Tomm06 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I have a few friends in various Arbour places, don't think they've ever had any trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT70 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I have a few friends in various Arbour places, don't think they've ever had any trouble. there are some rough bits, but as people have said there are ok bits too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 It's no worse than any other council estate. There are plenty of worse places to live in Sheffield. My car windows got smashed a few times in a few months, but that was about 5 years ago now, never had any other trouble at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cainedkaty Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 My mum has lived at the very top of Arbourthorne Road for the last 17 years or so with no problem, never been burgled or had any trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slh73 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Lived here 10 years, neighbours are quiet, never had any trouble. People will tell you its rough, but theyve never lived here, and most of them are just going on stories, not experience. Its like any other estate, theres good people and theres bad. But the bad ones dont seem to **** on their own doorstep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strikerPaul Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Lived here 10 years, neighbours are quiet, never had any trouble. People will tell you its rough, but theyve never lived here, and most of them are just going on stories, not experience. Its like any other estate, theres good people and theres bad. But the bad ones dont seem to **** on their own doorstep. Very very true. Why would one of the many 'arbour' criminals burgle a local house when in 15 minutes they can be in Norton, Greenhill, Totley, Dore etc. People have to live to their means, as a few on the thread have said, I would wish any nice family/persons all the luck in the world when buying new houses wherever. However, it does make my chuckle when people come on trying to convince, justify others that Arbourthorne, and other certain area's are nice places to live. Estates that are predominately council run are by their very nature more depraved. Doesn't mean that all council tenants are the same though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayfair Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 If you have to ask that, you really dont want to know the answer, believe me. How about, a couple of weeks ago a man walks into an arcade at Manor Top with a can full of petrol, pours it all over the shop with the staff inside, says 'you wont be coming to work tomorrow' and then puts a match in it. Then walks out again. Stuff like that happens so often round there that this didn't even make the national news. 'nuff said. YOUR WRONG. I dont live there but your wrong anyway. 1. It wasnt an arcade it was a bookmakers 2. Please give me one instance of this happening at any other time as you say stuff like this happens all the time when in reality it doesnt. 3. It doesnt make the national news because there nothing out of the ordinary that happens there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttsy Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I would say for the prices of houses you would be better looking at Shiregreen tbh. My friends live there and the houses are now run by sanctuary houses not council and i think they have done alot for the area. Its reletively quiet now. xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I had a house on Arbourthorne, before I moved into this property. I liked the house immensely. it was one of the Finnegans, which are scheduled for demolition. I would have been happy to stay there, but for being unable to manage, safely, inside the house. I was forced to move because the council would not adapt the house to my needs (stair-lift, shower, level access). At the time, my father lived a matter of yards from me. My sister lived about 600 yards away. my other sister had a direct bus stop half a mile from me. I had facilities nearby:- doctors, shops, supertram, accessible buses on my route (A rarity 7 years ago) and a support network. It was well insulated, and economical to heat, the internal layout was excellent with two lovely big bedrooms. it was classed as a prefab, and only had an anticipated lifespan of 10 years when it was built in the mid sixties, but was still very good, almost forty years on. My neighbours were decent, we just had a bit of bother with the school kids congregating nearby, playing truant from the school. I was never burgled, just suffered three occasions of car-crime. (one theft, and two break-ins, one of which was when my wheelchair was stolen from the car). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hots on Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 The vast majority of people in arbourthorne are thoroughly decent people, whats happening is that people from outside of arbourthorne are coming in, tearing the place up, throwing litter on the floor, spraying graffiti on the walls and just be generally antisocial, and then they leave and go back to where they came from such as Stannington and Fulwood; then the thoroughy decent people of arbourthorne are left scratching their heads, wondering why outsiders do this to their estate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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