THE QUESTION
Why has housing become so expensive in this town?
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CLUSTER 1
Nobody in the council can read a build programme
Narrower than it reads; the wider version is someone else's card.
1 votesdiscuss
Nobody can afford to live where the work is
14 votesdiscuss
CLUSTER 2
An apprentice takes four years and leaves in two
Observed, not measured — I would want the data too.
0 votesdiscuss
Building anything takes years of permissions
15 votesdiscuss
NOT CLUSTERED
Nobody builds for people who do not have a deposit
15 votesdiscuss
The lender's rules decide the flat layout, not the family
Scope: here specifically, not everywhere.
3 votesdiscuss
The rules change between application and approval
I mean this happens weekly, not once in a while.
0 votesdiscussing (1)
The conditions attached cost more than the build
0 votesdiscussing (1)
The grid has no capacity and no plan to get any
0 votesdiscuss
The land price already assumes the permission
7 votesdiscuss
Interest costs more than materials now
0 votesdiscuss
A permission takes longer than the money is available for
To be precise: this is about the situation, not a person.
14 votesdiscuss
A small site is as expensive to permit as a large one
3 votesdiscuss
We are blamed for prices we do not set
0 votesdiscuss
The bank wants pre-sales before it lends
5 votesdiscuss
Nobody insures a small builder for a tall building
2 votesdiscuss
Rents rise faster than wages every year
13 votes
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discussNobody on site is employed by the company on the sign
Narrower than it reads; the wider version is someone else's card.
0 votesdiscuss
Bringing an old building back costs twice new build
3 votesdiscuss
A house is a financial product before it is a home
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Site assembly means buying from six owners who all know
0 votesdiscuss
Two regulators disagree about the same wall
9 votesdiscuss
Utilities quote eighteen months for a connection
2 votesdiscuss
The scheme that gets approved is not the scheme that gets built
0 votesdiscuss
We build what the mortgage lender will lend on
2 votesdiscuss
The council sold its own land to plug a budget hole
To be precise: this is about the situation, not a person.
0 votesdiscuss
Every consultee has a veto and none has a deadline
Observed, not measured — I would want the data too.
8 votesdiscussing (1)
Quality is what you get when someone stays for the whole job
Scope: here specifically, not everywhere.
3 votesdiscussing (1)
There is no trade left that can do lime plaster
6 votesdiscuss
An option agreement ties land up for a decade
0 votesdiscuss
We cannot compete for land against a firm that can wait
10 votesdiscuss
Building safety rules were written after a disaster, and rightly
0 votesdiscuss
Empty flats are worth more than let ones to some owners
7 votesdiscuss
The archaeology survey took nine months and found nothing
1 votesdiscuss