Have you lived on a council estate?

I lived on one for about a year and a half. Bought a house on there as you got better value for your money in terms of size and land.

It was a nightmare. About 4 weeks after we moved in we got broken into, the local kids in the area told us it was our neighbour, but when we told the police they said they knew but were too scared to do anything about it. Things were quiet for a fre months when he went to prison but all hell broke loose when he got out. He waited for me to come home one night and then tried to get into the house. Fortunately I had locked the door behind me but that didn't stop him trying to kick it in.

We decided to move after he torched our car while it was parked on the front drive, about 3 ft from the house and in the middle of 2 of our other cars.

If it wasn't for him though, we might not have had such a bad time, and council built houses are very solid and spacious. The estate where we lived was the same estate that my dad had grown up on and there were no problems back in 'those days'!!

edit - this was in West Yorkshire btw.
 
Yes:

From the age of 4-6 in by far the worst street in my town. It was sheer hell tbh.

Then from 6-23 in a council house along a main road, albeit in a half decent area.

I've since left home and bought a nice house near to said worst street (which has somewhat calmed down now).
 
Nope but live quite near to one and it's not a nice place :o (there, not here).

Vix said:
We decided to move after he torched our car while it was parked on the front drive, about 3 ft from the house and in the middle of 2 of our other cars.
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I seem to remember a thread on this or if not something very similar.
 
Vix said:
We decided to move after he torched our car while it was parked on the front drive, about 3 ft from the house and in the middle of 2 of our other cars.
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Sounded like a good plan. Some people are just mental.
 
TripleT said:
Nope but live quite near to one and it's not a nice place :o (there, not here).



I seem to remember a thread on this or if not something very similar.
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I don't think we were members here at the time but I do try and tell the story as much as possible!
 
I don't live on one, but my village is sandwiched between 2 pretty nasty council estates.

We had some many break-ins that we've just spent £4000 on a new security system with CCTV. Surprisingly, the thought of being caught on camera breaking in to a house/shed/car has deterred the little buggers for now :)
 
Yep, I spent the first 19 years of my life across the railway track from that lovable area David Cameron visited the other day.

Now I live a bit further away and I suppose the estate we live on now is still classed as a council one even though all the houses at our end are private now.
 
Nope... there's a fair few in Sussex, but a detour normally works. Avoiding the east side of Brighton is pretty safe. :D ;) :) :cool:

(wahey... 2 ppl also from posh Sussex.) ;)
 
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Ive lived in a council house for the past 11 years. Its not a council estate as such tho, they're semi detached stone properties that go for £100,000. My mum bought hers for £28,000 a few years ago :) . Theres only two houses left that haven't been bought now. They have just had a brand new kitchen fitted and new central heating installed so i guess its not all bad for them.
 
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Lived on one until I was six or so...

...Then lived in a council house until my parents bought it (£19k, yo!) when I was about nine. Moved out of there when I was 13.

Then lived in a new house until I was eighteen, moved out (from Berwick to Newcastle) and lived in ex-council houses (but with private landlords) until last january when Law and I moved into the place we have now... :)

*n
 
I suspect how good or bad it is will vary massively :)

Round here we've got several council estates that are pretty pleasant, and private estates that are not :)
Where I live* about half the housing is "council" (or whatever they call it now), with a number of the private houses being ex council, and the biggest problems are ones you are going to get anywhere these days - namely things like parking, and the odd prat who wants to share his driving tunes with everyone :)


*The estate is one of the ones where one of the planning conditions at the time was for some of it to be council/housing association.
 
kbc said:
Nope... there's a fair few in Sussex, but a detour normally works. Avoiding the east side of Brighton is pretty safe. :D ;) :) :cool:
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Cheeky swine, I have lived in one of those estates my whole life and I am a perfectly normal well adjusted person.... mostly.

It is a few people that cause the trouble, the large majority are fine.
 
Lived in a council estate from the day I was brought out of hospital after being born till I was 11, then we moved to a private rented house for 4 years and now we've been living in a council estate again for the last 4 years. The one we're in now is definately the worst but mum and dad grew up here and it was the only available house when we were forced to move.
 
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