Comments on: Pop-up housing in garages by Levitt Bernstein

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:48:00 +0000

Phine – That’s a decent sized building plot. If one’s concern is housing supply, then demolish and replace with far more decent sized homes than this vanity project can deliver. Of course it would “cost more than reusing them”, but that’s not the point. Doing nothing would be even cheaper.

By: Phine

Phine — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:48:00 +0000

Surely this will help people – tearing these spaces down and building new places in their place would surely cost more than reusing them? And there are many people, I feel, who would appreciate something like this. I think it depends on how these are priced etc. At the end of the day, I feel it has more positive potential than negative. There are enough unused buildings around and a way to use these surely has to be better than replacing them?

By: chris

chris — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:27:00 +0000

My daughter lives in a room in a house pays £530.00 per month. No decent decor, walls peeling, cramped shower and mouldy tiles. I hope she could get one. I don’t suppose the immigrant population would entertain these as they are tiny – not good enough for them.

By: oosh

oosh — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:24:00 +0000

I’d love one of these. Just to be able to live alone instead of sharing would be a dream for me.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:48:00 +0000

And the obvious solution is to build up. But so many pesky NIMBYs!