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Gardens are too big
Greed
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I've been using http://maps.google.co.uk/ (satellite or hybrid) and I think that a lot of the houses built since WWII use up too much land for the garden.
If I was in charge of housing then I would do it differently.
If I was in charge of housing then I would do it differently.
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Greed wrote:I've been using http://maps.google.co.uk/ (satellite or hybrid) and I think that a lot of the houses built since WWII use up too much land for the garden.
If I was in charge of housing then I would do it differently.
Aren't there enough newbuild flats with no gardens at all to keep you happy?0 -
The overcompensation with flats doesn't change the original problem.0
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It's impossible to have a garden which is too large -fill up the space with vegetables, flowers and animals, put on your wellies and poddle round all day!Love living in a village in the country side0
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You don't have two young sons then?
The house we went to view today has a 90ft garden - perfect for summer games of footie with Dad!
Ahhhh
*takes off rose tinted glasses*
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Greed wrote:Because there are 2 main costs for a house. The land and the bricks & mortar.
It is interesting that so much land is wasted. The post-war generation got so much more than this generation (it seems).
Have gardens suddenly gotten four times bigger over the last ten years? If not, "sentiment" might be the problem not garden size.0 -
Yep -The post-war generation got so much more than this generation (it seems).
5+ years of food rationing ...
20 yrs of post war austerity ...
Statutory wage and credit controls ...
Ah, the good old days!!
And even nostalgia ain't wot it used to be! 0 -
wasted or wanted?
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