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Shoebox Britain!
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2313417/Battery-hen-Britain-Britons-live-smallest-homes-western-Europe.html
Interesting how the average 1 bed new build has shrunk. Factory farming springs to mind!
Still, as long as people keep buying them, they'll keep throwing them up I suppose!
Interesting how the average 1 bed new build has shrunk. Factory farming springs to mind!
Still, as long as people keep buying them, they'll keep throwing them up I suppose!
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2313417/Battery-hen-Britain-Britons-live-smallest-homes-western-Europe.html
Interesting how the average 1 bed new build has shrunk. Factory farming springs to mind!
Still, as long as people keep buying them, they'll keep throwing them up I suppose!
That's why ex-council houses are such good value - they were built up to a standard rather than down to a price.
TruckerTAccording to Clapton, I am a totally ignorant idiot.0 -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2313417/Battery-hen-Britain-Britons-live-smallest-homes-western-Europe.html
Interesting how the average 1 bed new build has shrunk. Factory farming springs to mind!
Still, as long as people keep buying them, they'll keep throwing them up I suppose!
maybe the government mandatory housing density standards, planning restrictions, and the varies community fees and affordable housing levies has something to do with it too.0 -
Wait 30 years and these shoeboxes will be unloved, unwanted and about to be demolished, just like many of the high rise estates of the 60s.
The planners in this country have their priorities very wrong."When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson0 -
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The problem is that they are like traps. Move in with huge assistance from Government (usually now!), then as the price plummets and you're thinking about family etc you're stuck good and proper! I'd imagine depression kicks in quickly when your options dry up.
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MacMickster wrote: »Wait 30 years and these shoeboxes will be unloved, unwanted and about to be demolished, just like many of the high rise estates of the 60s.
The planners in this country have their priorities very wrong.
I don't think it was the planners who set up the green belt
nor was it the planners that gave unaccountable quangos the ability to declare listed building or control building in national parks. etc etc.0 -
A friend of mine has moved 12mths ago into a brand new council home in Rotherham. Great standard of insulation etc but he went to see about right to buy and they told him not to bother as he would not get a mortgage as they are only built to last 20yrs!!
What there is a shortage of is bungalows, we have an aging population yet planning departments want developers to throw as many homes as possible on leading to the 3 story type we see today. When was the last time a developer built an estate of bungalows?0 -
Usual misleading diagrams where the height is proportional to the number, but the width is scaled as well, so the disparity in size between the two things looks bigger than it ought to.
(Not that I disagree with the assertion that new builds are unpleasantly poky.)Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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This reminds me of this story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billennium_(short_story)
Although written in 1961, it was already forecasting smaller homes as a trend for the future.
(if you ever get a chance, it's well worth a read)0 -
sheffield_lad wrote: »A friend of mine has moved 12mths ago into a brand new council home in Rotherham. Great standard of insulation etc but he went to see about right to buy and they told him not to bother as he would not get a mortgage as they are only built to last 20yrs!!
What there is a shortage of is bungalows, we have an aging population yet planning departments want developers to throw as many homes as possible on leading to the 3 story type we see today. When was the last time a developer built an estate of bungalows?
planning department are directly obeying our elected government0 -
sheffield_lad wrote: »he went to see about right to buy and they told him not to bother as he would not get a mortgage as they are only built to last 20yrs
I find it hard to believe that your friend would take that advice without question.
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