New build housing development and affordable home allocation

[Bowsandbangles24]

We are in the early stages of buying a property on a new build development, when we first went to look we were told there would be affordable housing on the development, but it was sold to us that it would be 25% of the development and that it would be subsidised buying and rental schemes…we have learnt this week that this is not the case and it will be social housing and it will be 50% of the development now with the number houses going up.

I know it sounds snobby but this is a really serious consideration we need to make. All the house types to buy are over £500,000 bar one so it is a considerable investment.

We have a young family and the other council housing schemes in the same town have constant problems with drugs, violence, and anti social behaviour (all of which the skeleton police force in the town are completely unwilling/unable to deal with) and people with backgrounds you wouldn’t want your young children living near.

What are people’s experience of these new build developments?

‘new builds seem to attract the worst lower middle class show offs; fire pits, hot tubs and 4x4s on PCP.’

i had to laugh - this thread is hilarious. I want a fire pit, and a hot tub but we realised that we’re nouveau riche and had no real class when we bought a spivvy conversion a few years back!

I can see why you’re worried @Bowsandbangles24 but I live in a v naice area and it’s still pistols at dawn with some of the neighbours - always someone doing a huge renovation, bins, parking and Airbnb and noise issues, not to mention issues about the hot topic of people’s views and pesky trees.

I’d do what someone else suggested and spend more time checking out the development. You can have one or two really bad neighbours move in at any point!

when new builds seem to attract the worst lower middle class show offs; fire pits, hot tubs and 4x4s on PCP. No thanks

Just as snobby as the PP

There is nothing like a property thread to demonstrate that Scotland is just as intolerant and bigoted and prejudiced as everywhere else.

I bought a house in an estate like this and it's generally being absolutely fine. Most of the social housing tenants are low income working families who cause no issues for anyone. The area is well kept and the police are rarely here. The neighbours are friendly and the kids play together. There are drugs and drink problems everywhere

A few years ago I would have said it would be fine because all of the new developments near us that have done that have worked well - as others have said most folk in social housing are just ordinary folk who can't afford to buy a house. but... there's an expensive new build estate near me where the housing association landlord has put some really dodgy families into the properties and - being blunt - I'd be really unamused to have spent £500k to then have the type of folk who have ASBOs as near neighbours! there are two of the families in the social housing who are in a dispute with each other and it is causing problems and the talk of the town.

the only thing is that at least with social housing you do have someone to go to with complaints. you could end up with similar issues elsewhere with people who own their properties or rent privately.

Having just been made redundant by a housing association and having been employed to deal with issues from social housing residents (not all and not that many tenants that have been in place for years) and knowing that social allocations are made 'now' on the basis of significant societal issues and need, it would be a no, because of the potential for being left with nobody, from any organisation, sorting out anti-social behaviour.... I grew up on a council estate, the issue now with social housing is how the allocations are made and they are often very different from how they were made in the past, which does impact on why my decision would be a no.