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Rob R



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 12 4:32 pm    Post subject: Building boom Reply with quote
    

How is it looking everywhere else? People round here seem to be extending and re-building left, right & centre, presumably in a bid to spend excess funds.

dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 12 5:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

york a bit but less than 5 yrs back
hudds ,seem to be more empty industrial sites and few domestic skips

Behemoth



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 12 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Big developments on hold. Lots of domestic stuff.

dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 12 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

the domestic is maybe "we are here for a while it needs adapting "

Rob R



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 12 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
the domestic is maybe "we are here for a while it needs adapting "


Not round here it's not

onemanband



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 12 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

No shortage of domestic building work in Hertfordshire.
In the older parts of St Albans there's building work every few hundred yards. Loft conversions are big business there at the moment.
I suppose with a victorian 3 bed semi costing £500k spending £20-£40k on a loft conversion is good value.

Nick



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 12 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The 'house' builder I know has plenty of work, the 'stable' builder is out of work.

Shane



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 12 3:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I was under the impression that people tended to spend money on extending their own house when they couldn't afford to move - hence, when people in general are being squeezed, you see more renovations and less house purchases.

Rob R



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 12 8:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Shane wrote:
I was under the impression that people tended to spend money on extending their own house when they couldn't afford to move - hence, when people in general are being squeezed, you see more renovations and less house purchases.


I'd like to explain it that way but both these examples are massive houses already, with middle class occupants, mid-fifties to early sixties, one a couple, the other a couple with a teenage son. All nice people, not horrible property barons, but just... wow, not short of cash.

chicken feed



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 12 9:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Rob R wrote:
Shane wrote:
I was under the impression that people tended to spend money on extending their own house when they couldn't afford to move - hence, when people in general are being squeezed, you see more renovations and less house purchases.


I'd like to explain it that way but both these examples are massive houses already, with middle class occupants, mid-fifties to early sixties, one a couple, the other a couple with a teenage son. All nice people, not horrible property barons, but just... wow, not short of cash.


this is and always has been the main stay of our work since the 1980's it could just be by that age you are settled where you are and just want to make your living space just the way you want it. moneys making nothing in the bank so spend it way of thinking atm is what we are seeing more and more of.

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 12 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Plus if you've got a decent amount of equity it's very cheap to borrow at the moment.

Shane



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 12 11:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

chicken feed wrote:
moneys making nothing in the bank
Makes less than that out here - there was an ad in this morning's paper about a high-interest savings account offering a whacking 2% interest right next to an article about how the official rate of inflation is currently sitting at 4%

Mind you, anyone that leaves a significant sum of money sitting around locally needs their head examined anyway!

Rob R



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 12 11:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I guess we've got George Osbourne to blame for this.

dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 12 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

he may be a tory but the family firm do make nice wallpaper

https://www.osborneandlittle.com/

Tavascarow



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 12 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

A 5,000 home development over three sites.
Which will double the population of the local town, to be built over the next twenty years.
Currently on hold because the County Council planning strategy is under judicial review.
But will no doubt be resubmitted when that's past.
It's why I'm laughing at what has been dubbed the pasty war.
More people are upset that their pasty is going up in price than the fact the local environment, both human & natural, could change drastically in the near future.

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