Southern housing development

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  21 August 2012     14:13188006
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  soon to be completed and looking good with the wrought iron balconies, not sure how many of the residents will spend time on them overlooking one of the fastest, noisiest and busiest roads in town.
  
  

  

  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  alternatively looking at the side of other flats.
  
  

  
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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  21 August 2012     14:19188008
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  good for watching the carnival though.
• Guest 641

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  21 August 2012     19:00188051
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  Whilst passing the above appartments, I'm sure I saw a sign saying they were aimed at the 50 plus market, but there were silhouettes of young families skipping merrily along on their posters
  
  The whole development would need to be gated as I can see many an automobile accident involving children in the near future.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  21 August 2012     19:36188055
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  50 or 55 barry, the problem is that southern housing haven't a great record in their choice of tenants.
  
  i know locally that a minority cause great distress to the majority and the housing association is totally disinterested when asked to deal with problems.
• Guest 717

  • Registered: 16 Jun 2011
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  21 August 2012     21:19188066
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  I was under the impression that 5% of any new housing development had to house housing association tenants? Correct me if I'm wrong?
  Keeps politics to myself
• Ross Miller

  • Location: London Road, Dover
  • Registered: 17 Sep 2008
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  22 August 2012     00:37188072
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  Usually it is 30% needs to be affordable housing - either for purchase or rent
  "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
  
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  While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
• Guest 653

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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  22 August 2012     06:46188079
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  30% is an aspiration Ross, not a "will have".
  
  As this is Southern Housing, it will affordable/social housing. I am in total agreement with Howard, SH do not have even a reasonable track record of "good" tenants.
  
  I can't/won't say they are all troublesome families, but they don't have a tight tenancy agreement on behaviour and they don't check out their tenants after they move in unless someone (me in a few cases) complains.
  
  It'll be a shame if that lovely block is messed up by bad people.
  
  
  
  
  Roger
• Guest 653

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  22 August 2012     06:58188081
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  I've just had a look on their web-site; looks like they've tightened up the conditions of being a resident and if they follow through with what they say, then there won't be any trouble at all.
  
  
  
  Roger