Aww shit, I hate that. There's over 250,000 homes that have been empty for >6 months at any given time.
Why not try getting people into those, in towns and cities where actual jobs are, before ruining villages with these ugly estates for dormitory commuters?
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Wed 23 Jun 2021, 17:15, archived)

maybe those 250,000 homes are in pointless places with no jobs
e.g. Liverpool and Wales.
(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Wed 23 Jun 2021, 17:18, archived)

100% this
I expect I’ll be accused of NIMBY-ism but there’s loads of houses for sale round here plus quite a bit of brownfield land that would have been better suited. The local council rejected the application but of course the developer appealed and was granted planning by some pen-pusher based in London who just said the development would create employment for construction.

This is an old village and they’ve made no attempt to make the new houses fit in. I’m fuckin’ fumin m8
( Cheers Cheers, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 17:22, archived)

comedy forum etc

(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Wed 23 Jun 2021, 17:23, archived)

Well, quite
Cheers
( Cheers Cheers, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 17:24, archived)

I don't understand how "NIMBY' is supposed to be an insult.
"Hahaha, you care about the quality of the environment you live in! You giant twat!"
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Wed 23 Jun 2021, 17:42, archived)

I can't tell if you're trying to be funny or trying to be an idiot.

( brb welcome to my reed organ repair blog, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 14:59, archived)

Or knock down what little remains of our gutted high streets and put housing there, instead of continuing ever outwards through fields and ancient forests.
Our council has this idea of putting a high school inside an empty department store, which is fucking stupid because the building is completely unsuitable with bad access, but they could at least use all the land for something else. Like yet more blocks of flats.
(dribble, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 17:27, archived)

Exactly, there’s so much space for housing but yet they want to fill the countryside with their copy & paste soulless boxes

( Cheers Cheers, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 17:30, archived)

Who the hell can afford to buy now anyway
that isn't already on the ladder, I mean. It's all gone stupid.

A few generations and it'll be 95% renting off the other 5.
(dribble, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 17:37, archived)

er, it sounds counterintuitive but even though prices are at an all-time high
Mortgages are extremely affordable and you can get by with a 5% deposit.

It's actually pretty easy going as an FTB right now.
(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Wed 23 Jun 2021, 17:39, archived)

FTB = Fucking Twat Bollocks

( broadsword now that's fresh, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 18:10, archived)

The deposit isn't the issue, it's the prices now.
Unless there's two of you on high salaries in safe jobs and nothing happens like, for example, one of you drops to part time to raise a child or unexpectedly gives up work to care for a relative, you'll probably both retire and die having still not paid it off.
(dribble, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 18:44, archived)

lol renter

(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Wed 23 Jun 2021, 22:03, archived)

Oh hey, it gives you something else to look down on

(dribble, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 22:25, archived)

The joke was their attempt to include ‘affordable housing’
I know I live oop north but 300k is not an affordable house round here
( Cheers Cheers, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 17:40, archived)