ᐅ Building in a new residential development when there are social housing units nearby?
Created on: 11 Sep 2024 00:03
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mm56789This is about buying a house that is currently being built in a large new development area. Several dozen houses are already completed and occupied. Surrounding this area are many old, dilapidated large social housing blocks and terraced houses. The gardens of the new homes and the social housing are only a few meters apart, mostly separated by tall trees. The view of my garden would therefore be largely blocked, and I could also install a 1.80-meter (6-foot) fence. However, there are quite a few non-locals living nearby, to put it politely.
My goal is not necessarily to walk around alone at night but rather to usually drive by car to nearby towns. For shopping during the day, the local area is sufficient. The house (semi-detached) under construction is, in that respect, perfect, and the price is good. Would you dare to move there, or would that be a deal-breaker for you? On the other hand, since dozens of new houses there are already occupied, it probably can’t be that bad... I’m conflicted...
My goal is not necessarily to walk around alone at night but rather to usually drive by car to nearby towns. For shopping during the day, the local area is sufficient. The house (semi-detached) under construction is, in that respect, perfect, and the price is good. Would you dare to move there, or would that be a deal-breaker for you? On the other hand, since dozens of new houses there are already occupied, it probably can’t be that bad... I’m conflicted...
mm56789 schrieb:
Right around this area, there are many old, run-down large social housing blocks/terraced houses. Only a few meters separate the gardens of the new buildings from the social housing. Buy quickly before this neighborhood becomes unaffordable due to gentrification caused by semi-detached houses.
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mm56789 schrieb:
run-down large social housing/apartment blocks, How does that fit together? Are terraced houses old, and therefore run-down?
mm56789 schrieb:
My goal is not necessarily to walk around alone at night but rather to drive by car to nearby towns. For shopping during the day, the local area is enough for me. Well, you should feel comfortable in your own neighborhood. You might not even be able to sleep well if you find the neighborhood suspicious or unsettling!
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Benutzer 100111 Sep 2024 09:08If you already have doubts now, it won’t work out, even if things look different in 10 or 20 years—much will happen until then. How about the school, kindergarten, and so on? That would be more important to me.
How do you feel about the place on site? I mean, if you actually walk around there during the day? (Even if you’re overly cautious, maybe with someone else?) Have you talked to neighbors? Older houses and apartments wouldn’t bother me in principle. But feeling permanently uneasy as soon as I leave the house is a dealbreaker for me. That would rule the place out. So if it’s like “I can drive 500m (550 yards) to the supermarket because it’s too dangerous to walk there” – which is what I’m kind of reading between the lines from you – then no, I wouldn’t choose to live there if I had the option. It’s really a question of whether that’s your initial impression, but you think it’s not so bad, or if there’s actually something to it.
Just speaking personally here: we’re moving not to a “good” neighborhood but to one that is statistically poorer, with higher population turnover, higher unemployment rate, and a higher percentage of residents with an immigrant background than the city average. But it’s not like it’s miles behind the rest. From what I can tell, it’s not an area known for gang crime or anything like that. (That would be something that would make me uneasy.) It’s also not densely populated. The few neighbors I’ve talked to so far have all been nice. As a woman, I’ve walked alone to the supermarket without any worries. So far, I haven’t found any “I don’t stay here too long” spots (at our last place, there were areas like that where I didn’t feel comfortable passing through. But that was just one particular corner, not the whole neighborhood). So overall, everything has been fine up to now. But how you feel about it is probably something only you can find out yourself.
Just speaking personally here: we’re moving not to a “good” neighborhood but to one that is statistically poorer, with higher population turnover, higher unemployment rate, and a higher percentage of residents with an immigrant background than the city average. But it’s not like it’s miles behind the rest. From what I can tell, it’s not an area known for gang crime or anything like that. (That would be something that would make me uneasy.) It’s also not densely populated. The few neighbors I’ve talked to so far have all been nice. As a woman, I’ve walked alone to the supermarket without any worries. So far, I haven’t found any “I don’t stay here too long” spots (at our last place, there were areas like that where I didn’t feel comfortable passing through. But that was just one particular corner, not the whole neighborhood). So overall, everything has been fine up to now. But how you feel about it is probably something only you can find out yourself.
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nordanney11 Sep 2024 10:13mm56789 schrieb:
Right around this area, there are many old, rundown large social housing blocks/terraced houses. Only a few meters separate the garden areas of the new developments and the social housing, mostly divided by tall trees.Even in Düsseldorf, where I work, sometimes just a street separates neighborhoods with several thousand euros difference in price between condominiums.To put it simply, it’s a matter of rough vs. upscale areas. You really have to look closely at how the neighborhoods are structured.
I can’t give you a general answer; for that, you’d have to reveal the exact address. But I can’t imagine an enclave of 100 new houses completely surrounded by low-quality housing.