Talk:Kincaidston

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What is a council housing estate? --Xyzzyplugh 21:36, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

A council housing estate is houses owned by the local council. For instance South Ayrshire Council.

See here for the Scottish council example.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland

Councils are local government sectors and council houses are owned by the local councils and rented to tenants. There is usually a variety of stock and repairs of housing is carried out by the council contracters. If you can't afford to buy a house, the other alternative is private landlords run by individuals or organisations. The equivalent term in the US could be the 'projects', although there is not quite the negative connotations that the projects have. Although that's not to say that there are no bad council estates. Some areas are in a bad condition due to a variety of factors like poverty and a lack of interest by councils. Many housing estates are made up in the UK of two and three storey houses, although there are council owned tower blocks as well in the larger cities like London, Glasgow, Birmingham etc. The term 'council estate', can be a bit misleading as many tenants have bought their houses when the right to buy was enacted in the 1980's under the Thatcher government. Hope that helps. Douglasnicol 20:38, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I'd say this article is pretty subjective and unbalanced. Who says Kincaidston is rapidly becoming one of Ayr's most after areas, except the author of this article? I used to live there and its gone seriously downhill over the last 10-15 years. Nsign 13:20, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't know, I live in Belmont, but I certainly didn't start the article or put that in. I just put the link to what a council estate was. I guess it's more desirable than places like Lochside, though that is being regenerated, however, it could be classed as NPOV. We would really need some sort of proof to back that up like property sales figures. Douglasnicol 15:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)