Tiny Houses - A solution to housing shortages?

[Waldo]

Interesting vid:

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Interesting vid:

 

I haven't got time to watch 1hr21mins, but I think in principle small housing is a viable option for people living on their own.

 

I pass Tapton Halls of Residence (now empty) most days, and think it's a shame that it can't be converted for affordable housing for single occupants.

 

There's a new place in Sheffield called the Study Inn, I think many of the options would have suited me fine to live in. I like the deluxe one, I would live in that at that price (providing the other occupants were working people)

[Joanl]

I had two relatives that lived in Prefabs.....I used to think they were really posh. I think they should bring them back.......

[Ms Macbeth]

There are over 700,000 empty properties across the UK. For instance, last year in South Yorkshire there were over 20,000 empty homes. Over eight thousand of those were classed as long term empties. Those should prove a cheaper alternative to building new ones, and the refurbishment could provide work.

 

Here are all the details: http://www.emptyhomes.com/

[Mecky]

There is no housing shortage

[MrSmith]

There are over 700,000 empty properties across the UK. For instance, last year in South Yorkshire there were over 20,000 empty homes. Over eight thousand of those were classed as long term empties. Those should prove a cheaper alternative to building new ones, and the refurbishment could provide work.

 

Here are all the details: http://www.emptyhomes.com/

 

The vast majority though are dumps in undesirable areas that suffer from high unemployment, crime and antisocial behaviour, hence why no one wants them.

[Ms Macbeth]

The vast majority though are dumps in undesirable areas that suffer from high unemployment, crime and antisocial behaviour, hence why no one wants them.

 

If you can show me information that supports your view, then I'll accept what you are saying. However, if you read the information in the link, you'll see that this isn't always the case. Many of the empty houses are in decent areas but have been neglected by their owners.

 

Not everyone expects to get a fully modernised house in a 'nice' area. Perhaps more homesteading should be encouraged. IE houses in poor areas are sold for small amounts to people who are committed to bring them up to standard and live in them long term.

 

http://www.emptyhomes.com/category/homesteading/

[Itrytoplease]

We already have the smallest houses in Europe, and most of the civilised world, We can't get any smaller. http://www.demographia.com/db-intlhouse.htm

 

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76 sq. mts - It's a rabbit hutch

[MrSmith]

If you can show me information that supports your view, then I'll accept what you are saying. However, if you read the information in the link, you'll see that this isn't always the case. Many of the empty houses are in decent areas but have been neglected by their owners.

 

Not everyone expects to get a fully modernised house in a 'nice' area. Perhaps more homesteading should be encouraged. IE houses in poor areas are sold for small amounts to people who are committed to bring them up to standard and live in them long term.

 

http://www.emptyhomes.com/category/homesteading/

 

From emptyhomes.com This will open a word document. Halifax Research Into Empty Homes

Halifax found that areas with a high number of empty homes tend to suffer from urban deprivation, and unsurprisingly four out of the five most deprived areas also have the highest proportion of empty homes in England.

 

 

The institution has linked areas with a high incidence of empty homes to increased unemployment and urban deprivation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We already have the smallest houses in Europe, and most of the civilised world, We can't get any smaller. http://www.demographia.com/db-intlhouse.htm

 

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76 sq. mts - It's a rabbit hutch

 

Newbuild homebuyers beware: period properties enjoy quadruple house price gains

 

Maybe something to do with older properties being bigger than rabbit hutchs they now build.

[Mecky]

The vast majority though are dumps in undesirable areas that suffer from high unemployment, crime and antisocial behaviour, hence why no one wants them.

 

Beggars can't be choosers ... or something