Beware new builds & nuisance neighbours

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The bottom line is poeple were not designed to live in cramped housing on top of each other.

If people had more space each you wouldnt have anti social problems at home because you wouldnt have neighbours on top of you all trying to park in 6ft squares or walls so thin you might aswell be living next door.

pimento

I can't say that living on an estate would be my first choice of home. The new estates being built round where I live remind me of that old song;

"And they all live in little boxes and they all look just the same..."

gettingtheresometime

teddysmum wrote: »

New build estates are more likely to have parking problems, because greedy builders pack in as many houses as they can, leaving little space to park in. Drives tend to be smaller, to, so multi-car families need to park off their property.

Everywhere is experiencing a parking problem.


I live on an estate that was built in the 1970s and it was great when there were a couple of houses didn't have cars so those of us that was a multi car household wasn't causing an issue.


Now that's changed and everyone is walking around with gritted teeth!

Rosieandjim

There are other countries that don't seem to have the problems we have with being cramped and living on top of each other

Rosieandjim

BBH123 wrote: »

The bottom line is poeple were not designed to live in cramped housing on top of each other.

If people had more space each you wouldnt have anti social problems at home because you wouldnt have neighbours on top of you all trying to park in 6ft squares or walls so thin you might aswell be living next door.

My above answer was to this

angela110660

Lived in our home 24 years. Road hardly ever had extra cars parking unless people had visitors as everyone in the road has a long driveway (fits 3 cars comfortably) plus garage or space for one. Last few years several of the homes have been sold and new residents have moved in with older children and some with their partners and consequently more cars. At weekends and evenings you can't move for parked cars in the road and we are often having difficulty getting into our own drive as people park right up to both gate posts! What can we do? Nothing. The road does not belong to us. Just keep fingers crossed that some day these older children might be able to move on... Our own grown up children all live away now but do visit and DO park in our drive when they come round.

Norman_Castle

n217970 wrote: »

Before buying a house I once rented a house on a new build estate (built in 2006) which had 25% set aside as housing assocition as part of the planning requirements.

It was obvious which houses were the HA ones. I always said to the wife how ****ed off I would be if I were the next door neighbour to one particular house, going to work at 6am knowing I had spent £250k on a house when next door wouldn't get up until late in the afternoon having got their house from the council.

In my experience of living among both HA and private rentals and having numerous friends who have rented their homes to private tenants the private tenants can be much worse.
As a previous private renter that would include you.

PasturesNew

They should build "child friendly estates" .... so they can all p155 each other off. You can only live there if you have kids... or want them ...

RuthnJasper

Rosieandjim wrote: »

There are other countries that don't seem to have the problems we have with being cramped and living on top of each other

Yes indeed. Also, given the choice between an estate with some noisy people (and I live in a HA property, so I know of what I speak) and a scrap hut in Soweto, a Brazilian favela or similar, I know which one I'd pick.

Davesnave

gettingtheresometime wrote: »

Everywhere is experiencing a parking problem.......

...and everyone is walking around with gritted teeth!

"Highly illogical, Captain!"

Surely, if they come from these multi-car families they'll be driving around, not walking.

Or is it perhaps, that having achieved a parking space, they dare not move their car?