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Council homes around the property u r going to buy
emmaprkr
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How do we come to know about the council homes near the property you are going to buy??
How do we come to know about the council homes near the property you are going to buy??
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how to spot them? checked for high numbers of mondeos, cars over 6 years old and a primark nearby0
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The old sofas on the [STRIKE]front lawn[/STRIKE] tyre tracked mud pit are the give away.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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"missing" shannon posters.0
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Why do you ask.....Its an odd question.Iv lived near council houses,around council houses and areas with no council houses all fine.0
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The reason i ask this question is that I have been told by one of my friends that prices of such properties are usually below the average. Any thoughts on that?0
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They usually are, for several reasons. Most people don't want to buy an ex-council house if the rest aren't private. When I sold my ex-housing association house (I got it on the right-to-buy) I was absolutely determined not to live on a council/ha estate again EVER, all the viewers for my house were first time buyers, as these were the cheapest houses in town. I sold my lovely 27 year old,3 bed,double glazed, centrally heated house with a huge garden to buy my little two bed terrace in a street without 200 identical properties full of screaming kids/yobs/noisy neighbours/paper thin walls. If I sound like I was desperate to leave, I was!0
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Why do you ask.....Its an odd question.Iv lived near council houses,around council houses and areas with no council houses all fine.
Its a perfectly valid question.. I wouldnt want to live amongst council houses, sorry.. Private ownership does by no means mean a good neighbour, but with council houses you are much more likely to get "chav" neighbours and the problems that come with them.0 -
Ive climbed the ladder , from council rented flat x 2 to rtb on the 3rd , then a further ex council end terra , finally to be in a seaside bungalow.
In my years I have found that it doesnt matter where you are , how much your home is , or even whether your neighbours works or not (benefits or pension)..... you still can and do get a bad neighbour regardless of georgraphy.If truth be told the "wannabes" I have encountered ive found to be worse than a regular council tenant ie stereotyped as a "chav".
Back to the question - Will a house bordering a scheme be cheaper than the identical house in the country , depends on more than just that , which is why I would like to know just the same as the op....is there a way to find out?Have you tried turning it off and on again?0 -
Its a perfectly valid question.. I wouldnt want to live amongst council houses, sorry.. Private ownership does by no means mean a good neighbour, but with council houses you are much more likely to get "chav" neighbours and the problems that come with them.
and youve also got more chance of getting them evicted IF they turn out to be bad chavy neighbours, whereas living to private houses you hardly have any chanceBring back mark and lard NOW! or else (please) clique member no. 10 :j
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To answer the original question, put the postcode into http://www.upmystreet.com and click on 'read your neighborhood profile'
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