is this down to expensive bricks that most houses are built of paper where u need to watch your each move so that your neighbours are not disturbed and use these pathetic carpets everywhere (full of dirt and dust causing allergies etc) ?
2007-01-20 23:18:34 · 13 answers · asked by zapytanko 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Is this really a question or just a statement of prejudice? quite evidently houses are not built of paper and what people decide to place on their floors is a matter of personal choice not national policy. "watching your every move so your neighbours are not ditsturbed" - what does that even mean?
2007-01-20 23:23:39 · answer #1 · answered by duncan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean!!! I suspect it's due to the competitive house market which raises prices above real value. The new houses in the UK are all tiny so you either trade space for quality or the other way around.
On another note, why are balconies or big windows such a luxury? Must be a reflection of weather conditions, economic conditions and culture I guess.
2007-01-20 23:26:48 · answer #2 · answered by syliamarina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certain home builders rush houses just to get the cash in quick. The workmanship is poor as a result.
Baratt for example have reduced the time it takes to build a house to just 12 weeks. The Tilers are tiling the bathrooms while theres no roof on the house!
Until people stop buying crap houses and insist on quality, it will just continue.
Stick to the better builders or older houses and you can't go far wrong.
2007-01-20 23:35:24 · answer #3 · answered by Nathan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the quality is not something that concerns me, what cooncerns me is the large amounts of money needed to buy a property. In the south west £150,000 will buy a 2 bedroom tiny terrace house or a new 2 bed flat with one kitchen/living room and bathroom. You could buy 3 or 4 huge houses in some countries on the continent.
2007-01-20 23:29:34 · answer #4 · answered by wave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
low price = low quality. A neighbour of mine just back in Australia from California once said much the same thing about new houses in the Los Angeles region. Walls were thin etc etc. So it is not confined to the UK.
2007-01-20 23:45:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As bad as you may see our properties, it is better than many in the world today , mud huts and dirt floors, slums and such, it is obviously that you are down on the lower level of the housing ladder when you describe the homes you refer to , however there are millions of other homes in this country that would and are deemed as palaces to the occupants who reside in them , if you are unhappy about our standards , go to where they are acceptable to you, you are in a Free country and do not have to stay here.
2007-01-20 23:31:53 · answer #6 · answered by john r 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a bit of a sweeping generalisation.
But to answer part of it, the reason most new houses have such thin walls is that we are a small island, have a growing population, and limited space to build on.
2007-01-20 23:24:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are right they are rubbish over here, but that is because most British people do not want to live here any more.
They are sick of paying for everyone else in the world and are tired of being second calss citizens in their own countries.
Luckily British people are the best in the world and will move on to poorer countries and improve them. Because British people work hard, they have plenty of money to buy in other countries.
The British are not famous for building houses, they are famous for winning wars, perhaps your grandparents will tell you about the second world war sometimes. It is very interesting!
2007-01-21 03:32:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a symptom of advanced capitalism. The house is sold, the money is banked, the only real value is the location. The architect and the QS don't have to speak to you again after you've paid. The only thing that keeps things from being even worse is the existence of building regs.
2007-01-20 23:23:40 · answer #9 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm sorry u found the time 2 criticise the UK
that's racist!
& R US wood & hardboard homes so much better?
new orleans would show us that no nation has structurally perfect homes!
italy called an amnesty over badly-constructed buildings, they sprung up so quickly, without permission!
so we love our carpets, cleaned regularly, by sensible people who maintain their homes, carpets R nicer 2 walk on than unfriendly hard floors!
get over urself & tone down ur misunderstanding & backward attitude!
2007-01-20 23:31:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋