Could living near plant nurseries affect my housing priority?

[Aurora1990]

Hi I am currently bidding every Thursday on buckshomexhoice. We are family of six, 4 kids under 10 years old in two bedroom house. We have been living in this house for 11 years. The problem with this house is, I recently got a comment from one of my friends when she visited us and made me really think. The house is located so close between two plant nurseries. They do work all the time from producing soil to companies to plants and so on. She commented that this could be an environmental risk for my kids for childhood cancers. That is terrifying. Can you please give me any advise regarding this. We can’t rent elsewhere as we need a big house and we can’t afford it at the moment. We are just waiting to be housed by the council as we already have a priority band b and bidding but it’s taking so long. Could this be a ground to be moved to and A bcos of where the house is located. Thanks a lot. Any insight will help.

What have I said that isn't directly from your posts? What is ignorant in it?

I spoke my landlord. He’s the same person that owns this companies near us. He is retired now but regularly visits the place. He will visit us 5th June. Will see what he says bcos he worked here for most of his life. He knows everything about it. Hopefully he will help us understand more about the place. He is such a nice person. He was telling us to come to the place for days and look around the house before moving. He said come different times of the day. Bcos there’s always noise and sometimes more noise than other times etc.

What do they do ?

I am getting the impression they make growbags and potting compost. If so, I see no risk to your family. And if they are growing potted plants, there is no more risk than living in an agricultural area in general.

you have lived there for 11 years yes eleven

only now have you decided there may be a health issue

one week after you turn down a 3 bed property that you bid on

you are now grasping at straws for anything to get your large family out of this house that you have lived in with cheap rent for 11 years.

despite being asked you have not said if there are any consequences for you turning down the property you bid on and were offered...

If you're still paying 2015 rent prices on a two bedroom house that was cheap even then, you've had ample opportunity to save for something bigger as the family grew. Rightly or wrongly, housing benefit will also top up your rent payments to meet the cost of a three bedroom if your salaries don't cover it, or if you don't work and expect the British public to keep you as well as house you. We're lovely like that, we'll do with less so you can have enough bedrooms, however many surprise children suddenly appear. So it doesn't make sense that you remain in an unsuitable property. Unless you're choosing to stay there and claim you're overcrowded so you can get a free house?

Unless there's something I'm missing, you should have been told to find something more suitable on the private market and shouldn't be on the list at all. I'm extremely unhappy that someone like you is being given high priority for housing when there are very many who desperately need it through no fault of their own. And yet you call other people shameful.

You guys speculate so much and have no idea what you’re talking about. Our rent is not cheap but I’m comparing it to my friends yes my friends. I don’t say I’m comparing my rent to London market at all. My friends who live in a really nice part of London who pay double our rent and are not housed by the council. You guys are talking so much and assuming speculating so much. so much it’s unbelievable. I asked simple question and it’s going 7 pages of discussions.

Also how is it free when we will pay rent. Are you people even ok.

But you've lived in this house for 11 years! What more do you need to 'understand about the place'? Whether the two garden centres are spraying with carcinogenic pesticides that never bothered you until you realised that there are likely consequences to turning down a council house you bid on?

I already said a friend mentioned about it when she visited us for the first time. She said it’s scary place and wouldn’t live here. I just laughed at her but her comment about pesticides etc made me worried. That’s it. Why are you always diverting the original question it’s becoming a nightmare for me.

Can moderators please delete this post. I really don’t want it anymore. Thank you. What a community this is.

Please delete this entire post. I request it. Thanks.

If you want a thread deleted you need to report your original post, then the moderators will see what is happening. They won’t see you post without this.

It might be worth posting again in a different section explain you have health anxiety and are concerned about a nearby agricultural site and the effects on your children’s health.

Do not mention that you want to use this to get priority in getting a council house as that is what sent this thread off in the wrong direction. A lot of people see this as grifting rather than your anxiety spiralling out of control.

Since you're already paying a (not cheap) rent I'd just look for your own three bed private rental.

@Aurora1990 the mods don’t read every post, or even every thread. If you want the thread to be deleted then you will need to report your own post and request it (under “other”) in the text box. I have reported it for you, but not sure it would be actioned unless requested by the OP.

FWIW this can be a lovely forum if you approach it with a more open outlook. A lot of people have tried to help you, but you have been distracted by the ones who have just spoken their mind. All the best.

The health risk part has been answered. Statistically not significant really. Very small increased risk if pregnant and living within 70 meters of an urban nursery in California. A poster with scientific training identified what chemicals may present the risk.

Thank you so much.

^ I couldn’t find where to put my question “nurseries” was the one I just put it in. Apologies for posting in the wrong section.

Gardening would be better. Those folk will know about compost.

Private rent is very expensive and not easy. We also want to live long term and do as we want with our house which we can’t do in this house. There are many reason why one would prefer council/housing association over private. I suffered domestic violence before I can’t afford to be homeless with children again.

The company is next door there’s literally very small gap between the two houses so it must be less than 70m. We can always hear their noise and the smell is unbearable. I already said. I think the way I asked my question made a lot of people hear act aggressively. Maybe I should have thought about my question more before posting. I understand I may have played a part in this aggression.

Great. Thanks.

It can be difficult if it’s your first time posting. I would really encourage you to try again.

If you are just looking for a general chat about a topic then post in “chat”. Avoid “AIBU” topic for a while, while you get used to posting, as replies can be vicious. For more specific advice eg legal or health, post in those topics and you will (usually) get more specific advice but it will be less chatty.

Don’t go OP. You haven’t yet told us what’s happening with the 3 bedroomed Council House that you have been offered!

Oh is the thread not going the way you wanted / expected it to do so ?

What has your housing officer said to you since rejecting last weeks 3 bed property...

' I suffered domestic violence before I can’t afford to be homeless with children again.'

are you now saying that you have other older children from a previous husband ?

or this husband of your 4 children abused you in the past ?

I say husband as clearly you don't have sex outwith your marriage is that would be against your religion too.