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Buying a flat in Hackney: should we avoid council blocks?
As I’m looking to buy a flat in Hackney after years of renting, I wanted to ask about other people’s experiences living in council housing buildings.
My partner and I are considering excluding them from our search because we currently live in a council building and have had a pretty bad experience:
- the lift is often broken or faulty
- the stairs are very dirty — the “cherry on top” was finding a giant dog s**t there today
- we’ve found multiple neighbours smoking cigarettes and other substances inside the building
We’re wondering whether we’ve just been unlucky, or if these kinds of issues are common in other council buildings too.
u/CSquare_10 — 6 days ago