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Buy a council house - instant neighbours from hell

People who buy their council house

Neighbours buy council house

Owning your house, whether it is an ex-council property or not does not make you a better person. They’re just trying to show off and it has turned them into argumentative fuddy-duddy’s.



It makes my blood boil, when neighbours who have been very friendly for years, decide to buy their council house and then change completely over night. They turn into complete snobs

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03-7-2008What is a chav, I lived in a council house with my mum, dad and brother so does that make me a chav, if so I would like to know what it is please?jaime
30-5-2008I am one of the many who have bought there own home and to be honest, it was the biggest mistake of my life, while with the Wyre Forest District Council I had no problems, they always looked after you when you had a problem, any plumbing, building or maintenance to the home, they always come to fix ...moremikeonlinebaby
25-5-2008I notice that in some parts of Scotland, the right to buy policy has been temporarily stopped due to extreme lack of houses in those areas. If only they'd ban it everywhere in the UK!mr elsie zzzzzzzz
03-5-2008Nice one Siobhan Ok have just been over to ireland and have really enjoyed myself .The gas is running out.FRANKIEDADGAD
03-5-2008Ok ! £85,000 In the bank plus extra's All legal All paid fer All mine.... Well maybe not I suppose I and so many other chavs Will have to bail you lot out again Who borrow well over your limit and can not pay it back.But dont worry the not in debt "chav" will bail you out...Bet th...moresiobhaneadgbe
02-5-2008Lottie, please don't tar everyone with the same brush. I like to think of myself as working class, the key word here being class, something that the "Chavs" don't have and neither by the sound of it do you. Also they probably don't go to work either. I grew up on a council esta...moreNick
02-5-2008Lets lay a few myths to rest.Unless your house is in the £400,000 bracket it aint going to be much different from the council "chav's" humble abode in the £110,000 bracket.Lets get technical okay lets not I'm a builder by the way Yes it is true a council house spec will b...moreFRANKIEDADGAD
13-3-2008Nick, that maybe (although 20% were prefabricated) but they were also built for working class people, this housing model provided the first experience of private garden space (usually front and rear) and the first private and indoor toilets and bathrooms. You only have to look at the majority of ...moreLottie
13-3-2008Lottie, generally council houses were better built then private as they were designed to last with lower maintenance and not for a quick profit.Nick
13-3-2008As the saying goes you can take the man out of the gutter, but you can't take the gutter out of the man. At the end of the day council houses are council bought or not.Lottie
12-3-2008Tryth, see the last comment. That's what a conservative government did for council housing.Nick
12-3-2008I hate the policy of "right to buy", its why young people can't afford houses today. thanks a lot Thatcher!laughing gravy



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