Affordable / social housing - avoid or a does it just have a bad reputation?

Newbie78

Money_saving_maniac wrote: »

It's not all good either, doubtless we would all prefer to live where there are no neighbours but the budget doesn't stretch.

However the risk of paying out hundreds of thousands of pounds to have screeching kids bouncing their balls off your windows or teenagers scratching your car is not a rewarding thought.

Therefore I do not blame the OP for questioning himself.

My goodness! The Horror of the unknown

chrissie83

I grew up on a road which was mostly bought & a few social housing dotted around ( ours was one of them) we all played out on the street as kids on our bikes etc
As an adult we live on a street which is bought/ LA & rented ( ours is bought) I have a LA house on one side & bought one the other. We have had a couple of problems with next door (LA) they have a big noisey dog, which they don't clean up after very often . We asked them & they didn't do anything so I & the other side complained to the housing association. If they get 2 complaints in 6 months they get someone come out to them & 3 they get evicted.
On my m.I. l's road you don't get much change from £2000k which is expensive for where we live & she has some terrible, noisey & scruffy neighbours.