Resentful neighbours?

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Neil_Ireland

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Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone who has purachased an AH has experienced any resent from neighbours?
I'm buying in an estate where there are about 30 or so houses in one section set aside for AH, the rest of the estate is non AH. I wonder will there be any hassle?

Thanks.
 
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Not a resident but as an Managing Agent I've had a few people grunt at me about AH in their complex. They tend to complain more about the council houses though. However, It all appeared to be very low key, maybe they just grunted in my direction because it was "politer" than grumbling within their complex. I never recieved a complaint about someone in particular under those circumstances.

In every complex I've been involved with, the AH and council houses were mixed in so unless you did your homework, no one really knew which was which.
 
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Bubbly Scot said:
In every complex I've been involved with, the AH and council houses were mixed in so unless you did your homework, no one really knew which was which.
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In my complex one whole building is AH, another is social and the rest are private. We don't really have opportunities to mix with people from other buildings though so I couldn't tell if anyone was resentful. Anyway I think most of the private ones are owned by investors and rented out.
 
Thats what I don't know, my neighbours will all have purchased through AH as one road of the estate is all AH.

I'm sure the residents of the rest of the estate will know this section is AH.
 
I live in an apartment complex and I know there are people under affordable housing who live in it but I can't tell you which apartemts they occupy.

I guess it's not the same as a housing development but I personally don't care who is affordable and who isn't, I'm certainly not resentful!

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In Cork's latest round of offers of AH, they've listed the exact addresses in each area/estate that are available under the scheme.
 
ClubMan said:
What manner of "resentment" and "hassle" would you envisage? :eek:
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Well there is a narrow minded guy I work with who has a bee in his bonnet about the AH scheme, he keeps going on about people in his estate who got houses at a discount where he had to suffer and pay full price and that it's a disgrace :rolleyes:

Just wanted to see if anyone had any problems thats all, from the comments so far it seems like residents are just left to their own devices.
 
there is no way they can know what apt is affordable housing and what isnt. I havent experienced any of that tho.
 
Neil_Ireland said:
Well there is a narrow minded guy I work with who has a bee in his bonnet about the AH scheme, he keeps going on about people in his estate who got houses at a discount where he had to suffer and pay full price and that it's a disgrace :rolleyes:
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So what if he does this? It doesn't really directly impact anybody else. Some might agree with the general gist of his point though.
 
ClubMan said:
So what if he does this? It doesn't really directly impact anybody else. Some might agree with the general gist of his point though.
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I think the OP is trying to ascertain whether or not this viewpoint is popular among people who live beside AH units.

I would be inclined to think some people will think this way, some wont - ultimately you will meet a variety of opinions.

At the end of the day - do you care what the neighbours think? Personally I wouldnt care a jot.

Incidently I live beside AH units and couldnt care less. But I am aware of at least 2 cases in the AH units where the 'owner' is one named person, but the persons partner is in there with them paying half the mortgage - they would not have qualified if both had gone for the AH - so I think it is easy to become resentful when you see people playing the system in this way.
 
I don't see why people should have a problem with it! At the end of the day, your buying the place to live in for possibly the rest of your life and if you manage to get it at a discount rate then it just comes down to jealousy on their part!!
 
It shouldn't be a problem, Affordable Housing Buyers still have a mortgage and therefore you could assume that they would take care of their property/investment. As affordable housing buyers are subject to a clawback they may stay at that address for a longer time, helping to create a sense of community.
Again affordable housing isn't that cheap! If you can buy at the full price fair play but the majority of persons on average incomes cannot get large mortgages.

You could have a private developer renting out properties to tenants who don't give a damn about the property! These tenansts could change every few months!

Which would you prefer?
 
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