Moving to a less 'nice area'.

[blinkineckmum]

We are moving locally as we need more space. I think I'm happy with the house. And the positives are that the area is flatter with good primaries in walking distance, and walking distance to a swimming pool.
But everyone I tell that we're moving from A (small town that's v pretty and desirable, but hilly and no pool...) to B (in residential area of larger town) seems surprised. I've had comments like 'is it still a bit dodgy?'.
I'm not too bothered if it's a bit dodgy really, it's a nice house with the space we need for a price we can afford. But the comments are giving me cold feet.
Can anyone reassure me? Thanks

I think the only thing that would worry me would be selling it again if you need to? Do houses generally sell well around there?

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Is the town horrible? What's the town centre itself like. Do you think you will make friends with same sort of people as yourself.
This is what I think would sway me away from a town which I didn't know.

Thanks jgm. They do, I believe. It's popular with young families due to the good schools. Though this is a slightly bigger house that a FTB might not want. There are lots of 3 beds though.

Good questions intelligentPutty. I should clarify. Both are nice towns. We love B and wanted to move there. But we've chosen a less desirable area of B.

Some small-town-villagey people are like that about bigger towns, they look down their noses a bit.

I wouldn't pay any attention.

I’ve been been wondering the same. People say area we’re considering is a ‘bit rough’. Don’t know if it’s just snobbery or concerns about sort of low level antisocial behaviour. A lot of it is the former I think. I may reconsider this once we’ve moved!

dodobookends that rings true! Thank you! Ellboo, I'm glad I'm not the only ine making this kind of move!

We bought in an area where everyone said 'ooh no, it's rough there' because we couldn't afford to buy in the nice area we rented in. I think a lot of the attitudes about where we live stem from the fact that in the 80's/90's it was a rough 'council estate'! But now it is a mixture of social housing and privately owned house, full of families and couples, and we have had far less trouble/noise/anti social behaviour in the 3 years here than we had at the nice flat in the 'nice' area. Don't listen to people, they always have an opinion....

We moved to an area that's "a bit rough" and tbh it's never bothered me, we've never had any trouble and I like it here. however, we're struggling to sell it, so that's something to consider. If you're not planning on selling any time soon I wouldn't worry.

@batshitbetty EXACTLY same here. I wonder if we live in a same area now!😂

@blinkineckmum sometimes it's good to listen to locals about this, but most of the time it isn't. When we heard these things about area we now live in, we did our research. Crime maps, went at night and just walked around a bit to see any party houses (none, yay!) etc. It was quieter and with MUCH less crime than area where the same house would cost three times as much.
However, there were instances when we were happy we did listen to people, like a taxi driver. He warned us one area is very racist and he doesn't even feel good about dropping us off in there. It had odd vibe in there so I did more research. Yup. He was right.

You said yourself the area is popular with families now, whoch means the demographic profile is changing there and the "It's rough" is really just based on past problems.

Thanks guys. You've done a good job reassuring me so far!