'supported living for challenging youngsters' being built next door.

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NC for this as could be outing. This is more of a WWYD really. I am at risk of sounding like a right NIMBY and I hate that its bringing this out in me but...
I am a single parent about to move to a new house. Building work has started on a 'supported living for challenging youngsters' development right next door.
Now, I have lived in some of the most gang-riven areas in the country without a thought but in my old age and with a child I admit I am worried about crime, drugs and ability to sell house on. I love the house and everything else is good.
WWYD? Still proceed with the purchase?

This is a genuine post, I don't have many people to discuss this with and I have never worried about house values etc in my life! I am genuinely surprised at my reaction to this.

If you can pull out of the sale then do. A home is a huge purchase and with any new development next door there are a lot of unknowns...in this case there are lots of reasons why the value of your home may be adversely affected, plus, as you say, there is a the potential for a negative effect on you quality of life/your children's quality of life.

I unwittingly bought a flat next to a place like this and regretted it. Most of the kids were fine but there was one who smashed his windows, their mates would be hanging around outside etc. I moved. Don't move there.

If you're buying I'd pull out if it were me. I'd not want to live there (though I understand and appreciate the need for such facilities). Chances are you'll have trouble selling in the future.

Please pull out. I'm sorry, what an awful situation to be in, but challenging people of any type next door does not lead to a quiet convivial life.

I wouldn't buy somewhere without knowing what it was like. We have one down our road and it's absolutely fine, but that's established and anyone moving here can drive past whenever and see what it's like noise wise etc. A new unit is a complete unknown and that's not a risk I'd take when buying.

I would pull out. It will devalue your property and make it difficult to sell on.

Don't move to that house

What type of challenging children?
Is it children who are neuro typical and just can't behave and are engaging in criminal activity or is it children with learning disabilities who present a challenge to their carers? My son is the latter and goes to respite with other similar children and they don't create any issue for the neighbours but if it is the former I would pull out of the sale.

I lived near a property like this and it did cause problems e.g. someone set fire to my fence. As well as that it could devalue your property and make it harder to sell in the future.

I'd pull out too. It might all be fine but your property should be much cheaper for the risk. I wouldn't want to be the test to see if it was fine, either!

Find a different house. No way would I live there. And I have a challenging child.
Pull out of sale!!!

Don't buy. And don't feel guilty about it. It doesn't make you a bad person, it makes you a person who doesn't want to end up trapped in a house they can't sell, potentially with awful neighbours.

What is a challeging youngster do you know what the organisation is

Sounds like a bloody nightmare neighbour scenario!

I'd run a mile. If that makes me a bad person so be it.

Selling in the future will be very difficult and the potential for anti social behaviour will be pretty huge.

NIMBY, SHIMBY - if you don't have to live there, don't. If you're uncomfortable now, imagine how uncomfortable you will be if you move there.

It depends on exactly what sort of place it is.

When i worked in supported living there was a carer in the house 24/7 and 3 guys lived in the house with special needs. The owner of the company also lived on the same street. We had constant complaints from the neighbours.

The complaints were...

One of the guys liked to sing in the shower (they could him if the bathroom window was open) so we had to stop him from singing in the shower.

Same guy liked to sing to Leon your sex is on fire song in the garden (not loud) but residents complained about that so he had to stay indoors.

In the morning when they were waiting to be picked up for college they liked to sit in the garden and say hello to people who walked past. The residents didnt like that so i got a bollocking for letting them sit in the garden in the morning and they now had to wait in the house.

The residents were really petty on the street. They were all terraced houses and imo shouldnt of moved into a house surrounded by terraced houses if they didnt like any noise.

So it depends on what sort of supported living it is. The supported living i was working in i would of been more than happy to live next door to.

But if its the type of property were someone just checks on them once or twice a day and they are left to their own devices i wouldnt consider the house

I'd definitely pull out for all the reasons you and pp have stated. If you already lived there you'd make the best of it, but you have a choice. Good luck!

There are a few of these homes in the villages around us - they seem to be alternatives to juvenile detention, and the kids in them certainly are challenging. To be fair, the homes don't have immediate neighbours and the local Trust that runs them are very open about their work. Can you do any investigation as to the Trust that will run the home and if there are any others they own, google them to see if there are issues for residents?? My main concern tbh would be the quality of life you'd get living next door to this, and future resale value. I don't think you are at all unreasonable to have concerns.

We've got one just opposite. The police are there at least 4/5 times a week. We are not hugely affected as not on the same side of the road thankfully and it's quite a wide road. I wouldn't want to live right next door though.

I wouldn't live there. I would be very surprised if it would not de-value your house in future. Sad but I think that is just a fact of life.

I think you need to find out more about it OP.

If it is giving YOU doubts as a buyer, it will give doubts to those who you try to sell on to. Consider that aspect.

Don't buy it.

Used to live next to one of those houses and wouldn't do it again. Definitely pull out - unless the seller is willing to take a significant price drop then it's not worth the risk.