find out if your neighbours are council or privately rented or mortgaged

poppysarah

The worst people on my street own their house.
They've not got ASBOs yet though so they can't be that bad.

foreign_correspondent

Ok, thats it - I am not moving to a 'posh' area, ever, as it appears that they may well be populated by the facist loons with a superiority complex who have voiced their opinions on this thread!!

I'd rather live with the ASBO kids personally!

neverdespairgirl

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

Ok, thats it - I am not moving to a 'posh' area, ever, as it appears that they may well be populated by the facist loons with a superiority complex who have voiced their opinions on this thread!!

I'd rather live with the ASBO kids personally!

I think you've got this wrong - it's not the posh areas that are the trouble, it's the desparately aspirational lower-middle classes.

IveSeenTheLight

Mary_Hartnell wrote: »

It can matter, I once had a "problem" in a terraced house that required access to next door and a party wall agreement.
What I would have proposed would have been of great interest to an owner occupier, but with a tenant and overseas landlord next door, I could not get past first base.

I know in theory I could eventually have done part of what I wanted to do but it was not worth the hassle.

Always check out you covenants and your neighbours as well as your drains before buying a house.

But what would you do if you checked out your neighbours, moved in then the following month one neigbour sells to a nightmare neighbour, the other moves abroad and rents out.

While I understand we all want to love in nice area's with nice people, the reality of it is that there is nothing you can control about who or how your neighbours are.

neilsc99

i was wondering the same question, the flat i live in was nice a quiet, top floor, no trouble from the down stairs but over the past 6 months, all the time they are talking loud, banging and crashing etc. Once night I got so mad I kept banging on my floor, 5 mins later a knock on my door "im making to much noise" (cheek of it) I explained to him that they were be too noisey, he replied "come and knock on our door if if happens again", when it happened again I knocked on the door and they did not hear me from the noise...what chance do i have. I think there are over crowding the flat, 4 adults and 2 babies in a two bed flat, thats not right, we had a letter from the property management as others have complained about over crowding, they menstion to contact the council....what so they get rehoused at tax payers expense. Im 95 percent this these people rent due to the back ground but surley there is somone i can talk to about this

Mary_Hartnell

IveSeenTheLight wrote: »

While I understand we all want to love in nice area's with nice people, the reality of it is that there is nothing you can control about who or how your neighbours are.

No point in asking for trouble though.

Actually, given enough money, one can live in a moated farm or a gated community;).

I am actually dead against ghettos of rich or poor and think at least half the battle is talking to ones neighbours and treating them with due respect. whoever they are.

mightymouse

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foreign_correspondent

Mary_Hartnell wrote: »

No point in asking for trouble though.

Actually, given enough money, one can live in a moated farm or a gated community;).

I am actually dead against ghettos of rich or poor and think at least half the battle is talking to ones neighbours and treating them with due respect. whoever they are.

Too right - I work as a University Lecturer, but live in a largely council house area. I like it here and most of the people are sound.

My next door neighbour on one side is a hard working single mum, who is quite and pleasant, and moved in about the same time as us, ten years ago.

On the other side my neighbour is a teenage mum who rents privately. At the moment, she is a pain in the bum, having quite a few parties and playing her music too loud at all hours with all the windows open, and leaving her wheelie bin on my path - however, in the scheme of things these are just niggles really - looking past all this she is generally a nice kid, and I must admit I behaved in much the same way at her age - we all do daft things when we are young - I would rather keep on friendly terms with her and work on the problems with a bit of discussion and negotiation than end up in some sort of ongoing battle.

My mum lives on a more 'affluent' street and has many of the same issues, except her noisy neighbour is two houses away and possibly even louder than mine!

Jaycee1972

Having a look at the garden (front and back), cars and of course asking the seller ('though they may not be totally honest of course) will give you a good idea what your neighbours are like whether tenants or owner occupied. Also try having a ride up the road at different times of the day to see if there are kids hanging about etc. You can also have a look on up my street to see if a property has been sold in recent years - this will help you tell if ex counsel has been purchased but of course any property could be privately rented.

LilacPixie

i live in a block of flats, 6 homes per block. 4 of these flats are owner occupier, one is a private rent and the last is still owned by a housing association. There is rarly if even any trouble here, common close kept clean and tidy etc.

Parents on the other hand have a 4 bed detatched in a culd -a-sac in a 'posh' area. It is where i was brought up they have lived there 30 years. All was fine until Mr & Mrs retired police inspector junkie son moved back in with them. As a result there is commings and goings at all time of the day and night, car engines being revved music played loudly etc. sheds getting broken in to, kids toys disappearing from the garden overnight etc.

Mr & Mrs retired police inspector think the sun shines out of little timmys backside and their little angel cannot be responsible for such actions. :rolleyes: