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Would/do you live in a tower block?
Some time ago was looking for somewhere to live, and there was a tower block which I had some mild interest in possibly living, and the reaction I got from people 'you'd live in there, and that high up?' 'What if there's a fire?' And the general occupying feeling they probably wouldn't visit if I lived there.
But an ex-colleague she lived in quite a rough area in a tower block but made the most of it as she relished the views and pictures she could take from it. So would you live in a tower block? Or do you. |
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Used to live on the top floor of a tower block in London. Fabulous views but it was a bugger if the lift wasn't working.
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I would. No street racket or garden to deal with,
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My gran used to live in one in the 1980's. It was a lot nicer than the freezing cold terraced house she lived in before that. Fantastic views. I'd happily live in a well-maintained apartment block.
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I'm not sure if our 4-storey building counts as a tower block, but I live in a flat at the top of it.
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never.
i am terrified of heights, i`d not be able to approach a window. the lifts. the stairs. escaping from fire. my aunt has lived in various tower blocks [in birmingham] and they`ve all been horrendously unsafe, even with the front locked and 24 hour security guards in the lobby. it`s not for me. |
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I always remember talking to the Housing Association rep about the lift being broken - he asked me why on earth I moved into a top floor flat having a disabled child. I said 'because there's a lift'! Duh
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I'd live in a tower block...at the moment I own my own home...nice garden ..blah blah blah...but very unhappy- if someone offered me a flat in a tower block right now- I's snap their hands off....home is what you make it...
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I'd live in a tower block...at the moment I own my own home...nice garden ..blah blah blah...but very unhappy- if someone offered me a flat in a tower block right now- I's snap their hands off....home is what you make it...
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Not so sure - I'd love the views, no traffic noise but the inconvenience I suppose if a lift was broke (and the flat was up in the heavens), no garden to look out on...
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A thousand times no. The height wouldn't bother me as i'm not afraid of heights, but having someone living above me would be a big problem, mainly down to five years of hell in my last building with the young woman who lived above me then.
I suppose if the lift was reliable then I wouldn't have a problem living on the top floor, but that would be the only location i'd consider. |
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I rented a flat in the centre of Sheffield for a few years, it was on the 6th floor of a 10 storey block. It was very nice, but being in a city centre the traffic pollution was quite bad.
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I have lived in one. It was fine. The landings and lifts were kept clean and all the neighbours were decent people. It's fine if the people around you are OK.
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No thankyou never appealed to me ever, like being able to sit in a garden with my dog always had a garden always had a dog, very happy in the bungalow we moved to this year
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Depends on who else lives there, and where the tower block is.
If it was full of housing association people, council tenants and the like I would give it a wide berth. It it was full of owner occupiers, then that would be OK. It would also have to have excellent sound insulation, and be somewhere with excellent views. |
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Depends on who else lives there, and where the tower block is.
If it was full of housing association people, council tenants and the like I would give it a wide berth. It it was full of owner occupiers, then that would be OK. It would also have to have excellent sound insulation, and be somewhere with excellent views. ETA: I have say you hardly come over as the ideal neighbour yourself! |
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I bet the lift smells of wee
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Some time ago was looking for somewhere to live, and there was a tower block which I had some mild interest in possibly living, and the reaction I got from people 'you'd live in there, and that high up?' 'What if there's a fire?' And the general occupying feeling they probably wouldn't visit if I lived there.
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I have lived in one. It was fine. The landings and lifts were kept clean and all the neighbours were decent people. It's fine if the people around you are OK.
![]() The view is no view at all though - I look out of my living-room into the windows of the Premier Inn (that wasn't here when I moved in) and also onto student housing (600 rooms) and new student housing built on the other side. On the other hand, it's 1 minute into Bath City centre! People would kill for this location They don't realise the 2-4am noise from all the revellers in the pubs, clubs is very loud, the parking situation is horrendous as in most cities.It's 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. I think we are pretty lucky to live in this location despite all these new buildings having gone up around us in the last 3 years. *with no parking for any of them! ETA: *I do wonder what it is about this country that there seems to be such reluctance to build underground parking when they build hotels, entertainment complexes, etc. As my brother always says when he visits from Holland 'I always forget how backward the UK is regarding infrastructure.' |
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I do think that living in vertical space is a good idea. There are many cities around the world where going up is the only option. I think there has been a lot of bad advertisements via poorly constructed and managed blocks built in the past. Personally I think high rise living will have to play a big part in future housing solutions, We are seeing a renaisance of pre-fab construction, which was previously associated with sub standard housing in the past.
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I currently live in one on 20th floor its a decent block apart from the noisy git above me and the trouble maker across the hall, my other neighbours are great.
Also most of us get on well with each other in the block too. It is a bousing association block not all housing association tenants are neighbours from hell, infact most are decent and just trying to make the most of what they have. |
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Used to live on the 40th floor of an apartment block in downtown Chicago, the views of the city and the lake were superb.
Other plus points was that on the ground floor a Concierge was always there to take parcels, because there was a HOA fee the amount of DIY you had to do was minimal. If someone blocked the toilet then you just phoned maintenance However if I'd had kids at that time it probably wouldn't have worked with just 4 apartments per floor and the other 3 occupied by elderly people with no young kids there would have been no-one to play with and being in downtown there was nowhere to play So great lifestyle for young people |
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I currently live in one on 20th floor its a decent block apart from the noisy git above me and the trouble maker across the hall, my other neighbours are great.
Also most of us get on well with each other in the block too. It is a bousing association block not all housing association tenants are neighbours from hell, infact most are decent and just trying to make the most of what they have. So it's not like this
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What I am trying to say...is, as long as you are happy and content,,,,,this is what matters more than anything..There is nothing wrong with tower blocks...
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