How do we stop the building of the current influx of !!!!!! new housing

ukbondraider

Alan_M wrote:

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ukbondraider

kittie wrote:

Don`t tar all townhouses with the same brush

I love living in my new townhouse. It is part of a development of 40 houses and apartments. All really luxurious spec, security guard at the gate and set in over 50 acres of beautiful parkland. I like going upstairs to my lounge which faces a stunning, southerly aspect and ancient trees.

ok I gave up a garden and a washing line and I have neighbours but some of us are building a good community and there is no external maintenance

Choose carefully and you can find your dream. Mine cost under 360k

Sure not all townhouse developments are all the same but it only takes 1 new person to ruin it right?

Its up to you if you want to take that risk.

I personally wouldnt.

scorpio_princess

ukbondraider wrote:

Let me get this clear. I am not bragging about how much I earn. My statement was based on everyone. i.e I know that alot of people who earn more than £27K. Therefore would it not be logical for average houses to cost somewhere in a range where people on £27K could buy them. Instead we have a situation where someone on £100K for example can struggle to buy an average house. Thus only football players on £5m per year can actually buy any of the decent properties because those that are semi decent are over £1m. Even then if I was a footballer or a moviestar I would be !!!!ed that my £20m estate would probably cost £1m in Europe.

Basically it is another case of Brits getting shafted. Most of us all live in grotty, small houses yet London and the UK is one of the more richer countries of the world. And then to hear 95% of the country still green and people wanting to keep it this way just makes me angry. Especially when such hypocritical folks blame building on such land being greed.

I know what I can or cant buy and coming from 25 yrs at the bottom end of the housing conditions I am appreciative of what I have. My comments here are my views based on the what the whole country and not myself have to face.

I do get what you're saying - if you compare what the standard (and price) of housing is here compared to other countries, it does appear that 'rip off Britain' is still alive and well (and living in a townhouse!!) But I believe it's a combination of allegedly having one of the world's strongest economies, a population of 60 million people (and rising every day) and a lot less space than, say, France, Germany, Oz, US etc (compare our population to Australia - they have 'just' 20 million, and yet have a country that accommodate our island 10 times over). This all contributes to what we now call 'modern Britain'.

Great Britain it ain't...

Of course, the fact is expectations of the British people have been consistently lowered over the years - so much so that 'crap' (whether it's housing, customer service, manufacturing) is now expected, and considered the norm. When did we all get to the point where if anything is substandard, we simply shrug and say 'what did you expect'? It's definitely not good enough. There's a malaise of 'can't be bothered' amoungst the Brits these days, and more than a sprinkling of apathy. That said, the British tradition of moaning is still going strong, as i'm proving here! :rotfl:

aderbyshirelad

Yup, forget football or cricket - moaning is the national sport.

If someone wants a large detached house with rooms for cinemas, snooker rooms etc then:
a) go out and earn the money to pay the market rate for one
b) go out and earn the money to buy a plot of land and then have your mansion built to whatever specification your heart desires
c) move to th US/Australia/ France or wherever.

People have lived in pokey, awful, dark terrace houses for centuries, bolting the doors, shuttering the windows and cowering in the cellar in fear of upsetting their neighbours / their neighbours upsetting them.

PLLLEEEAAASSSEEE - give me strength

Norma_Desmond

I think that the OP comes across as very common and nouveau riche.
Sorry, I've got a stinking cold and was in need of a rant!