What type of housing would you not want to live?

[WomenHour]

House , Flat Penthouse , Caravan etc

I would probably not want to live on the top floor of a massive block of flats, couldn't be bothered.

DH grew up in a ground floor flat. I could not stand the noise, none of his family noticed it.

Somewhere massive, somewhere with beams, or low ceilings or poor natural light.
I think open plan would be awful.

So in a nutshell, most people don't want to live in poor people's accommodation. Most poor people don't either TBH but the wish list of detached, garden, quiet, not a flat/caravan/terrace is not within reach. Nothing wrong with asking what people's ideal home would be like, but a bit snobbish to have a 'wouldn't touch that with a barge pole' thread.

I live in London so I'm amused at people coming out with these statements. It's is a city where any type of housing can house very rich people or social/council tenants. So you may live in an expensive flat but your neighbours in the adjoining Georgian property will be council tenants. If you live in a detached house a housing association may buy the detached property next to you and convert it into flats.

Somewhere without natural light, like a basement flat.

A caravan. Just too small and claustrophobic

Flat in a high rise . I hate heights and after Grenfell I would be terrified

Anywhere with people above or below me! I used to think I'd hate living in a bungalow, but actually having spent a few years living in one (lovely large detached one, with beautiful gardens and nice neighbours 👍) I loved it, and was very sad to have to leave! I'm definitely wanting another bungalow! I can now appreciate the benefits 💓

Anywhere isolated where I couldn’t see any street lighting or neighbours’ windows at night.

Anywhere much too big with loads of rooms I didn’t use. Would find that oppressive.

I loathe suburbia, especially 80s/90s 'executive' estates. All those fussy gables and too-small rooms and everyone trying to out-Land Rover each other.

Any town that empties out from 8am because everyone's on the train into London.

I don't like ground floor flats. Makes me feel vulnerable, for some reason. Ditto basement flats. 'Hello, I live in a hole in the ground, like some kind of burrowing weevil.'

I like mid-century houses, especially townhouses. Give me a three-storey late 60s or early 70s terrace or semi and I'm very happy. Likewise a flat with big windows.

I don't think talking about dislikes is entitled. I was very poor for a very long time; I was still allowed an opinion on things I did and didn't like. And I still had aims and ambitions and wants.

Flat, caravan/mobile home, anything with beams on the ceiling and terrace houses.

I think the area plays a huge part in it as well as style of house.

@ImaSababa

I would hate to live on a new build estate with those horrible sand-coloured houses and super-conventional "little families".

What a horrible, judgemental comment.

I live in a sand coloured new build on a lovely, friendly, small, estate where everyone looks out for each other. It wasn't my first choice, but here's the thing - period properties are expensive and well out of our price range.

Oh, and I live here with my super conventional little family. One girl, one boy and a husband. Am I supposed to add some more kids? Maybe a non-conventional second partner?

A high rise for building.
Though I'm not particularly fond of living in any house type dwelling tbh. I lived full time in a beautiful static by the coast before my children were born and still miss it to this day.
I feel trapped living in bricks and mortar. My dissertation last year was on Gypsies and Travellers, I feel I can really empathise with their frustrations regarding the expectation of living in settled accommodation.

@Stroan yes, definitely add a thrupple into the mix to spice up your 'conventional little family' 😉. And maybe add a llama 🦙 🤷‍♀️

*high rise flat building

@stroan

It's a thread asking where we would least like to live, i.e. a judgment. If you're happy with where you live, own it! It suits you but it wouldn't suit me.

So in a nutshell, most people don't want to live in poor people's accommodation. Most poor people don't either TBH but the wish list of detached, garden, quiet, not a flat/caravan/terrace is not within reach. Nothing wrong with asking what people's ideal home would be like, but a bit snobbish to have a 'wouldn't touchthatwith a barge pole' thread.

I thought the same. Most people are restricted by budget and some might be allocated housing by a council or local authority.
I liked living in a top floor flat (low rise) as there was no one above us making a noise and it was smaller than my current house and therefore less cleaning
Having said this, I wouldnt like to live downwind of the sewage works (and very few of the houses near it are significantly cheaper than elsewhere in the town)

I love my apartment! Tiny block of 4, my own garden (ground floor) and patio doors out to it, no neighbour noise and private parking
All the best bits I think

I wouldn't like to live in a penthouse/high up level apartment

Anything with joined on neighbours, or neighbours in close proximity/heavily overlooked.

I could do caravans, lighthouses, converted windmills, top of a tower (if the floor below was empty 😂), glass walls (in some rooms), bungalows, old grain stores, shepherds huts, even, at a push, a glamping pod.

But not people.

See I wouldn't mind a terraced or flat if I had a guaranteed parking spot. But it's very rarely guaranteed, there's always some dumb twat who parks there, and then I can't park next to my own bloody house because they are too stupid to notice.

I agree. A relative of mine lives in a three storey Victorian house in a very trendy part of town. Lovely house but parking is a bloody nightmare, two cars can’t get past each other when there are cars parked both sides which is always, their garden is really overlooked and it’s really noisy on warm summer evenings with the windows open.

In the middle of nowhere.
A caravan
A mobile home
A very hot top floor flat that's absolutely boiling come summer time.
I'm currently in a flat and cant wait to move to a house. God willing

High rise flat as I’ve always been a bit scared about fire and escape routes. In fact any flat higher than first floor.

Detached in middle of nowhere.

Anything in between is probably fine by me.

I couldn't live on the top floor of a tower either, I don't care if its a £2,000,000 penthouse. 45 floors up? No chance

Same here. In films where they have shots of NY penthouses with floor to ceiling glass and panoramic views across the city, all I get is vertigo, not envy.

I wouldn't want to live anywhere that didn't have a ground floor.

I love tall, narrow Georgian townhouses, but wouldn't want to live somewhere with so many damn stairs. Definitely not a park home, caravan or new(ish) built house on an estate, no matter how posh. The words "executive development" on agents' property details plunge me an odd sort of slightly enraged despondency.

And I wouldn't want to go back to living in a terraced house. I don't want to live in a semi again, either. My next, and probably last, house move will be to a detached.

For me - isolated in the country- too creepy! I need street lights...

Now that's my dream! To live somewhere where I can't see any other sign of human life ...

I wonder if it's normal to want more peace and isolation as you get older?

I wouldn't care. I'd live anywhere if it was a secure home (which I don't have right now), but would be scared about living in a caravan because they are fairly easy to break into/set fire to etc!
I also would prefer not to live in a massive tower block due to fire risk.

I've lived in some really nice flats, it depends on the layout and outside space.

I really don't like houses older than the 1930s too much. Beams are a particular nono and sloping ceilings. I'm sure all the people with lovely period properties would hate my boxy semi so that's cool.

I've rented holiday cottages with woodland around and I find it scary.

I also hate a hum of traffic so not on a main road. And I'm suspicious of electricity substations and pylons.

I’d rather a small flat than an enormous stately home to rattle around in. The thought of all those empty rooms and corridors gives me the creeps! I quite like the tiny home movement though, all that genius use of space.

Nothing leasehold.

I find newbuilds too cramped.

Both houses I've owned have been terraces. It doesn't bother me.

In my area terraced houses can cost the same as flats, so I don't think no flats is necessarily a snobbish thing.

A new build, poor build quality, tiny rooms, cheap interiors.