Should i be worried: Multiple occupancy neighbours..
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I have just got a letter from my council asking how i feel about my neighbours houses (the two across the street) going from 'Dwelling' to 'multiple occupancy'.
One is a four bedroom with a double garage that has already been converted into two rooms with their own front doors. The other is a smaller three bed place and the garage has also been converted.
The houses are already multiple occupancy, they are full of what appear to be Sri Lankans. There are atleast ten adults spread between the two houses and there are some kids too.
Currently, they cause me no problems at all, they are quiet and tidy and I just see them jumping into a mini van and being taken to work in the mornings, apart from that I wouldn't really know they were not normally family homes. Also not a single one of them owns a car, so no parking issues at the moment.
I am concerned that they may be very well behaved because they shouldn't actually all be there, and maybe there attitudes will change when their 'hotels' are legalised..
What would you do? I did not object when the council asked how i felt about the garages being converted, even though they were converted about a year before i got the letter from the council
I am wondering just what differecne it makes if they are Reclassed, does it then mean they can expand the houses even more and have even more people crammed in, if they all brought cars it would cause serious problems...
One is a four bedroom with a double garage that has already been converted into two rooms with their own front doors. The other is a smaller three bed place and the garage has also been converted.
The houses are already multiple occupancy, they are full of what appear to be Sri Lankans. There are atleast ten adults spread between the two houses and there are some kids too.
Currently, they cause me no problems at all, they are quiet and tidy and I just see them jumping into a mini van and being taken to work in the mornings, apart from that I wouldn't really know they were not normally family homes. Also not a single one of them owns a car, so no parking issues at the moment.
I am concerned that they may be very well behaved because they shouldn't actually all be there, and maybe there attitudes will change when their 'hotels' are legalised..
What would you do? I did not object when the council asked how i felt about the garages being converted, even though they were converted about a year before i got the letter from the council
I am wondering just what differecne it makes if they are Reclassed, does it then mean they can expand the houses even more and have even more people crammed in, if they all brought cars it would cause serious problems...
So far, they are not DSS people, it is one guy that owns both houses but all the tenants appear to be office workers.
I am concerend about how that might change, if he gets multiple occupancy he then may decide its more profitable to fill them up with dolee's as you say..
Or maybe it would just mean that we he sold them they would be turned into hostels or something as they already had permission..
I think i should say no, as it won't actually affect them much I don't think, they will just carry on as they are
I am concerend about how that might change, if he gets multiple occupancy he then may decide its more profitable to fill them up with dolee's as you say..
Or maybe it would just mean that we he sold them they would be turned into hostels or something as they already had permission..
I think i should say no, as it won't actually affect them much I don't think, they will just carry on as they are
I have to say my gut instinct would be to object. More people, more cars, more noise......
I'd rather live in a street with big houses with single/joint owners, than a street with big houses all converted into flats owned by landlords, filled with people who may not have an interest in the upkeep of the area. Plus, conversions are rarely sympathetic to the design of the property.
I'd rather live in a street with big houses with single/joint owners, than a street with big houses all converted into flats owned by landlords, filled with people who may not have an interest in the upkeep of the area. Plus, conversions are rarely sympathetic to the design of the property.
Would there be any point in me asking the guy for a written guarantee that I would not notice any change in order for me not to object to his plans?
Or would that just be a waste of time?
The chances are that he is only applying for this, so he can keep things as they are already, but who knows what the future may hold..having said that..I am not planning on being here for too long anyway.
>> Edited by hedders on Sunday 5th February 14:49
Or would that just be a waste of time?
The chances are that he is only applying for this, so he can keep things as they are already, but who knows what the future may hold..having said that..I am not planning on being here for too long anyway.
>> Edited by hedders on Sunday 5th February 14:49
hedders said:
Would there be any point in me asking the guy for a written guarantee that I would not notice any change in order for me not to object to his plans?
Or would that just be a waste of time?
The chances are that he is only applying for this, so he can keep things as they are already, but who knows what the future may hold..having said that..I am not planning on being here for too long anyway.
>> Edited by hedders on Sunday 5th February 14:49
What about phoning him/going round to see him to ask what exactly he wants to do with the properties, so you can get a feel for what it will be like if he gets his way?
This is what the places look like now.
As you can see the garages are little flats, and i guess they would not be allowed to extend these properties to the front. I am not really concerned with the current state of affairs. They are quite presentable and as you can see, no cars!
Those garage doors just appeared there the other day, they must have been storing them and are planning to chuck them out.
As you can see the garages are little flats, and i guess they would not be allowed to extend these properties to the front. I am not really concerned with the current state of affairs. They are quite presentable and as you can see, no cars!
Those garage doors just appeared there the other day, they must have been storing them and are planning to chuck them out.
hedders said:
Great...
Why worry about it? Its your right to object if you like. I did it in the past and in a small[i/] way helped change a local development from something completely out of character with my area into something that actually looks very nice.
You were there first, if you don't like it and have been asked to comment, then for gods sake comment!
Hedders.
My neighbours, down the way, converted one of their garages into an extra lounge. Absolutely no problem.
If my neighbours across the way converted their (detached) garage into two flats I'd kick up a stink no-one in the vicinity would forget for a decade. If they turned it into (one) granny flat I'd still be fairly unimpressed.
There's no cars there now. But in due course there will be four or five. Two for the main house and one each for the flats.
That's OK until their mates turn up. Then they park bloody everywhere. No good at all.
My neighbours, down the way, converted one of their garages into an extra lounge. Absolutely no problem.
If my neighbours across the way converted their (detached) garage into two flats I'd kick up a stink no-one in the vicinity would forget for a decade. If they turned it into (one) granny flat I'd still be fairly unimpressed.
There's no cars there now. But in due course there will be four or five. Two for the main house and one each for the flats.
That's OK until their mates turn up. Then they park bloody everywhere. No good at all.
With respect, you need your head examined if you think any good is going to come of this disaster in the making...
Fight it all the way, let the government deal with their problems, that they have created in a better way than dumping people through legislation, perhaps Tony Blair and the rest of them can club together to offer dwellings within their property empire...
Fight it all the way, let the government deal with their problems, that they have created in a better way than dumping people through legislation, perhaps Tony Blair and the rest of them can club together to offer dwellings within their property empire...
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