Council Estates

kylew said:
You seem to have quite an active imagination, as you seem to like adding bits on to what people have said. I didn't have to use my imagination and expand on what you'd said to come up with a conclusion, I simply read what you wrote, and noticed it was very chav-like behavior, especially:
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wut? Are you suggesting I'm fabricating my youth??

What is your issue with "chavs"? IMO as long as it's not causing any problems to anyone else then do what you want, what I was trying to highlight is I was a "chav" and have never caused anyone any greif nor have any of my friends...

(the whole "everyone on here is an Internet porn loving geek" was to show stereotypes can be easily applied :) not to cause offence)
 
Council estate.'Shudders'. I have heard of many horror stories of living in council estate and I hope I don't end up in one of them if my life circumstances force me:(. I feel very sorry for your friend OP. I hope he does move out somehow :(.
 
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adopt the Clinton ethic, one kid, get gov support. after that first one, yer on yer own.
And bear in mind I make my living by housing large social families, but am a raging hang-em Tory?
mrs herbs
 
I've come from council estates (sw england) when I was 0-8 It was the typical council estate all houses look the same.
Then at 8 years old we moved to a much better location BUT we lived in mostly privately owned property estates with the 1 or 2 council houses.. and our next door neighbour was the local lib dem MP and her daughter was about 19 or so and played music loud late at night when she was out at London. But it was handy when I needed to get passport photo signed just got the MP to do it. But I suppose I'm not your typical council housed person. Started a paper round at 13 and been working since. Now 24 in a month time.
 
You can always tell when you're on a council estate when the garden furniture (usually plastic) is out on the front garden, I say. You've got a back garden USE IT!

Maybe I've been a little sheltered from it in the past growing up in nice areas which are very quiet, but having bought my own house last year on an ex-council estate it's quite a change.
Now the house I've bought is a new build and I'm going to be surrounded by new build houses which will be a mix of private and housing association, but surrounding the new houses are some of the older council houses which didn't get demolished. Most of the trouble families have been moved but where to, I hope they don't return to the new houses!

I'm still waiting for all the houses around mine (over the road and behind) to be built so don't want to jinx myself at the moment but all the people that have moved in a really nice people and quiet, it's amazing how your neighbours can affect your quality of life.

The houses which were knocked down were noted for being in a no-go zone if you didn't live there and even if you did not to go out after dark. Now you wound't recognise the place. If you're from Teesside you may know Hardwick in Stockton, and know what I'm talking about.
 
Amusing... reply's are amusing.




some very pompous opinions here

I have lived in the "dreaded dangerous" council estates most of my life
aswell as living in the "middle class & upper class" areas.

With regard to the Chav bashing that seems "cool" here
every village town residential area have "problems" with teenagers and the mid 20yr olds.

Infact the the posher areas (or snoby) ;) i have lived are even worse
than the actual Estate i live in right now!
(which is "meant" to be one of the worst in cardiff)

most teenagers Drink they talk bol*** if they say they havent or dont
and this is when the real trouble starts.

Hoodies Emo's Chavs Moshers Goths punks. (am i missing any?)

all have stereo types.

fill them with drink/drugs and they will behave like lunatics
i have seen worse behaviour from the "rocker" crowds than the chav crowd

Dont judge a person by there dress code ffs!


one more thing ofcourse council estates look run down council likes to keep
its money expensive meals and coffe breaks...
Oh and ofcourse making the wealthy areas look even better




opinion stated awaiting Criticism :rolleyes:
 
Me and my wife cant afford a mortage ( or not willing to comit to one until we have more savings ) but we dont live on a council estate. If they work they MUST be able to afford a private landlord in a better area? not being able to afford a mortage is a crappy excuse.
 
It's a shame that amongst the decent and hard working people who live on the estates, degenerates drag the area down :(. Parents, and I use that term in the loosest way possible, sitting on their doorstep with cans of fosters or stella all afternoon.
 
Oh please you people who say "I live in a nice area or posh area" keep posting..it's making me laugh sooooooo much.
 
Random_23 said:
Me and my wife cant afford a mortage ( or not willing to comit to one until we have more savings ) but we dont live on a council estate. If they work they MUST be able to afford a private landlord in a better area? not being able to afford a mortage is a crappy excuse.
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This is what I thought, even when I was 18 I had a job + studied and me and my gf still managed to afford a 1 bedroom house privately, granted it wasn't the best thing in the world it was better then relying on the state and living in a council estate. Heck, my gf only worked a few monthns then would quit her job, then work a few months again, then quit her job and we still coped lol.
 
Wow I didn't realise how many OCUK members also read the Daily Mail!

Myself and my siblings were brought up in a council estate in Salford (a really deprived area of the country) all of us now have real jobs, my sister owns a house in Manchester, my brother owns a house in London. Fortunatly for my brother and sister they bought their properties in the late eighties early nineties so paid a fair price

I don't own a house but live in a council flat in Winchester with my Wife (who was on the list when I met her). We both work and earn decent money, between us about 70k. We do want to buy a house and are saving up as hard as we can. However even on such a decent income it is difficult to afford a decent property where I live. By decent a mean a house not a flat.

There are many people who live on council estates and work full time jobs, those who do work do want to own their own property. Because of the extortianate prices of property (partly due to buy to let but mainly to do with successive goverments allowing the price of property to increase dramaticaly to appease middle england and to secure their votes) we will soon have the situation where there will be millions and millions of people who earn good wages wanting and needing social housing.

The problem here isn't the underclass but the greed of middle england.

What needs to happen is that the market needs to be able to build as many houses as need be which would bring the prices down. The governments say thay want to do this but still regulate planning permission. Which actually means looking after core voters in those areas to make sure any builds won't effect the house prices.

Even if planning permission gets through then you still have Farqois and Annabelle (Nimby's) fighting tooth and nail to make sure that the houses won't be built in case they spoil there view of the effin countryside.

There is a horrible situation here. The government should step in where the market fails, but the only reason why the market is failing is because it is the governemt themselves which hinder it for political purposes.

Rant over!
 
I do not see any problems with society from up here in my gated community, ivory tower penthouse.

What, what what.
 
dazzerd said:
Wow I didn't realise how many OCUK members also read the Daily Mail!

Myself and my siblings were brought up in a council estate in Salford (a really deprived area of the country) all of us now have real jobs, my sister owns a house in Manchester, my brother owns a house in London. Fortunatly for my brother and sister they bought their properties in the late eighties early nineties so paid a fair price

I don't own a house but live in a council flat in Winchester with my Wife (who was on the list when I met her). We both work and earn decent money, between us about 70k. We do want to buy a house and are saving up as hard as we can. However even on such a decent income it is difficult to afford a decent property where I live. By decent a mean a house not a flat.

There are many people who live on council estates and work full time jobs, those who do work do want to own their own property. Because of the extortianate prices of property (partly due to buy to let but mainly to do with successive goverments allowing the price of property to increase dramaticaly to appease middle england and to secure their votes) we will soon have the situation where there will be millions and millions of people who earn good wages wanting and needing social housing.

The problem here isn't the underclass but the greed of middle england.

What needs to happen is that the market needs to be able to build as many houses as need be which would bring the prices down. The governments say thay want to do this but still regulate planning permission. Which actually means looking after core voters in those areas to make sure any builds won't effect the house prices.

Even if planning permission gets through then you still have Farqois and Annabelle (Nimby's) fighting tooth and nail to make sure that the houses won't be built in case they spoil there view of the effin countryside.

There is a horrible situation here. The government should step in where the market fails, but the only reason why the market is failing is because it is the governemt themselves which hinder it for political purposes.

Rant over!
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You are on £70k and cant afford a house, jesus, how much is a house in Winchester.

Agree with that, new builds are ridiculously priced and in Wigan I think they just started building the first new council homes in the borough since the 1980s
 
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You make £70k and can't afford a property?

Bullocks, you can afford it ,you just rather rely on the state and tax payers instead of settling for something cheaper, how about instead of having a £1 million house as your first buy you settle for something around 250-400k ?
 
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