Nuisance Neighbours? What can be done

bouicca21

Some people hate what is effectively compulsory jollity. Others would call it a sense of community, and love it. I doubt it's got anything to do with social housing and I can't see anything wrong with having a drink at lunchtime and enjoying the fresh air.

victoriavictorious

PhilE wrote: »

They would care unfortunately, as tenants would be put off by bad neighbors.

Depends on the tenant.
Some might see it as a great community and a bonus point.
Anecdotally though, it cannot be denied that landlords generally tend to be less picky about such scenarios than Fred Bloggins buying a house to live in himself.

Drawingaline

When we viewed our house, the group of kids playing outside was one of the reasons we put the offer in. It looked nice and safe for our kids to play outside.

Now, a decade later, a lot more are rented, mainly to people who seem to own more than two cars per household, and while the kids do still play outside, the whole parking situation has made it less safe.

I hope you find someone who views the outside community vibe as a bonus.

Marvel1

gardner1 wrote: »

Ah the joys of new build estates........who's stupid idea was it that all new estates must include a mix of social housing
If I'm spending an arm and a leg on a new house I don't want to be living near Mr & Mrs raggyarse their 6 kids and 2 dogs who bark all day

I wouldn't want to live near to Mr and Mrs Snob either.

Marvel1

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

:rotfl:One can still have trouble - but of a rather different nature. Eg no social housing - but a lot of the neighbours being long-standing and of the opinion they run/used to run the community and are therefore "more important":rotfl:

Parking in the street comes to mind

PhilE

victoriavictorious wrote: »

Depends on the tenant.
Some might see it as a great community and a bonus point.
Anecdotally though, it cannot be denied that landlords generally tend to be less picky about such scenarios than Fred Bloggins buying a house to live in himself.

The landlord has to consider selling the property later though.

Unless they get the house at a lower price, because no one else wants to live there, they'd be put off. Plenty of quieter streets around.

lookstraightahead

Kids playing in the street. That would be enough to put me off more than the camp outs. Seriously do they have stuff on the road and pavements because I would say that is an issue. I live on an old cul de sac and no one can even park on it because it is for people to turn round in at the end (of courses).

Davesnave

lookstraightahead wrote: »

Kids playing in the street. That would be enough to put me off more than the camp outs. Seriously do they have stuff on the road and pavements because I would say that is an issue.

Gosh, yes, I remember. Playing in the street was something that used to happen, back in the days before the X Box and 'men who take you away.' We all did it, especially in cul-de-sacs.


There again, in those days, we weren't limited to our own cul-de-sac. I remember, as a 7 year old, being able to go a good half mile without crossing any main roads, which was the only restriction set by Mum, who was fairly strict.


Contrast that with the cul-de-sac we lived in 10 years ago, where I calculated that 11 children lived within four doors of us at its head. They were never seen, except perhaps going to and returning from school, because a few of them still had legs.

Norman_Castle

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

:rotfl:One can still have trouble - but of a rather different nature. Eg no social housing - but a lot of the neighbours being long-standing and of the opinion they run/used to run the community and are therefore "more important":rotfl:

Close to me there have been three attempted land grabs by different properties trying to claim and effectively close of a right of way, a very large and mature tree on public land poisoned to keep a car clean, flytipping about a garage full of stuff by a lawyer moving house, almost weekly bonfires burning what appears to be household waste, front garden bonfires next to a busy main road involving the fire brigade due to smoke obscuring the road, large driveways cleared of leaves (approx 3 m3) by leaf blowing them into the road, regular flytipping on the pavement by one property, when they were told to stop they would cross the road to flytip and deny resposibility, currently have a very large amount of used barbed wire flytipped next to the pavement. All from large, expensive privately owned homes. If social housing tenants did this they would be sneered at but apparently its acceptable if you own your own home.

Davesnave

Best bit of fly tipping beside my rural home was from a local primary school headteacher.

It consisted of the remains of a Chinese meal + packaging, a wine bottle, a china plate and a Chelsea mug (smashed)

Luckily, the carrier bag it had been inside, before the crows got to it, also contained a full receipt from an on-line supplier of car parts.

I hung this bag of goodies on his door handle with a message asking him not to do it again and enquiring how many assemblies he'd held on the theme of the environment.

Didn't get a reply, but there was no repeat performance.