Help ! housing association suddenly appeared

RoxieW

Hi

I'd try to find out if they're going to be rented out or if shared ownership schemes. With shared ownership, as others have said, its normally families in employment but not highly paid -ie key workers.
We have a shared ownership property and very much take pride in our property. We're on a street of shared ownership and private mixed and everyones much the same. However, around the corner is the bit where all the renters are and that has a very different feel to it! No pride taken in houses, kids wandering around etc.
If they'll be rented out to god knows who then i'd give it a miss if poss.

LuciferTDark

Just because some people can't afford to part own their HA house doesn't mean they don't take pride in what they have, tarring everyone (me included) with the same brush is more than a little unfair don't you think?

floss2

TBH when I had a shared ownership property 1987-95, the neighbours generally had no pride & were worse behaved than the neighbours in my LA part rented, part owned estate.

I have to look at owner occupied homes every day on my way to work, and a lot of them look more neglected than the council-rented ones I pass. As a LA tenant, you usually have to keep the property & gardens in a good state nowadays, or you can face action & charges for rectifying any mess.

alienbb

plane_boy2000 wrote: »

Op - the way I read this is that the developer has decided to off load ajob lot to a HA to get his cash out quick in a static / faling market. Not sure if you can, but if so get out. No offence to HA tennants, the majority of which are normal everyday people, but it will devalue your house. I used to live near a road which was a mix of private and HA tennants, and although its a nice road with no trouble any local EA will value a house in that road at less, and they are more difficult to sell. The price you agreed to did not reflect this so there is a strong probability that you are paying over the odds on this one. I would seek advice from my solictor on this ASAP.

Yes thats excatly what they are trying to do.:mad:

PasturesNew

cats! wrote: »

I'm so glad people are responding to this.

I am not.

While it's a good discussion, which has been covered many times before .... the poor original poster's entire life is crumbling around his ears and you lot have gone off at a tangent.



How lonely and disregarded the original poster must be feeling.

Strapped

I agree, PasturesNew. Maybe cats should start his (her?) own thread over in the arms or maybe a mod could snip out some of the less relevant posts.

(PS cats, you're a big leftie liberal at heart really lol)