Rye Hill Park Flats, Peckham - safe?

[kittoroad]

There's been a couple of places that have come up for sale in these ex-local authority blocks and was wondering if anyone knows if they are safe. I know its a bit of a silly question to ask as its so dependent on who lives there. 50% is privately owned, 50% local authority.

Would love to hear anyone's thoughts and ideas.

Thanks

[Angelina]

safe structurally? or do you mean neighbours?

[Jessie]

I think council tenants are viciously dangerous.

Not really, they're just like home-owners. Some are lovely, some not. Pretty soon they'll all be owner-occupied anyway,

[womanofdulwich]

Any block like this you must be very careful about the service charge and if there are some large planned repairs coming up and how much you will be responsible for.

[kristymac1]

we rented a flat for a short period of time on rye Hill park - not in the big blocks (a smaller newish build block tucked away in the corner) but we found the area in general to be pretty quiet, there were often kids playing outside the blocks of flats which was nice to see (and hear). I think the issues will be the same as with any block of flats - there'll be decent folk and A-holes and probably not dependent on whether they're private owners or local authority tenants....