SteveJ
The NIMBYS are out in full swing up North. Won't be long before we see the same thing down here: http://www.lep.co.uk/news/lep-business/neighbours_braced_for_giant_new_estate_plan_1_3950307 and http://www.lep.co.uk/news/lep-business/homes_giant_vows_to_battle_residents_1_3947143 You only need to look at the age of them to see they hardly represent a broad spectrum of society. It is a bit ...
@Ladysmile - this thread was highjacked by dallas and rainbow1 exchanging insults. i think you'll find they weren't aimed at you. I think dallas and rainbow1's posts should be deleted.
Duckileaks, you are an idiot for asking that question.
From experience, this is an awful way to lose your pet dog. Please accept my deepest sympathies.
@Rainbow1 . you mean you post like that on facebook and no one minds? @wriggler . the purpose of language is to communicate which is exactly what rainbow1 is failing to do.
At least the old house is going to be replaced by two new detached houses, although what does that say to you about the state of the market? The worse thing is when idiots start splitting single terraced houses into two one bedroom flats. At this point you know it is all over and the market is about to collapse.
My conversation with a Dawlish NIMBY the other day: NIMBY: I see in the Dawlish Gazette that they are now building 900 homes instead of the 2000. Me: That's a shame. NIMBY: No doubt they will find a way between now and 2020 to build more. Me: Well it is good they are building more homes isn't it? NIMBY: They are also planning on building a new school (and something else I can't remember). ...
I thought this may interest people on here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/oct/10/empty-homes-help-us-make-a-difference There are 920,000 empty homes in the UK according to this article enough to home half the 1.8 million households on council waiting lists. However, we also spend £20 billion a year on housing benefit, enough to build 300,000 houses every single year. The housing problem ...
How about an Occupy Dawlish Lawn movement to shake things up a bit?
Here is the response I got to my email.... Thank you for your email. The precise make-up of the affordable housing will be set out in a Planning (Section 106) Agreement which will specify, amongst all the other required contributions, the percentage, the mix and tenure type and the mechanism by which homes are allocated (e.g. to local people first) This will hopefully be agreed with ...
