Estate vs Non Estate

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Currently getting our house ready to put on the market (we are not crazy - we have done a lot of work to the house and even if price dips slightly, we are still in a good position).

We want to stay in the same area. Current house is 1980s house in what can only be described as bungalow- ville. We are on a culdesac. Looking at a house on a new build estate that is 3 years old. Kids school friends are all there, good location. House is big and spacious with decent garden, play area at end of the road.

Other houses in the area are all older bungalows or older style chalets on main roads. But they are all advertised as being Non- Estate houses. Why is this seen as a good thing? They are all family homes but kids won't be able to play in the street or knock for their friends. Are we going to regret moving onto an estate? I want the kids to be able to hang out with friends, cycle their bikes up and down etc. The non estate house feels like something we might want once tbe kids are at university. But surely easier to be on an estate with friends when they are young?

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Non estate is what I prefer tbh, I like them as they are usually quieter.

The pro of being on an estate is that your kids will hopefully have very local friends to play with. The potential con of course is that even on a nice estate there might be some local kids (and parents) who you wouldn't want to live too close to.

It is going to be a very expensive purchase and we can't afford to move again. So worried about getting it wrong.

I'd move to the estate. Your kids will be bored as hell living away from friends, and you'll get fed up driving them everywhere. My parents did.

@estatenonestate chalets?

This to me is chalet style and my location has lots like this and lots of bungalows

Is there a difference in price? Out of interest. If school is close enough surely some kids from school will also live in the non estate houses. If the estates are new build houses I would probably not be keen, but that is down to my preference.

How old are the kids?

Not really much difference in price but there are very few houses on the market and the non estate houses tend to be on main roads and as such tbe kids can't go out on bikes etc.

4 & 6 year old

Dewberry Grove, Clanfield, Hampshire
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-77805913.html

South Lane, Clanfield
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-71075683.html

New Road, Clanfield
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-74116699.html

Some kids will live in non estate houses definitely but my kids won't be able to just nip down the street to play with them. We can always move once kids at university I guess!

An estate is a great choice if you have young children, for all of the reasons you describe.

The reason some of the other houses you've seen boast a 'non estate location' is because those exact same reasons are spine-chilling to other people - kids whizzing about on bikes, trampolining 24/7 etc.

I think there's also a bit of snobbery about estates - identikit houses, everyone car washing on sundays, curtain twitching and so on.

I love the second house...no help to your decision at all though I'm afraid 😂🤦‍♀️

I love the third house too 🤷‍♀️ I'm really no help at all! I'd go simply on the house and garden I'm afraid.

@GinWithRosie the second one is nice but also on a main road.

Personally I think the south lane house is lovely, and much nicer than the others, especially the garden.

That house in your photo will be hellish in summer upstairs, believe me I lived in one.

We moved to a new build estate when dc were a few weeks old and 2 yo. I had moved to the town only 2 years earlier and didn’t have many friends. I loved coming here as met similar mums with young children. It was such a novelty to pop to a neighbours for a quick coffee. Dc are now 8 and 6. And it’s great that they have some friends around them and they all often play in the green in front of our house. However, it can also be a nightmare! Children knocking on the door, my dc crying because they can’t go out (we let them out a lot, but my children seem to have an earlier bedtime than the others..!) ..other children allowed to walk to shops on their own, ours arnt ... it causes as many problems as the joys it brings ...
we have thought about moving out, but I know the children will really miss having the outside space and friends close by.
And whilst the problems now are small, I worry about being on an estate when they are teenagers ...
so I think for now we will stay here while they are small. But move when they are teenagers as I don’t want them roaming the streets at that point!

I'm in a rented on a c2000 built estate. One way in, one way out. Sold my 1920s semi, buying a 1730s cottage.

It's so badly built. A 3 bed detached, the main bathroom is tiny, and I mean tiny. You have to shuffle around the door to close it. I'm not sure how 2 adults and 2 kids could live in it. We are two adults and two dogs.

I don't hate it, but I dislike it. It's just not for me. I feel like I'm in a goldfish bowl. It's like a car park, people are noisy (maybe it's because everyone is so close and the houses are paper thin) Everyone keeps their curtains closed all day and no one opens a window. It's very weird.

It feels like a holiday camp but noone is in the holiday spirit.

Even the milk man is a noisy bastard.

Thanks for all in put. The space in tbe estate house is a draw and it isn't too close to other houses. We are close to houses where we are now. I would have loved to be able to hang out with friends on an estate ad a teenager 😂 really hated needing to get lifts everywhere. House has lots of space as well.

It was interesting for me to read this thread, as a child ‘estate’ meant council estate which was always frowned upon by my parents and my friend’s parents, although I never understood why.
Now I suppose it means a new build housing estate, something lots of people ( including myself) would struggle to afford.
It’s funny how things ( word connotations) change.