Tired of Waiting

I've just found this: http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/how-big-is-a-house Not sure if the source is reliable. .

You are still thinking "inside the (British planning) box". The huge price differential between land with and without planning in Britain is a consequence of our ultra-restrictive planning system. If our planning system were mainly normative as opposed to mainly restrictive, then the current price gap - the planning gain - would not exist, or be much smaller. Do you agree? And if you change fast to a more liberal system, and announce it clearly beforehand, you also reduce the initial "residual" planning gain. But the most important issue is to reduce the cost of building land as much as possible, and to revert this housing cost inflation. If you are insinuating that I own land, no, I don't. I would like to buy a building plot but I can't afford the planning gain. I could afford a fairly priced plot, and the building costs, but not the huge planing gain premium. And what about you? Why do you systematically opposes planning liberalisation? Don't you own a house already? Why do oppose new house for others?? It's weird. And IMHO, it's not fair. Think about it.

I think you're right, springs do attract "kite flying"...

The more restricted the planning system the highest the planning gain, and vice versa. Think about it. Just think for a while - out of the current British situation.

"This Is Not A Recession. It Was A Bubble. This is normality. The past was a bubble." My link .

Good news. Hopefully their success will show the way for others to follow.

And never MEWed.

The issue will never be water but energy. This planet is mostly water, but desalination requires energy. And I'm quite sure that by 2050 we will have much better energy technology than now.

Interesting idea. And you won't even need to dam it if you use geographical depressions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_on_land_with_elevations_below_sea_level Though I have no idea of the comparative scale of these factors. The sea is huge. Supposing its surface area is just 1000 times bigger than the depressions' area (and I guess it's more than 1,000 bigger), you would need to fill the depressions with water 1000m high to lower the sea by just 1m. The problem is that depressions are not near this deep. Supposing the average depression depth is 100m (and I guess the average is even less than that) then filling them all up would lower sea level by just 10cm, or 4 inches.

I agree, with all your points. And regarding the very direct parallel with housing NIMBYs, they also don't own the land around them, but they have votes and control the local politicians, whilst future potential home buyers (we) don't have any voice. As in the case of wind turbines, the question is if we accept the extortion, or emigrate. I am considering it.

Source: http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21578431-sharing-profits-wind-turbines-might-help-persuade-sceptics-tilting-opinions

Quite the opposite. They all have the same policies exactly because they are all trying to please the same voters, these: link

This !

Very good point - considering those "special circumstances" used by the Bank of Ireland. True.

Good news, thanks. But only 60% LTV though. Yorkshire has almost the same rate, 3.99%, but 75.0% LTV

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Good work there BTW.

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Brilliant posts. Please please please lastlaugh do start a thread with these 2 posts. You don't even have to write anything new. Just copy and paste these two. People MUST know that. ToW

IIRC that would last only 2 years, and then CPI, no? But worse still, this "30th percentile" is set by local authorities, consulting local Letting Agencies - both with vested interest in bringing moey "into the community" (I heard that from a local Councillor).

I think that is a very good idea. It would be very useful.

Yes, every little helps. But converting these weekly limits to monthly limits ( 52 weeks / 12 months = 4.333 ) we have: 1 bed = £1,083.33/mo 2 bed = £1,256.67/mo 3 bed = £1,473.33/mo 4 bed = £1,733.33/mo Still too high. .

You are right, on both comments. Exactly, as the limits are high, it will affect only the expensive parts of London. You are right again, it is quite stupid. .

(Assuming it is a genuine question) : Benefits.

Same thoughts here.