I wonder if something like this in an Irish context could help alleviate the housing crisis? Cheaply built/prefab houses in back gardens to create granny flats.
I wonder if something like this in an Irish context could help alleviate the housing crisis? Cheaply built/prefab houses in back gardens to create granny flats.
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People with gardens big enough in Dublin already do this and it leads to more shitty landlords price gouging. While there may be a niche for these types of properties we are well past that stage in Ireland as a solution to the housing disaster.
Planning is an absolute nightmare for this sort of thing. They can be made to a high standard relatively affordably. And would give adult children a place to stay out from underfoot of their parents.
I’m all for shipping containers, tiny homes, spaces under bridges and tents as the solution to the housing crisis.
To get planning permission for a home in your back garden , a fire engine has to be able to reach the new property for obvious reasons. so as long as you have a driveway a fire engine can fit down youre fine
We shouldn’t solve the housing crisis, it would hurt the people who benefit from it. We have to think of everyone involved, your crisis is another persons paycheck.
There’s a hundred things that could be done to alleviate the housing crisis.
But it all starts with the government wanting to fix it, when they clearly don’t. So long as that is true, it doesn’t matter what solutions you concoct.
Ireland’s housing is overpriced because there is a massive shortage. By various estimates we need somewhere between 200,000 and 500,000 additional homes.
“Granny flats” serve a niche need and may be appropriate in a small number of instances, but they are not going to make any impact on the enormous housing crisis.
People don’t like hearing this, but I will say it anyway. Ireland needs to embrace large scale housing developments. We need to build huge complexes with several thousand apartments in each. Nothing less will make any dent in the housing shortage.
No one wants massive housing projects near them, but what other options are there? People are going broke trying to keep a roof over their heads right now. Others leave the country just to find an affordable place to live.
Our electrical grid and urban road infrastructure really means we shouldnt be considering this inside the m50 , outside of it absolutely , but there are giant infrastructure concerns that arent as prevalent in the US.
I can tell you 100% the houses built in the US are well built and “strong” and are way better
Insulated than what is built in Ireland. I’ve never been able to figure out the obsession with concrete homes in Ireland. Before we moved to the US we were trying to get planning but couldn’t, the house we were looking to build was a timber frame passive home. If we return we will 100% be avoiding concrete homes. The house we are in now was built in 1890. All wood.