Richard Attenborough is the best Gay.
I reckon it's him that started aids.

Alt: I think encouraging people to believe they are entitled to buy their own property is a mistake. More regulation of rent and let the rich get on with it.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:34, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

I just want to be able to bang a nail into a wall without asking somebody's permission first.

( Kroney, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:35, Reply)

And you shall,
I'm not saying don't buy a house, I'm just saying the system is stupid, and landlords ought to allow tenants to make improvements in their homes.
Like, 1st year, do nothing. 2nd year, minor works, 3rd year decoration control. 4th year, go ahead, take a wall down. And then if they do damage, there should be legal means to recoup any loss of value or cost of repair on a property.

Although, this wouldn't count for those on benefits, because they not people
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:45, Reply)

I had a dude at my old firm who had been renting the house since the 80's. He insisted he owned it. Because the landlord was from Pakistan, and "only Brits can own british property".

I was sad that one never went to court. I'd have loved to see him run that argument, the racist old fuckwit.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:48, Reply)

So how did he explain paying rent?

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:52, Reply)

"The social chose to do it"
It was one of those bonkers old rent act tenancies so he's probably still there paying an absolute fraction of market value. He'd done millions of "repairs" without permission and whilst some of them were ok, some of them were frankly horrendous, eg replacing an entire lovely lawn with 80's crazy paving... Hence claiming it was his house to do what he wanted with, when the landlord inspected and went spare...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:55, Reply)

Fantastic.
He sounds like a hoot.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 4 Dec 2014, 12:04, Reply)

he'll have barricaded himself in and be threatening the police with a defused WW2 grenade by now

(old man river possible lesbian, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 12:21, Reply)

WhyIOughta!
The frogs and krauts and vikings have managed it much better.

But they all drink shit lager.

A coincidence?

Yes.
(old man river possible lesbian, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:36, Reply)

Hang on, i quite like lager

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:42, Reply)

and have you managed your economy such that affordable housing is readily available and isn't comprised of awful little boxes on soulless identikit developments aimed purely to squeeze the maximum amount of bedrooms into the smallest amount of land?

(old man river possible lesbian, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:44, Reply)

My personal economy has me living in a nice period terrace in the heart of one of England's prettiest and richest cities.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:45, Reply)

So yes.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:46, Reply)

You live in York?

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:54, Reply)

The North? God no. Christ man I'm no animal.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:56, Reply)

Well I didnt think Chelmsford was that wealthy so I went further afield

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 12:01, Reply)

:(

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 4 Dec 2014, 12:02, Reply)

ok you live in Jerico
happy now
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 12:10, Reply)

I've been to Jericho.
True story.
( Kroney, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 12:10, Reply)

It's nice there.
I don't live there. It's very expensive there
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 4 Dec 2014, 12:14, Reply)

When I kicked around that there Oxford it was one of the cheaper areas to buy
Lot of artist houses etc. there were constant plans to knock the whole area down and redevelop which would rile the locals
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 12:21, Reply)

Hi mate!
I live in a lovely period terrace house in a desirable Victorian suburb mere minutes away from the centre of one of Europe's most beautiful medieval cities with a rich cultural, political and ecclesiastical heritage!

It's dull as fuck though, it's stuck in the 90s or sutin.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 12:11, Reply)

but high levels of property ownership is one of the reasons the basic state pension is so low
If you take action on rents then you need to address state pension provision as well.

Then again, anyone without private pension savings is an irresponsible tossed and deserves to be homeless as an OAP.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:37, Reply)

I don't need to do anything. Fucko

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:42, Reply)

More people should respond like this

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:53, Reply)