To be worried about buying a semi attached to a council owned house?

[mumyes]

I'm about to spend nearly £500k on a semi that is attached to a 4-bed house owned by a housing-association...the one I'm buying used to be a council house.

I'm nervous. The little estate it's on is still partly (maybe 50/50) 'council' owned.

Should I be worried?

The house I'm buying is lovely, and well kept. Next door less so...but not as bad as some.

That’s hilarious. You couldn’t buy a 2 bed where I live.

Oh fantastic, someone is finally talking facts!

@Ohyesreally , can you please post a link to the data you’re preferring to? Data relating to antisocial behaviour broken down by accommodation type (owned home vs prince rented be HA).

It sounds really interesting and you’ve obviously done a lot of research so will have links to the “facts” to hand.

Well thats crazy if a two bed is more than half a mill 🤦🏻‍♀️

This is very common in London and the SE, even in the 'rougher' parts of London

What actual nonsense. I grew up on a council estate and my house is worth more than £500k now. Didn't need a lottery win or to be "very lucky" either. The middle class are such patronising cunts.

i used it live in an ex-council house attached to a council owned property. There was an elderly man who lived in it on his own. The house on the other side was housing association and we had several neighbours living there.

no problems with anyone we largely kept to ourselves and were on friendly nodding hello terms with everyone. And helped out when needed.

I would not. It is the semi detached bit that would really bother me. I would rather compromise something else and have a detached house.

The council house bit would only bother me in so far as it is very likely to be a family with multiple children and I am misophonic, so I would probably be wary about noise.

Me too.

Me too.

Quick google brings up endless sources. It’s shit. Really really shit. But poverty is a common reason for crime, drug use. It’s a disgusting cycle that isn’t broken because society consistently lets these groups down.

https://housingcare.org/downloads/kbase/2027.pdf

What none of them? I'd better go and tell my Nana that she's council housing wrong.

Thank you.

To be clear, I have no issues with the idea of living next to 'poor' (FFS!) people otherwise no, I wouldn't be considering it. And like many have said, 'poor' people can make v nice neighbours.

My main concern is whether re-sale will be an issue, how easy it'll be to deal with the council / HA as the owners.

It is common where I live for ex council houses to sell for well over 500k. Many are in nice locations (villages) with good school catchments.
But I think often ownership has moved privately, whereas in this road, it's more mixed still.

Hopefully you're being ironic. You sound like a v interesting / normal neighbour.

Can I ask, for my own education, how you are in this position? Genuine question with no judgement at all (I've been on benefits before, I know it can happen to any one). Is it that your income is v low?

May be some of us can't afford our own houses.

I think its awful that an ex council house is for sale for 500k. We taxpayers paid for that house, it should not have been sold at all.

@SquirrelFeeder Nope. I grew up in a deprived area with council housing galore. Saw it with my own eyes. Wouldn’t want to do it now! Also used to work for HA. Dealt with issues firsthand. Where you live and your house is one of the most important decisions you make. I have my factors and dealbreakers, you have yours.

@mumyes Based on HA I worked for you may struggle if any issues. We had many a private owner ring to report neighbour problems. HA/Councils won’t evict residents unless issue is extreme which means you may be stuck with low/mid level behaviour which isn’t deemed ‘serious enough’ but still makes your life a misery. Some will say at least they CAN be evicted because nightmare private neighbours can’t be. Which is true. But that’s the gamble and I wouldn’t make it.

Ex-council properties are really easy to sell because they're affordable. We had no problem shifting ours at all.

And you’ve never had a leg up?

Some of these comments 🤣
I lived with with DD in a council house for years, I have a degree and a good a job. We were fairly quiet - no issues.
I now live in a bought 4 bed house worth far more than 500,000 as a single mum with 2 kids at home and pregnant with the third and the noise is 100 percent more than it used to be !

@AnneValentine actually no, we haven't. No council house, no HA place, no inheritance and we are late 50's /early 60s . I don't agree with selling council houses off at all - and if it were to be the case I think any profit should be 50/50 over what was paid

Don't council tenants pay rent? And of they buy (and then sell on) their property then they've paid a mortgage ?

New developments have to include affordable housing. Some of you are ruling this out completely, your choice I guess.

My new build estate is primarily 3/4 bedroom houses worth close to a million, some smaller 2 bedroom houses and housing association flats and 2 bedroom houses.

My shared ownership property is attached to a housing association property. It’s a mum, dad and their 2 children. Both work. Their garden is neater than mine! This area is mainly families or single adults. It’s quiet and friendly.

Where are these houses for £500k?

All over the south east! 1 hour from London