Another problem which will only get worse with this high density city living, will show up when they want to do any renovations etc. They will have to get used to paying inner London prices. Imagine having a new kitchen or bathroom fitted and coordinating the joiners, plumbers, plasterers, decorators, sparks etc... What a nightmare! Lack of parking and poor access for loading, unloading tools and materials, high cost of parking probably streets away if any at all, CAZ, tiny rooms with no useable outside work space. All this turns it into a real miserable frustrating slog for everyone including customers. If they can find anyone even willing to bother with all that hassle. It will be ££££'s
Working in construction over the years and on such blocks it's just lego land they is no sense of community spirt like we had on the housing estates . I was born on the flower estate and as a 80s kid I used to go shopping firth park at the weekends with my mum and gran everyone used to stop and have a good old chat on the estates it was the same sunny day everyone out having a good old chinwag .these block of accommodation you won't get that just a lot of drones each in they own world .
Wow what a wasted opportunity to build some decent retail possibly even a large shopping centre Before people moan about online shopping I've recently been to Manchester and they have the Trafford centre outside the city Arndalr and Harvey Nichols in the centre Plenty of retail
Nothing like a tower block to enhance your surroundings, I mean, they've been such a great success wherever they are built.
Failed in the 50s/60s so they build ten times as many with no green space. What can go wrong.
People who end up living there any length of time will have mental problems.
Another problem which will only get worse with this high density city living, will show up when they want to do any renovations etc.
They will have to get used to paying inner London prices.
Imagine having a new kitchen or bathroom fitted and coordinating the joiners, plumbers, plasterers, decorators, sparks etc... What a nightmare!
Lack of parking and poor access for loading, unloading tools and materials, high cost of parking probably streets away if any at all, CAZ, tiny rooms with no useable outside work space.
All this turns it into a real miserable frustrating slog for everyone including customers.
If they can find anyone even willing to bother with all that hassle. It will be ££££'s
Its going to be the slums of the future.
Working in construction over the years and on such blocks it's just lego land they is no sense of community spirt like we had on the housing estates .
I was born on the flower estate and as a 80s kid I used to go shopping firth park at the weekends with my mum and gran everyone used to stop and have a good old chat on the estates it was the same sunny day everyone out having a good old chinwag .these block of accommodation you won't get that just a lot of drones each in they own world .
Maybe the idea Tim , isolate and control people.
Wow what a wasted opportunity to build some decent retail possibly even a large shopping centre
Before people moan about online shopping I've recently been to Manchester and they have the Trafford centre outside the city
Arndalr and Harvey Nichols in the centre
Plenty of retail
I would have liked to have seen investment in traditional local industry.
North Koreanesque.
This is just up from the foundations I showed you yesterday Leon.
Don't like the look of them, wouldn't want to be up there living.
We went this way in the 50s and it was a big failure Hazel.