Posted on 04/24/2017 10:58:58 AM PDT by Lorianne
Sadiq Khan adds weight to scheme to construct spartan apartments that will sell for up to 40% less than usual new-builds
Who needs internal walls or a fitted kitchen anyway? As house prices soar ever further out of reach, London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, is to subsidise a new generation of ultra-basic “naked” homes that will sell for up to 40% less than standard new builds.
The apartments will have no partition walls, no flooring and wall finishes, only basic plumbing and absolutely no decoration. The only recognisable part of a kitchen will be a sink. The upside of this spartan approach is a price tag of between £150,000 and £340,000, in reach for buyers on average incomes in a city where the average home now costs £580,000.
The no-frills concept is to be be tested with 22 apartments on three sites in Enfield, north London, where the council will allow builders to take over derelict council estate garages and car parks. Khan has awarded a £500,000 grant to what he says will be the largest custom-build development in London. If successful, a further seven sites will be built.
No walls means more muzzies can be squashed into one.
Are you insane? You could never put those folks in a place like that they would riot and burn it down, they will only accept the best......and then trash the hell out of anyway because they are medieval uncivilized pukes.
That could be a twofer on some days.
While as other people have mentioned there is some real merit to this as an idea, the truth is that it’s being done as a Band-Aid solution. There is literally no interest in fixing the root causes.
That’s true.
There is no way they can build enough houses for all the migrants in the UK. They could not build enough fast enough. But they don’t want to face that problem.
Interesting UK birth/death and migration data here -
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