My gripes on houses in London (aside from being expensive)

princeofpounds

....and no one in Eastenders has a washing machine

haha yes, despite the fact that they seem to be able to flip in and out of numerous family properties and businesses, most of those houses would probably cost two thirds of million these days!

kabayiri

I only know of houses my family owns in Canada, comparing them to with mine and my friends here.

The heating systems are far more elaborate there. The insulation is also better. Mind, in the Rockies you kinda expect that, to have any chance of keeping warm.

It's to be expected. A lot of UK housing stock is old. Insulation technology has come on a lot since.

olly300

kabayiri wrote: »

I only know of houses my family owns in Canada, comparing them to with mine and my friends here.

The heating systems are far more elaborate there. The insulation is also better. Mind, in the Rockies you kinda expect that, to have any chance of keeping warm.

Historically people build their houses to cope with what the climate is like the majority of the time so you can't really compare heating and insulation in different parts of Europe to each other let alone compare the UK to a country with generally much colder winters and hotter summers.

ChiefGrasscutter

Additionally heating systems will be different where summer air conditioning is required rather than merely winter heating.
In the former ducted air heating is more favoured as it can be used both for heating and cooling and in the latter like the UK wet central heating has been the favoured option.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

I don't really see dishwashers as labour-saving; you have to load it, unload it and check each item doesn't have dried food blobs on. May as well just do it in a sink. I've lived in flatshares with dishwashers and they hardly ever got used.

I've never lived anywhere with a tumbledrier in my entire life. I thought they reduced the lifespan of garments somewhat?

Conrad

filcanmike wrote: »

Despite all that, I do love London and I love the country. Given the wealth of things to see and do, the nightlife, and its close proximity to various tourist destinations, I feel very fortunate to be living here. It's just a pity about the houses.

Your'e not seeing the houses I see. I don't know anyone without a dishwasher.
Have you stayed in the counties surrounding London, where you tend to get large detached houses choc full of mod - cons?

grizzly1911

Conrad wrote: »

Your'e not seeing the houses I see. I don't know anyone without a dishwasher.
Have you stayed in the counties surrounding London, where you tend to get large detached houses choc full of mod - cons?

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Jaywick&hl=en&ll=51.773045,1.127815&spn=0.054916,0.110378&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=6.863409,14.128418&oq=jay&hnear=Jaywick,+Essex,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=13&layer=c&cbll=51.779196,1.118337&panoid=2h27df6hDW87m_66oWTNVg&cbp=12,101.17,,0,0

Come up North and we've still got tin baths and ferrets in the yard.

claire16c

I've never lived in a house without a tumble dryer or dishwasher from about the age of 3. So neither had my younger sister.

Until she moved to Canada to live with her boyfriend where there was no dishwasher in his house or his parents either. And no electric kettle either.

They also use old-fashioned top loading washing machines - although my sister & boyfriend recently upgraded to new one with a window. When her boyfriend saw our a few years back he was fascinated by it!

zagubov

Zero_Sum wrote: »

....and no one in Eastenders has a washing machine

Or eats at home when they could go to the caff or buys anything in a proper shop when there's a market open.;)

However in a recent episode one of them did say that watching their washing go round and round was better than watching Corrie.

SingleSue

I don't have a dish washer, never had one or used one, I wouldn't know what to do with one! To me, it seems an awful waste of time, by the time you have loaded and unloaded it, you may as well just washed the blooming things by hand anyway. Ex hubby always wanted to get one as he said it would be easier for him....hmm, I was the dish washer apart from about two plates a week he did! We didn't have the room anyway.....

I do however, have a tumble dryer...3 boys, two with bowel disorders make it rather an essential to keep up with it all.