Mike Hoxbig
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Security and the hassle of maintenance. I prefer to pay to have everything done for me, rather than dealing with the admin of doing it myself...
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Developers bringing the slums to your doorstep
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Bewlen
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So let us take your "slum" and put houses/developments of exactly half the value right next to your house. Let's call them "superslums" (please note all quotes, and a lot of sarcasm). Hey, let's go the whole hog: boom, you got shacks next door. You still singing the same tune?
It's all relative.
The least developers could do is provide big green areas even if several blocks had to share.
It's just concrete, concrete, concrete. No oxygen in the air, no grass under your feet, not a blerry tree in sight. People like rats in a cage.
Despite all the rage
It's just concrete, concrete, concrete. No oxygen in the air, no grass under your feet, not a blerry tree in sight. People like rats in a cage.
Despite all the rage
CorrieV2.0
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I'd smaak a 85 square meter bachelor pad.
True
Our first place was s 83sqm flat. 3 bedroom 2 bathroom. Plenty of space, compared to today's flat, sizes.
Think mauma does not know what a 75sqm flat actually looks like
Agreed, maintenance is a pain. Weekends are pretty much a write-off.
Mike Hoxbig
Honorary Master
I'd move, I can afford to. I don't consider myself to be above anyone else, as long as they have legal ownership of the land...
It's not only the size twaatie
Seriously though it isn't only the floor space. There's one carport, the ground level ones have a stamp sized piece of garden, no pets allowed. Where do children play? How often does a family, let's say parents and one child, trek down passages/steps/lifts to empty their garbage?
Mike Hoxbig
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The same questions can be applied to any city around the world. As space starts running out, the only alternative is to make the most of the available space. Plenty of people raising families in apartments around the world and they seem to be doing just fine. We're only just beginning to get to where they've been for a while. Believe it or not, this will actually increase the value of your land in the long run...It's not only the size twaatie
Seriously though it isn't only the floor space. There's one carport, the ground level ones have a stamp sized piece of garden, no pets allowed. Where do children play? How often does a family, let's say parents and one child, trek down passages/steps/lifts to empty their garbage?
Pho3nix
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I'm unmarried and have no kids. I need a starter home that I can rent out if need be and isn't unnecessarily big.
Also how much are house prices now? Buying an apartment/simplex or duplex in a complex is hard enough if you are single and young. A house? Under 1.1mil? Forget
True it's all over the world but it's just starting here, haven't they learnt anything? Provision should be made for open spaces.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm - but are they doing just fine
I'm unmarried and have no kids. I need a starter home that I can rent out if need be and isn't unnecessarily big.
Also how much are house prices now? Buying an apartment/simplex or duplex in a complex is hard enough if you are single and young. A house? Under 1.1mil? Forget
I hear you Pho3nix. Try to buy North facing so you get sun. Maybe others here can comment on West facing, some say that's better.