking weed whilst their kids are running wild.

It's not much fun I can tell you.

Good luck OP

Xx

Bonfire_Bride

Lady Marmalade is right. Are you able to speak with the housing association about the issues you are experiencing. Feeling uncomfortable in your own home is not nice at all. We lived next to a pub and had no issues at all...

My MIL had a riot van down the road on the day of her funeral and the b******s who were causing her problems, owned their flat.

If you have no option to move out at all, then go to the council and contact the police everytime something happens. It will help them build up evidence. These things take time.

You may be prejudice but that's not the issue here. My MIL experienced awful things from a couple that had a mortgage on their property...so it just goes to show that these idiots come from all walks of life.

Jack_Johnson_the_acorn

knightstyle wrote: »

So 9 years ago we bought a new build at the end of a quiet cul de sac, nice area and great neighbours. All the houses were lived in by the owners.
Now, for various reasons 7 of the 12 houses closest to us are let and the tenants are with one exception awful, swearing, smoking and throwing dog ends and litter into our garden, lots of kids constantly messing around in the street, even in school hours as two families cannot get out of bed in the morning to take them to school, they have damaged several cars and pulled down fences.
There are loads of stones and bottles on our garage roof thrown there by these kids.
The police are useless, I have complained three times in the last few years and only once have they responded by PCSOs driving down a day later, they did nothing, didn't even get out of their car, whilst the kids gave them the finger and swore at them.
Just had enough!

No. You're not prejudiced.











But you are simple.

Davesnave

knightstyle wrote: »

Just had enough!

OK, so do something about it.

The trouble is, your post focused on others, but we know next to nothing about you.

Why can't you get another mortgage? Is it because you're in negative equity, a worse job, or what?

There are always options, but those which focus on trying to change the behaviour of many others are doomed, so the obvious answer is to move, even if it means taking a financial hit and a few risks.

There are plenty of places in this country where people live alongside each other in relative harmony, mantaining decent standards of behaviour, and these aren't all in expensive areas, or even outwith social housing. You just have to relocate yourself to one of those by doing whatever it takes.

How you do that should be the focus of your endeavours, not sitting there cogitating about whether you're prejudiced!

knightstyle

Ok a few facts about us, pensioners who retired to UK after living and working inFrance for many years.We have a £40k interest only mortgage which we will pay off when we sell our house in France, it is let at the moment for another 2 years. The BS have told us they will not give us another mortgage if we move.
Yesterday one family was evicted, all their stuff is now under a tarpaulin on the pavement. The lets are private, no housing association, some of the landlords live abroad, the local letting agent is useless at dealing with complaints.

AdrianC

So lemme get this straight...

You think you're prejudiced against tenants in privately let accommodation, meanwhile you're a private landlord...?

My head hurts.