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Posted: 00:34 - 28 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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I lived in a communal house once. Huge place, used to be a hotel.
Shopping was interesting, 4 trollies of food, one was just spuds, once just milk, one just bread.
cheap rent though
and, no, it was not a squat. |
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Posted: 10:22 - 28 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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Gist of the show seems to be, either:
1. Get parents to give you a building & then convert building
or
2. Have parents with a farm and pitch up on their land with some sort of hipster caravan
It should be called "How to move back in with mum and dad while pretending you're not" |
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Posted: 10:48 - 28 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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Given that her riches-to-more-riches story appears to be "Converted mumsy and dadsy's massive garage, sold converted garage as house, rinse, repeat," that seems pretty accurate. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Posted: 11:27 - 28 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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That looks like the guy who was on Grand Designs. If it is the same guy then it was a very particular set of circumstances: he got planning permission under some old bylaw or summat because he works the woodland making charcoal and is therefore allowed to build a dwelling on said woodland.
If he moves, or dies (or even stops working the woodland maybe?) planning is removed and it must be demolished.
He partially financed the build with free labour by advertising it on eco warrior boards as an opportunity to learn and experience eco building. He gave them food and a space to pitch a tent in exchange for their labour. |
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Posted: 11:48 - 28 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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I also used to stay for free in a youth hostel, in my own single room with free meals etc, in exchange for doing some ground work on the 5 acres of land they had
though that wasn't really alternative accommodation, more working holiday territory |
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Posted: 16:14 - 28 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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I believe the guy was also a master craftsman. I can put together ikea furniture but a house |
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Mmm. 10 million Londoners scrabbling for every square centimetron of free space. A few hundred? Thousand? Mooring positions on the Thames.
It doesn't scale up. It can't scale up. It's not a solution to the problem of London. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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FFS, London is going the same way as a Delhi slum, but more expensive and slightly better cleanliness.
Instead of looking at downsizing, isn't there any way of earning more crust?
Just work 24h a day and you won't need to have dingy digs anywhere.
Seriously, there comes a point where you have to draw the line between quality of life and living / working in a certain area.
Move up here, unlike Venezuela we'll only bum scuttle you once a week. ____________________
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Hong Kong Phooey wrote: |
FFS, London is going the same way as a Delhi slum, but more expensive and slightly better cleanliness.
Instead of looking at downsizing, isn't there any way of earning more crust?
Just work 24h a day and you won't need to have dingy digs anywhere.
Seriously, there comes a point where you have to draw the line between quality of life and living / working in a certain area.
Move up here, unlike Venezuela we'll only bum scuttle you once a week. |
If I'm going to leave London (which I do want to) it'll be to somewhere less shit, not equal to or greater than The money situation's depressing, 21k and still living at home, all I could afford is a bedsit. A pal up your way has a mortgage on the same salary, that costs him less than I pay to the council (for the luxury of living at home).
Found an old rental ad' for that converted garage: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/101-canonbury-road/london/n1-2xb/30004640 |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 360 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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