Published on 12, July, 2020
Clearly the UK needs a lot more housing as the prices are unaffordable for most people. I would build lots of high rise apartments but with an aim of making them a lot more liveable than ones that were built in the past.
I would have them have landscaped gardens and almost zero tolerance for vandalism or urinating in the elevators.
They could have triple glazing installed, solar panels on the roof, something on the roof collecting rainwater to use for water.
I would have them painted a cheerful colour, no gray. Maybe a nice pattern.
The design would be practical but not ugly. Not just a tall box like some of them are. Some attractive features like how Victorian buildings had, little features to "dress up" the building, so to speak.
Realistically I think soon we are going to see lots of new housing estates of identical houses with tiny gardens spiralling out in ugly out of nowhere suburbia.
Add soundproofing and I'm in. The higher the better. The further you are above the street, the fainter the noise from it.
Good soundproofing is expensive, and the noise comes more from the neighbours than from the street. I remember hearing my neighbours having drunken arguments, then fighting, then violent sex. I had a neighbour that liked to put porn on full blast, and some others that liked to party until 5AM. I got out as soon as I could, it was a sensory nightmare.
I live in a third floor flat. I have to sleep with ear defenders to avoid being repeatedly woken every night with noise from the street. I didn't hear my neighbours at all for the first 7 years I lived there. Now a family with several young children have moved in downstairs and I occasionally hear them screaming but it's very faint, maybe 5% of the volume from a child making the same noise on the street outside.
Roswell said:In Switzerland if you put the washing machine on after 10 o clock at night the police come out and arrest you.
Are they laundering money?
In Switzerland if you put the washing machine on after 10 o clock at night the police come out and arrest you. Wish it was similar here to be honest. Too many idiots get away with being ***** here.
i live in standard flats not high rise, and i have a annoying neighbour who makes alot of noise at night, one time partying until 5am with their druggy mates. often doing weird drilling noises and putting the washing machine on all night.... i can evict them though if they carry on as im a owner and they are just a tennant and it is a share of freehold type of flat lol