Buying a house near some flats

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Am I being unreasonable in not wanting to buy my next house near some block of flats?
So we have been looking at properties for a while now (abt 6 months). Then came lockdown and we were holed up. Then lockdown was lifted and houses were flying off the shelves. Our offer was accepted on a property we liked just before the last weekend and on Monday we got gazumped.
So back to house hunting, the thing there is only one property that is left for us to consider. But this property is next to a block of 9 flats. After going to view it, we discovered there are more blocks of 6 flats about 5 more. And more so, it's a long cul-de-sac, so 1 way in and out.
The situation is this, I have 3 daughters and I am concerned for their well being. We want to live in the next house we buy for the next 15 years.
My husband thinks i'm being unreasonable. Am I? Am I over thinking this?

I live next door to a block of flats and its a fucking nightmare. You are right to be concerned. You get nice people in flats, you get nice people in houses. You also get the opposite. Its pot luck. We get noise, anti social behaviour and drug dealing.
All the people on here saying 'what's wrong with flats?' clearly haven't lived next door to a bad block.

This thread was kinda funny and then just the same comment a million times. I don’t think OP meant sexual predators only live in flats and was probs asking for opinions from people who live in houses near blocks of flats, not the sarcastic brigade. I live in a small block of four flats near a council estate load of flats.... mess and parking is a problem tbh but it really depends. Also can be noisy but I don’t really mind it, I find it quite endearing, in the same way I find Blackpool endearing. I also have a daughter who I would like to grow up to not be snobby (no offence) so I think it’s fine for her to witness different ways of life. People who live in council estates aren’t all evil.

The majority, if not all of the blocks flats in our road used to be big detatched houses but were sold to developers by greedy owners.

I live in a flat, as do most people who live within a commuting distance of London. It's hard not to live next to a block of flats. And if you don't, one will soon pop up near you.

@Northernsoullover But that’s the point ..it’s the people not the building that’s the problem. I live in a flat and I had no idea I was more likely to be a sexual predator till I read this thread.

I lived in a flat in a very naice area. Small street with lovely town houses on one side and us flat dwellers on the other.

Over the years I lived there there was a guy arrested for domestic violence, a cannabis factory discovered and a guy jailed for child sex offences.

They all lived in the town houses - not the flats

I'm not a snob, I grew up in a block of 24 flats. And the things that we got up too that our parents dare not know about,

Its not the flats you need worry about its if your kids behave like their parents. What a stupid thread.

The excess noise and traffic would bother me living near to a block of flats unless they were flats where people were more considerate because they live on top of each other.

When viewing property everyone should do three things to assess the area regardless of property value and type. Visit the road a few times at different times of the day to get a feel of noise, traffic etc. Look at the crime stats for that specific area, you can view by road how many reported crimes there have been, look at the local authorities pollution reports of that road. The loveliest house I ever viewed was on a main road on the way to a motorway. I knew it would have a lot of traffic but not to the extent, Walked the length out of rush hour and counted 400 cars, pollution report from the local council as well as a lot of traffic noise stopped us from making an offer.

Here is a link to the Police website to view crime stats in any area

www.police.uk/pu/your-area/?search=1

You should find info on pollution on your local authorities sites under environmental health dept or something similar.

People live in flats for all sorts of reasons. And if you’re in a city or urban area flats are just normal surely? Am so baffled by this whole notion. My whole adult life I have lived in flats. I didn’t realise this wasn’t normal.

Are there even houses that are not near flats?

I mean , yes you are being neurotic OP and your wording is bloody awful.

Having said that it depends on the flats. I'm very much a live and let live and frankly the nicer more community minded areas I've loved in have been those on the lower end of the socio economic scale. That said professionally I have worked with several large blocks of flats ( across the country....apparently the same names apply everywhere) nicknamed crack towers , so in that case no I wouldn't choose to move in next door to one of those.

If it is simply that it's a block of flats then you are being nucking futs because there is a block near my DC house that I couldn't remotely afford , if your snobbery is about that I promise you , most people would kill to live in that block.

It would depend on the area and how overlooked it was