Wednesday, Feb 13, 2008
Second Home Owners Panic?
Brighton Argus: Make use of empty homes to ease crisis
This article seems reasonably mild, but that doesn't stop a sense of panic in the responses. Some of the residents of Brighton worried that their second homes might be 'nationalised' perhaps?
Posted by captain sensible @ 06:20 PM (453 views) Add Comment
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1. Mattormsby said...
2nd homes are a big part of the problem...
I suggest double council tax on 2nd homes.. the extra cash being spent on more social housing....
2. Last_days_of_disco said...
You have got to read the comments in response to this article. Its a real eye opener when it comes to how local people in an area like Brighton respond. Its so coarse, in a way it refreshing after the carefully measured and articulated comments on this site. :-D
3. Mikedx said...
From the views of some of those comments, there are some very selfish greedy people about... not that I didn't know that anyway.
4. enuii said...
What a fantastic place Brighton is, makes me really glad I live nowhere near the South of England.
5. Deadman said...
Captain I do believe we're on the same webiste. Email me.
Loving the Brighton thing by the way.
6. yorkshireman said...
The comments say it all. I hope the poster will not mind, but here is what sums the whole sad situation up.
"God, the people writing these comments above sound like Hitler or Thatcher to me...
None of them gives a thought for their own children who won't be able to buy a home anywhere because of their greed! (nice one mums and dads)
None of them can argue against the fact that the people who keep society going ie. nurses/teachers/fire
men/civil servants/etc can't buy a home in 98% of the country, therefore forced into wasting their low incomes on inflated rents!
None of them can argue against the fact that even though my girlfriend and I work over 100 hours a week between us that we can't afford to buy, while still paying our Landlady's mortgage!
And none of those people commenting above are intelligent enough to understand why society is being divided up into haves and have nots and simply blame it on 'laziness'. Well, have they got a thing coming or what. "
AngryMan - come and join us - maybe you already have.
7. inbreda said...
Somebody should organise and promote a national year of non payment of rent. If they can eloquently cite the many valid reasons for sticking one to the BTL "haves", I would definitely join.
8. Crashwatcher said...
While your at it why not organise a national year of non payment of Mortgages as well.
9. mark wadsworth said...
Land Value Tax will sort out these second homers, they will soon realise it is cheaper to stay in a hotel for a couple of weeks a year - result - boost to hotel and catering industry, cheaper homes in desirable areas etc, LVT will also ensure that landlords only make a fair return on the value tied up in the bricks and mortar (which is the only regulation we need for landlords - everything else is just spiteful).
10. Raramoi said...
Huh, the buy-to-let market!
I have seen properties in a poor state of repair; private owners or agents unwillingly to take responsibility; inflated rents on new-builds, snapped up by investors; Outside investors buying 'blind' a string of properties in provincial 'hot-spots'; properties put back on the market for sale, shortly after being rented; listened to countless similar tales; spent many hours refurbishing 'tired' properties; had to write lawyer-like letters to owners and agents, also on behalf of other tenants, every time we get moved on when there's a twitch in a turbulent market and there is almost always a dispute over the state of the property at exit.
Renting can cost as much as 25% of a salary, plus a large deposit, and much more money, time and effort maintaining the property and the gardens during the tenancy. That's no value-for-money service.
The people who support the buy-to-let market, THE TENANTS, are piggy in the middle here. Regular, professional people, (like myself and my partner), trapped by greedy investors, unable or unwilling to get a loan for 250K for a developer's debacle, a 'character' shack or a scrap of land, the fate of which lies in the hands of archaic-minded, nepotismic (?!) council planning departments.
If having a tenant paying the mortgage is such a BURDEN, then stop doing it! Get rid of the 'portfolio', pay the tax like 'the common people', find a more useful investment in the UK and BE GRATEFUL!
11. Letthemfall said...
Brighton always has been a terribly polarised town - a microcosm of this country? And the comments on the Argus site just shows the mentality of many of the haves. Mind you, there are some pretty grim have-nots in that area, and the notion that the wealthy would rent to them is a no-hoper.