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196a9fcb | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @43d7c4ea there is more than enough Brown field sites to build houses... but developers don't want to build 4 bed detached houses on a former factory.... rather build on rural flood planes while they can
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b8de67a3 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @e01705c1 

It would be even better if they stopped building detached houses altogether - the town-house (or terrace) is more energy & space efficient... but of course, developers' sales teams think a 'detached' home is an easier sell!
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7104958b | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @43d7c4ea @e01705c1 
When you have had antisocial neighbours that you can hear through the walls morning noon and night that make your life a misery to the point of you want to take an axe to them or have a nervous breakdown, you can't really appreciate a detached house.
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b8de67a3 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @1e83d596 @e01705c1 

Hmmm.... OK, but I lived in T
terraced houses in London for over 30 years & let me tell you the disruptive noise in a detached house but in a rural/farming area is a lot worse (if only at certain times)... and the the smell(s)...
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7104958b | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @43d7c4ea @e01705c1 
I grew up in Somerset and the smell of the country only bothers townies.
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b8de67a3 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @1e83d596 @e01705c1 

Ha ha, you got me.... 35 years a Londoner