miagrace214 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Hi, im looking into buying a newbuild property on what was the old flower estate in wincobank. Its now a new estate currently been run/built by keepmoat. What are peoples view of this area? heard it used to be abit rundown? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethsmummy Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Sorry it may not be what you want to hear but it still is a bit run down. A proportion of the newbuilds have gone to housing association. So effectively your buying your new house in the middle of a "council estate" Why don't you look at some of the houses up for sale round Wincobank instead. Standon road/drive Newman road/drive Aylesbury cres, Evesham close, Barkby road. I know a local builder quite well. He has some fairly newbuilt properties scattared around Wincobank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dongle Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 have a look on holywell heights nice estate with around 40 houses and a few apartments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethsmummy Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 have a look on holywell heights nice estate with around 40 houses and a few apartments Yeah holywell heights is nice. As are other areas I mentioned. And try sandstone Rd & beacon Rd & Beacon way, unless your specifically looking for a brand new/ never lived in. But do look at what's for offer on these nice residential areas mentioned. My mum went for a look round the amaranthus development & couldn't believe how half had gone to housing assoc & then they wonder why they're stuck with the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 My mum went for a look round the amaranthus development & couldn't believe how half had gone to housing assoc & then they wonder why they're stuck with the rest. could it be because people read into what people like you say about an estate and put people off buying ? or could it be that people can no longer get a mortgage because of the banking **** up/no job security? so the builder who then has to recoup some money lets the housing association buy them from him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie2141 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Sorry it may not be what you want to hear but it still is a bit run down. A proportion of the newbuilds have gone to housing association. So effectively your buying your new house in the middle of a "council estate" Why don't you look at some of the houses up for sale round Wincobank instead. Standon road/drive Newman road/drive Aylesbury cres, Evesham close, Barkby road. I know a local builder quite well. He has some fairly newbuilt properties scattared around Wincobank. What a load of tosh, it`s not run down at all not even a bit. Standon Road`s a right dive, so is the rest of Wincobank come to think of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethsmummy Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 What a load of tosh, it`s not run down at all not even a bit. Standon Road`s a right dive, so is the rest of Wincobank come to think of it! Lol. Glad I don't live on Standon then. Although I don't think Standon is a dive, I just personally wouldn't want to live on there because of the heavy traffic/bus route. Listen to what I'm saying. A proportion of Amaranthus has been sold to a housing association. If the OP was wanting to buy on there expecting it to be a quiet private estate with freshly mowed lawns and white picket fences then the reality is that it is in fact part "council estate" Now neither am I saying that all social housing inhabitants are undesireable BUT My mum has lived all her life on her council estate. She bought her home & its a freshly mowed lawn and white picket fence sort of house. But as the estate has evolved it has become a dive. Flytipping, litter, stabbings, late night parties. Her lovely house is stuck in the middle of this. She went to look around amaranthus with a view to move away from that. But upon learning that the development had been split, its safe to assume that there is a risk of buying a new house up there & been in the same situation. Sorry Jackie but tis very true. I would imagine anyone commiting to a (near lifelong) mortgage, would have the same concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Macbeth Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 There has been a move away from monolithic council estates as so many have deteriorated due to them having (for example) concentrations of poverty; anti social behaviour; dysfunctional families. Many new estates nowadays have a mixture of social housing; part buy/part rent; private sales. Some of the privately sold homes will be for private rental. Mixed tenure building has been promoted as the way forward for some years now, with varying levels of success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethsmummy Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 There has been a move away from monolithic council estates as so many have deteriorated due to them having (for example) concentrations of poverty; anti social behaviour; dysfunctional families. Many new estates nowadays have a mixture of social housing; part buy/part rent; private sales. Some of the privately sold homes will be for private rental. Mixed tenure building has been promoted as the way forward for some years now, with varying levels of success. Yes well that's not really the way forward in my mind. People who work hard to buy their house understandably want decent neighbours who look after their own properties & care about their communities. Very often social housing tenants don't want to take care of their homes because 1) its not theirs & 2) they can easily pack up & move on whenever they chose to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dongle Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Yes well that's not really the way forward in my mind. People who work hard to buy their house understandably want decent neighbours who look after their own properties & care about their communities. Very often social housing tenants don't want to take care of their homes because 1) its not theirs & 2) they can easily pack up & move on whenever they chose to. we looked at buying a new build with houses that had houses owned buy housing associations, we looked around the show house which had the upstairs blinds closed, when we asked if we could look out we were advised by the sales person that they were having problems with the house next door and the state of the garden which when we looked was like a tip with old furniture etc dumped in it, this was a housing association owned property. when we asked to see the site plan and for them to point out which houses would be private and which rented we were told that they couldn't disclose that to us. we decided not to buy on that development, i know not all council tenants are the same but if you drive around a council owned estate then a private one i find that the gardens are better kept on the private estates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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