Dizzy Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Seems RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects_have been doing a bit of research. They have concluded and confirmed that their research has shown that " thousands of cramped houses - shameful shoe-box homes - are being churned out all over the country, depriving households of the space they need to live comfortably and cohesively." Isn't that stating the blindingly obvious in a way? The last paragraph of the news article sounds interesting. In reality I can't see it making any difference though as the developers cram as many houses onto development land as they can to line their own pockets, they don't do it to make houses affordable. http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/news/uk/2011/09/14/architects_condemn_shoe_box_homes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Anyone remember this from almost 50 years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Fairly simple equation: increasing population - decreasing land supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted September 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Brilliant but bloody hell Fugs I'll be singing that all day now This is ingenious though.... A batchelor in Hong Kong has a turned his 32 square meter appartment into 24 'seperate' rooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Heck was singing Little Boxes (allmade of ticky-tacky) earlier today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 A good example is the expensive houses £500,000 up at Parr's Wood. Went in one for a nosy when they were just finishing them off. Not enough room to swing a cat around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 A good example is the expensive houses £500,000 up at Parr's Wood. Went in one for a nosy when they were just finishing them off. Not enough room to swing a cat around. Quite a number of those were initially occupied by a large number of so called 'sportsmen' who keep their brains in their boots, I would think most of them have now moved on to properties in areas such as Wilmslow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 Last time I went round a show home I nearly got slung out for upsetting the sales lady. Was having a quiet wander round when she popped her head round the doorway saying "and as you can see this is the spacious master bedroom" . I was looking round the room and asked her which side the door opened on. She gave me a blank look and I asked her if it opened into the hall or into the bedroom. after a few seconds thought she replied into the bedroom of course. On the left side or the right. again the blank look. "does it open towards the bed or the wall" "Er I don't know" Neither did I as there were no doors in the whole of the house except for one on the front and the back. it is a little trick they use to make the house look bigger. That and three quarter sized beds in the bedrooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted September 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 Very crafty of them... good for you Evils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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