Offered a ground floor flat?

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I bid on several flats in the same block and I have been shortlisted for a ground floor flat.

I received an email advising me my other bids had been slipped as I wanted to be considered for this home.

I have security and privacy concerns with a ground floor flat.

I am extremely grateful for this opportunity but as I was not asked which was my preferred choice would it be unreasonable to ask the HO at the housing association?

AIBU

@OlderGlaswegianLivingInDevon - I'm really hoping so and I just feel uncomfortable living on a ground floor and feel exposed.

I will see what the HO says on Monday.

Noise above is worse and travels differently it’s really not rocket science. ;)

Think of disabilities, elderly people etc.

I live on the ground floor. I feel very safe.

It may be noisier, but there can still be plenty of noise from those around you, in a top floor flat - especially when they have parties!

I would far prefer a ground floor flat, what with having to carry heavy bags of shopping, furniture, etc up flights of stairs to a higher floor, when the lift breaks down; not to mention carrying a pram/buggy and baby up and down the stairs regularly. I fell down the stairs in our house and broke my ankle. Walking was painful for 6 months - I wouldn’t have wanted to be in a top floor flat then!

The flat has a lift so stairs aren’t really a relevant point but ok. The noise above in my gf flat has genuinely drove me insane i would never choose a gf ever again. I didn’t realise how much nosier it was and upstairs people still have parties!

Id happily pay more rent if it meant I didn't have epilepsy and could work ☹️

I personally wouldn’t want a higher floor in case there’s a fire. If you refuse this, what are your other options? I’d be jumping at the offer of a new build flat if it was me!

A friend worked for a fire authority. He told us never to stay above the fourth floor in a hotel, because that’s as far as firefighters’ ladders can reach! The same will apply to flats.

Gf flats are highly sort after and one day if you ever was to do a mutual exchange with someone who wants to down size this will highly go in your favour.

I’ve lived in a ground floor flat for 17 years. New build then. No problems at all. Great for deliveries, no worries about lifts breaking down, and it’s a light airy place.

If you’ve got a child, it’s ideal. Lifts break down - and dragging kids, shopping and pushchairs up stairs is an overrated pastime.

I’d take it.

I'm sure you would.
People with disabilities severe enough to prevent work, are more likely to be getting housing benefit, and also more likely to eventually be housed in social housing.

But many people living in social housing aren't getting housing benefit and the previous poster claiming the OP was getting a 'subsidized flat' is just wrong and spreading misinformation.

I'm sure most disabled people getting housing benefit or being housed in social housing would gladly swap both, for no disability and the ability to earn or not have restricted earnings.

Yep, someone in my family is a firefighter and has said the same thing, hence why I prefer a lower floor flat.