....not not want student halls behind our house

[Allegrogirl]

Not even proper halls, 45 room student flats with no warden with only back service lanes for access. Will be 3/4 storey and our house is only 2 storey.

Going for planning consent at the moment. If it passes we'll have to move but no bugger will want our house.

I know not life or death, but pretty important to us.

(Please be gently, first AIBU. Maybe more of a WWYD?)

[GypsyMoth]

why would you have to move??

[MmeBlueberry]

My DS is a student in halls and he is very nice.

[sparkle12mar08]

Then you need to be trying to move right now, because if you wait till it gets permission you will never sell.

ILT - would you want to live next door to 45 students for 75% of the year for the rest of your life?!

[JamieAgain]

I don't blame you. I would not wanted to have lived anywhere near our student houses. I tried to be fairly thoughtful as a student, but really, wandering around legless at 3am most nights every weekend squealing loudly and thinking we were very amusing must have been hell for the locals

[GypsyMoth]

sparkle...neighbours are neighbours......more likely to have some comeback over noisy,nuisance students,via the uni/college than over mortgaged individuals,which is something constantly complained about here on MN alone!

[darleneoconnor]

if they are self contained flats they are likely to be used by foreign students and or postgrads, totally different from 'halls'

[LineRunner]

You have a right to object, to speak at the Planning Meeting, and to ask you local councillors to support your objections.

You need to cite proper planning grounds, not property values. I would suggest, if it is true: loss of amenity; traffic congestion (lots of students have cars these days); and the impact of building (height and bulk) being out of keeping with the area.

Speak to the University liaison team and the Planning officer. They may be able to reassure you. We have students in my neighbourhood and to be honest they're ok. They contribute to local events, the local economy, and are going places on all our behalves I guess. Some have joined the local Neighbourhood Watch (they are a real target for crime themselves).

So don't panic, ok?

[basingstoke]

I used to live on a very nice square in south kensington when I was a student. Lord alone knows what happened to house prices when my college bought those houses!

[LineRunner]

Oh and petitions - they only count as one objection.

Each separate letter counts as a separate objection.

[Allegrogirl]

We already have major problems with anti social behaviour from students in this area. We have lived next to a student house for 12 years and some years they are perfect neighbours and others it is hell. At least next door we can go round and yell at them to turn the music down at 3.00am. Every September my stomach churns not knowing what sort of year we will have.

The building will block out the light to our house and there are only 5 parking spaces planned for 45 students.

Maybe because it's an ex-poly many of the students here come for the fun side rather than academic. My DH graduated 2 years from the local Uni and was quite shocked by what went on in halls (and he had a great time at Uni in the early 90s with much drinking, hence getting a third class degree). They're all privately run Unite type things so no wardens.

[RobF]

Most students are a pain in the arse. Hopefully the new increased fees will deter idiots from going to Uni and those that do go will be more inclined to spend their time studying and not socialising.

[Allegrogirl]

The Uni don't give a toss. Spoken to someone at MP's office today and local MP has been speaking to the Dean due to the mountain of complaints from constituents. The Uni have made it clear they run this town now and don't care.

Sorry, getting a bit worked up. We love our house. Great local primary, parks, convenient location. Local families being hounded out as Uni gets bigger every year.

[Allegrogirl]

Sadly we get rich kids who didn't make it to proper Uni coming for 3 years of fun.

[hogsback]

Sadly we get rich kids who didn't make it to proper Uni coming for 3 years of fun.

Durham then.

[nomoreheels]

I'd be worried about noise from parties etc & I think it would affect how easily you could sell your home. No warden/building manager doesn't sound good... nor does being overlooked by 2 additional stories. Of course not all students will be poor neighbours but some will be immature & inconsiderate if this is their first time living on their own. I think you need to raise your concerns thoroughly & find out exactly how these issues would be dealt with.

BTW we rented a flat in a block that ended up having lots of student tenants & it was an absolute nightmare getting anything done about noise. There was no building manager & they were mainly buy to lets where the owner lived in another city or abroad. Some of the students were horrible - eg vomiting out of 4th floor windows into the street!

[Allegrogirl]

hogsback ex poly in the South West. A few hundred miles from Durham. This lot wouldn't get into Durham!

I went to an ex poly myself so nothing wrong with that but first in family to higher ed out of a rubbish comp. And I did a proper degree.

[expatinscotland]

What nomoreheels said. I would be very concerned about noise and rubbish.