Honestly, do you judge people who live in council estates?

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So, I live in my own home on a council estate. I’m well educated, and have always worked in a job which requires a degree + a post graduate qualification, but is poorly paid.
I’m grateful I own my own home. I’m divorced, never remarried so moving hasn’t been an option.
After my divorce, I bought my ex husband out, but qualified for a mortgage by the skin of my teeth. I believe I’m really lucky- many people can’t afford to buy their own home, and in many places in the world, people live in awful conditions.
However, I recently changed jobs and I’m now in a place which has more ‘middle class’ people. I hate those sorts of designations but there we are.
I’ve heard so many people make off handed comments about council estates and the people who live there. Although I do feel grateful to have my own home, I’m heartbroken/ furious that my children may be judged for where they come from.
So- do you judge? Or have you had those experiences?

full life tenancies are rare now if your nephew moves out @sep135 he can't have his dads house I mean it's not an inheritance!

It's the other way round, my brother would pass it on to his son. That's what he told me so I'm guessing it's an option.

Sorry I think I've misunderstood. Did you mean if my nephew moves out while my brother is still living there? As I understood it, my brother has the choice to sign it over to my nephew so he can come back and live there.

I felt the same! Rightly or wrongly we did actually move from the estate. Like you I owned my home.
People do judge but they do not say it to you. Especially if you have a decent income.
I also think it depends where it is? My friend has a beautiful house on an estate and I personally would have to move. There are police on there all the time and problems.
However, I think it depends on the people around you. Some areas are not judged as much as others

She must be the only person in the UK that avoided the bedroom tax then?

the one only maybe they forgot she was there maybe she was hiding In her massive council house when someone came round to check on her.

no he can't sign his tenancy over to his son who doesn't live with him.

I grew up on a council estate and did feel judged, especially as a teen when I developed more awareness. Many of my peers lived in much bigger, nicer homes than I felt I had.

I'm still a council tenant. Having parents and grandparents coming from a line of council/rental backgrounds means there was no inheritance to be passed along and there won't be for my children either. However my council property isn't on an estate, it is a country property with large gardens and beautiful rural.views. I'd never have been afford this house if it was up for sale as a.single parent on lower wages. I'm very grateful for it and couldn't care what others may think of it being council rented.

I think if you know family or friends who live or have lived in a council house property people don't judge. Council properties have big rooms and gardens compared to most new builds.

@goingtotown i bet you wernt told that you had to wait in for three days by the contractors.

@goingtotown there are also new fire safety rules regarding the doors to flats so many are having to be replaced.

I don't think I know anyone who lives or lived on a council property, but I appreciate the reasons people do.
Having driven through plenty they seem to range from very pleasant to utter sinkholes.
But no doubt even the sinkholes are populated by mainly good people trying to do the best for themselves & others, and the abandoned mattresses / cars / trampolines / rubbish are the work of that 1% of pond-scum that spoil it for everyone.

I live in a housing association flat. It's not on a council estate, it's just a block of flats on a normal street. They're nice flats that were built less than 20 years ago.

I don't feel judged, nor do I judge anyone else who lives in one. There's a range of people living in my building - one young couple, a retired 71 year old man, a disabled middle aged bloke on the ground floor and a couple of families.