Find out where you can afford to buy or rent in Great Britain

Re:Find out where you can afford to buy or rent in Great Bri... by throwaway22032 on Monday June 12, 2023 @07:12AM (#36291627)

Or we could just build more homes, rather than cramming everyone into a smaller space.

You know, like when we built a ton of social housing in the 60s.

Enforcing the flatshare life on everyone is about the worst idea I can think of.

edit: build up, build out, build down, do whatever. I'd prefer normal homes with gardens and I think most people would, but right now we could do with anything. Shuffling the deckchairs solves nothing.

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Re:Find out where you can afford to buy or rent in Great Bri... by tlocke on Monday June 12, 2023 @07:22AM (#36291713)

  > Or we could just build more
  > homes, rather than cramming
  > everyone into a smaller space.

With a spare bedroom tax, the average space per-person doesn't change, but the median rises and the cost drops dramatically.

  > This message written from my
  > study, which you'd tax me to
  > be in because of course any
  > luxury must be eliminated.

A spare bedroom tax only applies to houses with two or more spare bedrooms. It also replaces propert tax, and so in your case you'd be better off financially.

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Re:Find out where you can afford to buy or rent in Great Bri... by rs999gti on Monday June 12, 2023 @07:31AM (#36291805)

> spare bedroom tax

This idea is ridiculous

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Re:Find out where you can afford to buy or rent in Great Bri... by rs999gti on Monday June 12, 2023 @07:28AM (#36291782)

Build up not out.

London could use more multistory apartments.

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Re:Find out where you can afford to buy or rent in Great Bri... by jablala on Monday June 12, 2023 @07:44AM (#36291928)

I feel the problem with the way the UK builds apartments is just so unsatisfying. The ones built targetting the luxury demographic seem to be habitable and provide ammenities that a commuinity would have. Such as grassland and seperate outdoor space.

Outside of these the rest just don't provide actual living spaces. They seem to be thrown up without any care for quality of living.

Edit: I do agree with you, I just wish living in an apartment didn't feel so reclusive.

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