Council homes around the property u r going to buy

silvercar

If you seriously want to find out, either look at the front doors, these seem to be the first thing that is changed when a house is RTB'd.

The other way is to search addresses on the land registry site. It is often the case that deeds haven't been created if a house has never been out of council ownership, so there won't be any title deeds to buy.

http://www.landregisteronline.gov.uk/servlet/TitleSearchServlet

Geenie

TBeckett100 wrote: »

"missing" shannon posters.

Dreadful thing to post.

Richard_Webster

From what I have seen in my area if the house is on a Council Estate, which is obviously such, the fact that 75-90% of the houses have been sold will make no difference to the values, they will be lower than otherwise, but the discount varies from place to place. For instance there is a much bigger discount on the large Southampton estates than where my office is in Eastleigh. This particularly because there are a lot of 100 year old terraces in Eastleigh but few private semis - so if you want a semi, an ex Council one is a good option.

You also get small infills of 20 or so houses which are LA ones in an otherwise private area and these wouldn't be discounted nearly as much if at all. Another scenario is the 1970s private development where the builder was having problems and having built half his estate couldn't sell the rest of it so sold it to the Council. Again these would look like private houses and so wouldn't usually attract the same discount.

An obvious untidy garden with discarded fridges etc in it would devalue properties nearby.

It is going to be possible to find out exactly which houses are still owned by the LA by getting a 1:1250 plan, sticking a red line round a bunch of houses in the neighbourhood and sending off a SIM search to the Land Registry. That will give the title numbers of the houses, or of some of them. If some are still unregistered that means they still belong to the Council having been bought by it before the area became compulsory to register. If they are all registered you then have to pay to get copies of each title to see who owns it!

flipcat

scope wrote: »

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.

I lived on the outskirts of a council estate so didnt have the experience you talk about with chav neighbours etc,but would never say I could never live amongst council houses because you never know whats round the corner,who you meet on your way up you may just meet them on your way back down.
Lived in a very posh area and sold within a few mths because of the opposite I hated living amongst such stuck up,pathetic geeks who pretend to be of such importance yet underneath they were all miserable,couldnt wait to get away,living now in a lovely area,happy people,happy homes and just a sense of belonging,no chavs,no posh people,just ordinary folk.
If the poster is wanting to buy an ex council house and you can afford it then you do it,good luck whatever you decide.

System

Well, my parents first property was in the middle of a council estate in London and it put me off purchasing a property near council houses myself.

Soon after we moved in we felt like 'outcasts' within the neighbourhood. I was attacked by my neghbours rottweiler when walking home from school. My parents reported the incident and two groups of neighbours came knocking at our door shouting and screaming, it was almost like they had formed a hate group against us. The children would call me all sorts of names relating to class, often obscenities using the words 'posh...' 'rich...' etc.

We were in a semi-detatched house, and the teenagers used to climb in the passageway between us and the neighbours and get drunk & take drugs.

We complained to the council, but before evictions people get 'warnings', and as we were one of the only privately owned properties, they knew it was down to us. The following week they threw bottles at our windows, and scrawled graffiti all over our wall.

I'm not saying every council estate is like this, I used to live in a council flat myself we rarely had any problems! I think it depends upon the area as well. The best way to find out is to ask the neighbours, or go to the local pub/cafe and ask around inside. Also check crime rates, or search for local neighbourhood watch websites.

poppysarah

Council neighbours are the easiest to get sorted out if they're not nice.
It's still not easy but loads better than trying to sort a private owner out.

olly300

What kind of area are you planning to move to?

If you are in London unless it's clearly an estate there is no way of knowing.

A few of the people I know where shocked when I revealed they were actually living in ex-council houses as everyone presumes all council houses/flats are 60's/70's buildings. I only knew because it was near the area I was brought up in, and knew people who lived there who were council tenants.

Also in London the council tenants in those type of houses/flats are generally the ones with the nicer cars.

dad-of-4

ive been council all my life and have never had a problem, if a house came up that i liked for a price that was apealing i wouldnt hesitate to buy. (if i was the house buying type;) )


just use a bit of CDF and research the area, having a mix of private and council is good and its likely to be like that anyway but i dont think it offers any kind of guarantee of the type of people who live their.

i lived in the scruffiest house on the scruffiest street that i have personaly seen, and it kind of made the street look all the worse with the disparity between the council neglect and the private owner pride of possession. but it no way reflected life on the street, the people who lived their etc.
in seven years of living their i never heard of any theft, burgulry, vandalism, or anything else that could make me & my family feel threatened.

Trune

Geenie wrote: »

Dreadful thing to post.

why?

post is correct... lol.

pickledpink

According to the posters on this thread most council tenants have total disregard for their neighbours; have no pride in their own home - and are anti-social litter-bugs who enjoy pi&&ing up walls and throwing bricks through people's windows.

Why are they like that do you think?