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Buying question: overlooked by big high rise social housing block - a bad buy?

annetheman · 2024-01-07 13:15:11

I am going to put in an offer on a small terraced house which I think is good value* on a decent tree-lined street but in a poor area of an inner city. I can update the condition of the house itself. The only thing that is out of my control is that it is sort of overlooked by these social housing blocks (1 low rise, 1 high…

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LadyWithAPlan Posts: 3,826 Forumite

8 January 2024 at 10:39PM edited 8 January 2024 at 10:40PM

I think it sounds like you have done your due diligence, and can trust your instinct.

I live in a London area of multi million pound houses next to ugly social housing - I feel v safe. I did have my phone snatched once on one dark but busy road by a cyclist so now I dont wave my phone around ... my borough is high on your crime list

DON'T BUY STUFF (from Frugalwoods)
No seriously, just don’t buy things. 99% of our success with our savings rate is attributed to the fact that we don’t buy things... You can and should take advantage of discounts.... But at the end of the day, the only way to truly save money is to not buy stuff. Money doesn’t walk out of your wallet on its own accord.
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