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  • GuyW09 February 2025

    Very true Trev.

    Around here, land values are we quite high, based largely on scenic value rather than land scarcity. And the builders insist on building large, high value houses. 5 or 6 bedrooms, large garages. Hardly starter homes! And although they are supposed to build a proportion of 'affordable homes' this requirement seems to be waived in many cases. Plus the definition of 'afforda...

  • T Mason09 February 2025

    Guy, the other factor you missed is that divorce now stands at over 50% so that doubles demand too with many single people now living in multi bedroom houses.

    Trev

  • anamnesis09 February 2025

    Guy, it's a pity we and the rest of us, aren't geographically closer.

    We could have purposely misconstrued 'arguments' in a boozer, over a beer. 🤣

    By the end of it, the world would be set to rights, or destroyed. 😂😂

  • GuyW09 February 2025

    Anam, I purposely didn't mention net immigration. I did refer to population growth, of which net immigration is of course a component part. But my message was about change in societal demand rather than population change.

    It is interesting though as you say, that in many countries worldwide, predominantly non 'Western' societies, the older generations are better integrated with younger ones...

  • anamnesis09 February 2025

    Prefabs eh Trev. Yep remember those. A half street full of them round our way. All built on the foundations of bombed out houses.

    Maybe why I've got pleural plaques; mucking about in them. 😬.

    Yeah, why not. Cheap, and cheerful or not, bung the uwanted excess immigrants in them; assuming there is a cheaper material than asbestos these days 😉. At least shove 'em out of sight...

  • anamnesis09 February 2025

    You mentioned the biggest driving factor. Too much net immigration.

    It can't be set apart.

    Look how many last year. Look at the projections for the next 10 years

    Even if the 1.5 million can be built (they are needed), they can all easily be swallowed up by immigrants alone, and still leave a big big shortgage of homes.

    Yep, build more. But at the same time, plu...

  • GuyW09 February 2025

    Apart from population increase, there are two other factors relevant in the housing crisis that are never mentioned.

    In bygone days small houses often housed multi generational families. Nowadays they expect separate housing, at least doubling the demand or even more in some areas.
    Also in bygone days people generally lived in much smaller houses, often back to back 2 up 2 down terra...

  • anamnesis09 February 2025

    It isn't even April yet, but never mind.

    It seems in the US, the fools have arrived early. Lol.

    " - Dr Steven Greer, one of the driving forces behind the UFO disclosure movement, claims the new administration is considering executive orders that would publicize the government's involvement in secret UFO research.

    He says a wave of new whistleblowers are set to come forwa...

  • T Mason09 February 2025

    I see Rayner has been on the beeb and again talking about their housing targets. I really dont see how these are possible especially as numbers of new build have fallen and where do you get the people to build them as some trades are already short.

    To me the answer lies elsewhere. I really dont see why they are not promoting some kind of prefabs like they did after the war or even as som...

  • a.o. arnold09 February 2025

    Well, there may be another reasing to go for this Nissan Micra engine: I already have the Datsun 5 speed box in. It would'nt surprise me if one could just bolt it on..

    Anyone?

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