New build social housing

We brought a house 8 months ago that has social housing to the rear, and in my experince they are louder than any of my other neighbours around.

Winter not so much, but summer all the kids from the street congregate in the garden behind mine because they have a trampoline. All i hear throughout the day is screaming, crying, shouting - from both kids and parents.

Deffo do a drive round and take a look, depending how far away you are you may not have the issues i have.

I live in a new build social housing. There are 8 other social tenants in the row.
The rest are privately owned.
The owners are the ones who cause all the noise in my experience of living here.
They seem to think they are more entitled to have lots of loud parties and park like idiots because they are owners

No matter where you are buying you need to check out the neighbourhood and next door neighbours before you move in. It will take a lot of time but you are spending a lot of money.

I'm a social housing tenant, and a new estate has been built at the end of our street. They have to drive down our road to get to it. In winter, all is fine. But in summer we do have the stereotypical social housing tenants who come out in force. Loud music, large social gatherings which aren't restricted to their back gardens. I work from home and the noise during the summer is horrendous...but I'm grateful to have my house and each to their own so I don't complain.

The new houses range from £200k to £350k. Of the 24 houses built, 4 have been sold to the housing association. So even on new estate itself, there will be social housing tenants. Plus, you could get landlords who have bought some of the houses specifically just to rent out. My view on it is I wouldn't pay £200k to overlook social housing. But, as PPs have pointed out; you could end up with either terrible neighbours or private tenants. It's the luck of the draw nowadays.

omg, do double check, what if you ended up living near me.

Also you can check crime statistics on the Internet for any area. Always worth doing.

I wouldn't worry about the social housing. We've lived near 8 privately rented flats for 30 years and had a variety of issues as well as lovely residents. It can happen anywhere.

But I agree with driving the area at night, weekends and different times of the day. Just to scout out what you feel about it generally. And to look at the parking situation! That's another issue that sometimes shows itself only at weekends and after 6 at night.

YANBU to be concerned about the proximity of social housing, as you say not all people in social housing are antisocial but the risk increases.

All new builds will include a ratio of social and affordable housing. You may not even know which plots. You could also have private landlords letting to tenants who may or may not be on benefits. Not all social tenants behave badly and not all lowlifes are living in social housing! Asb is a risk wherever.

I wouldnt give it a second thought. In fact our house is adjacent to a couple of social houses. The occupants are a mother and her two teenage children and another couple who seem to love cats. Both houses are well kept and their occupants are no different to any of the other houses. In fact they are better neighbours than some of the houses costing double theirs.

Just because people have money doesnt mean they cant be arseholes. I would look at the house and its surroundings. If you want to pay particular attention to the social houses then fair enough see if they are well looked after. But 99% of new build estates now include social housing so i would expect to have this issue everywhere tbh

I would suggest that it’s a good idea to have a look around any area (both during the day and night) if you are thinking of buying there. Imagine you found out after buying that your homes on a night time route for long distance lorry drivers…

The social housing could be a lovely family vibe estate or the equivalent of shameless. But yeah, having grown up on an estate, I’d definitely want to check it out before buying a house opposite.