UK new builds rejected for social housing

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Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

I walked past a clutch of newbuild flats (is there a collective noun for a group of newbuild apartment blocks I wonder???) .

Yes, the Oxford English dictionary states that the correct collective noun is a DUMP of new builds flats.

lostinrates

dump is funny.

I was thinking :

a shamble
or
a flimsy
or
a pack (with refernece to a house of cards)

CLAPTON

Pssst wrote: »

Why do we need lots of new builds? Has there been a sudden population explosion that I'm not aware of?

By mid 2007 the UK population was about 60.5 million and the population is estimated to be growing by about 440k per annum.

In addition there is a trend for more people to live alone which means there is more demand for properties.

In parts of the SE especially London there is a severe shortage of housing hence the very high price.

olly300

CLAPTON wrote: »

By mid 2007 the UK population was about 60.5 million and the population is estimated to be growing by about 440k per annum.

In addition there is a trend for more people to live alone which means there is more demand for properties.

In parts of the SE especially London there is a severe shortage of housing hence the very high price.

Yes there is more demand for properties but not badly built properties that are the size of a rabbit hutch.

ninky_2

when complaining about shoddy housing in the uk it's worth remembering that 1 billion (a sixth) of the world's population live in shanty towns. (perhaps when looking at some newbuilds they only real difference is they have mains drainage....).

i wonder what would happen if people here started living in improvised dwellings en masse?

lostinrates

ninky wrote: »

when complaining about shoddy housing in the uk it's worth remembering that 1 billion (a sixth) of the world's population live in shanty towns. (perhaps when looking at some newbuilds they only real difference is they have mains drainage....).

i wonder what would happen if people here started living in improvised dwellings en masse?

I can't help feeling that your man on the bench opposite your home might appreciate being able to priovide himself with some shepter from the weather. It strikes me as bizarre we can find money to ''deal with'' something like that, but not somewhere safe for him to sleep.

Its often said that some of today's newbuilds are the slums of the future. When poorly built, I tend to agree: the difference from a more traditional shanty town is that they have plumbing, and usuallystalite dishes...cablenow I suppose will take over more.

stonethrower

olly300 wrote: »

Yes there is more demand for properties but not badly built properties that are the size of a rabbit hutch.

you wouldn't be allowed to put a rabbits into these hutch's, RSPCA would do you for cruelty to animals

Pssst

Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

I walked past a clutch of newbuild flats (is there a collective noun for a group of newbuild apartment blocks I wonder???) the other day and had a quiet chuckle to myself. Phenomenally ugly (I've lived in Warsaw and Croydon, so I know ugly) and in a really unappealing spot- a fair walk from shops/transport and right next door to a lovely scenic industrial estate. It is these kind of places I think of when I feel down about not being able to afford to buy.

A Ghetto of newbuilds?

Pssst

ninky wrote: »

when complaining about shoddy housing in the uk it's worth remembering that 1 billion (a sixth) of the world's population live in shanty towns. (perhaps when looking at some newbuilds they only real difference is they have mains drainage....).

i wonder what would happen if people here started living in improvised dwellings en masse?

Indeed....but they havent been conned into paying £250,000 for their new build shanty AND they KNOW its made of junk and wont last long.

Pssst

CLAPTON wrote: »

By mid 2007 the UK population was about 60.5 million and the population is estimated to be growing by about 440k per annum.

In addition there is a trend for more people to live alone which means there is more demand for properties.

In parts of the SE especially London there is a severe shortage of housing hence the very high price.

If your stats are correct,and i have no reason to doubt then from

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

The total land area of the UK is 244,820000 m2

divided by 60,900000 thats gives us 4m2 each ??

I am presuming my maths are wrong.

I hope they are !!

Never was my strong point.