11-12-2019, 05:32 PM
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Re: Affordable homes
Originally Posted by Azure
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And another thing!Why can't three story High Apartments be built as on the Continent, all very spacious and reasonable rents, unlike the ugly High Rise death traps.
And there are plenty of ready made Homes put up in a few days that now last 50 years or more like the Prefabs many of which are still occupied and cherished
Are there any sensible people in the Councils?
If you see Madrid or Barcelona they has endless tower blocks in fact most Spanish live in horrible little high rise flats .
11-12-2019, 06:18 PM
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Re: Affordable homes
Originally Posted by Azure
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Local Councils are holding over 23,000 vacant residential properties and there are 200,000 empty homes across the UKThis is scandalous and someone should be made to
address why these houses can not be let or sold
Source. Emoov.
Also, there are thousands of empty Commercial properties in High Streets that could be converted to First time buyers apartments and Family homes too. Many Council owned and owned by The Church of England and other rich public bodies
There would not be a housing shortage affordable or otherwise if they were all occupied
Councils do not help private builders with there expensive planning applications and unreasonably refusing building permission.
They just want poor people to suffer while they increase their salaries and live in their detached Mansions.
Its other peoples property
11-12-2019, 06:20 PM
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Re: Affordable homes
Originally Posted by Azure
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And another thing!Why can't three story High Apartments be built as on the Continent, all very spacious and reasonable rents, unlike the ugly High Rise death traps.
And there are plenty of ready made Homes put up in a few days that now last 50 years or more like the Prefabs many of which are still occupied and cherished
Are there any sensible people in the Councils?
Who on earth wants to live in a council high rise prefab ? They are magnets for crime and make everyone who lives their miserable.
11-12-2019, 06:33 PM
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Re: Affordable homes
Originally Posted by Muddy
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Well Annie I don’t know where all these large properties are .I dont consider three bedrooms huge at all.
A three bedroom house would make two very poky flats .
Thats what these ( usually Asian )slum landlords do they make a three bedroom house into horrible cupboard rooms for six or ten people and rent them out .
Why shouldn’t older people have three bedrooms ?
I have three bedrooms
They may still may want their family to visit them and be able to put them up .
This happens a lot to people who for whatever reason are unable to downsize. Bungalows are like gold dust and often far from amenities.
You may have three bedrooms but from what you say you are not yet elderly and are still fully mobile. Many young people these days do not have large families, they don't crave a garden and just want a place to use as a workday pad.
It's not for everyone but giving people the option could vastly increase the amount of housing stock available. What's the point of building all these matchbox lego style tower blocks when you can convert existing houses made for real people?
11-12-2019, 06:36 PM
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Re: Affordable homes
Originally Posted by Muddy
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If you see Madrid or Barcelona they has endless tower blocks in fact most Spanish live in horrible little high rise flats .
11-12-2019, 08:18 PM
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Re: Affordable homes
Originally Posted by Bread
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Who on earth wants to live in a council high rise prefab ? They are magnets for crime and make everyone who lives their miserable.
11-12-2019, 08:51 PM
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Re: Affordable homes
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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They are usually very nice inside! Often with a balcony to observe streetlife while you sip your wine or coffee. Not sure why similar developments here feel so seedy when in such countries they feel safe and homely.
... where the average ten story block makes your average Victorian terrace in England look chavy slumland.
Most people in Lisbon also have a second home out in the country for weekends. They may not own it entirely but it's in the family.
11-12-2019, 09:27 PM
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Re: Affordable homes
Originally Posted by Bread
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Who on earth wants to live in a council high rise prefab ? They are magnets for crime and make everyone who lives their miserable.
11-12-2019, 09:29 PM
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Re: Affordable homes
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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There's plenty of housing stock if councils allow so many homeowners to develop large properties into smaller units. They refuse planning permission for such stupid reasons.
11-12-2019, 09:37 PM
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Re: Affordable homes
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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They are usually very nice inside! Often with a balcony to observe streetlife while you sip your wine or coffee. Not sure why similar developments here feel so seedy when in such countries they feel safe and homely.
weather and poor street cleaning due to lack of car parking!
Regards bDonkeyman!
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