It’s a good idea in that if you rarely need a full kitchen or dining area, you can use when required.
My god have these people never known the hell of a shared kitchen. Shit always in the sink stuff never cleaned. My last year of uni was fucking torture for that
So no one remembers living in uni halls then with a moutain of unwashed dishes and fucking Debbie stealing your milk.
This sounds like utter hell and I deeply mistrust this “innovation”.
This sounds terrible for so many reasons.
And Reddit has taught me that sink pissing is a thing.
how long before the first evictions for keeping food in the ‘studio’ apartment following the rodent infestation?
A friend of mine lived in a place like that, and it can work pretty well.
The kitchenette is enough for the day-to-day needs of a single person. But you have access to a full sized oven if you want to bake a cake or something.
They never used the shared dining area. Unless you can reserve it in advance if you want to host a dinner i could see that might be awkward at times.
It’s not for everyone, but if your options are that or just a plain studio/kitchenette, having the option of using a full kitchen on occasion is handy.
There are plenty of rental places like this already in London, I have a mate who lived in a place called [The Collective](https://www.thecollective.com/locations/old-oak) for a while which was a live/work space that had shared kitchens, laundry, workspaces, studio, communal spaces, gym, private cinema, outdoor terraces etc.
It was actually pretty cool to be honest. I spent a few nights down there over the summer with him.
This sounds like student accommodation with another name.
So basically a premium HMO.
Might suit some people just fine.
I am finding all the shit ideas to keep the housing bubble going very amusing.
So like a halls of residence? As long as the rent is capped at the same price as a standard university hall of….sorry who am I kidding!
Sharing a driveway is bad enough – a kitchen is pure hell as it will result in stolen food, mountains of unwashed stuff and one party going hungry because ‘the others are in there’.
Christ, at least the Soviets only made you share Bathrooms after the 1960s…
This is what they’re replacing printworks with right? Or nearby?
I also read that affordable housing units were “considered impractical” so they developer would pay a one off fee to the council instead 🙄
Ah the “cluster flat” is back. I vaguely remember them being touted in the 80s housing boom, just before everything collapsed into negative equity. You would be a fool to buy one of these turkeys. It would be like the worst kind of student living.
I would rather live under a bridge than share my kitchen with neighbours.
So uni halls but for grown adults? This sounds like living hell
They’re already building them in Exeter iirc. With more planned.
Co-living is the new thing for charging people far, far too much rent.
What a nightmare that would be!
What happens on Sunday when everyone wants to cook a Sunday dinner at the same time?
Moved into shared flat. Don’t see anyone. Buy non stick frying pan. Next day see the pan has been used as the coating has been hacked off. Move out.
If people don’t like it they won’t buy it, and rents will come down compared ti own-kitchen units.
Build it, the housing shortage cannot afford to wait
Umm, that’s a bedsit with en-suite.
I swear, they just have to rename any old shit and rich people will pay through the nose for it!
Lots of these “Luxury Student Apartments” that are popping up in every city have shared kitchens.
They’re just cop-outs, at least they can sell it to students as “community”, it’s just cost saving as they can squeeze a few more units into the space saved in each kitchen
There are loads of flats like this. They are bed sits. How is this news
I’ve lived in apartment buildings in Canada that have shared laundry facilities, and while not as convenient as having your own machine, it’s definitely manageable. The idea of sharing a kitchen with strangers though sounds like an absolute nightmare. I’m getting flashbacks to the state of the shared kitchen in my university halls.
Might be good for young people with no families, as it gives you a place to socialise with others and helps build a sense of community.
As long as there is a proper system in a place to make sure it’s clean, it seems like it might actually be a positive as there there is a loneliness and mental health epidemic ongoing.
In the 1700s you could rent a “standing room”. A room where you could sleep standing up leaning against a wall or another person. We should bring that back!
The progressive worsening of living standards in this country is walking us slow, step by step, in a kind of Black Mirror workhouse.
We must resist.
Canada Water is already a dystopian hell scape. Ugly in every single aspect of it’s existence.
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It’s a good idea in that if you rarely need a full kitchen or dining area, you can use when required.
My god have these people never known the hell of a shared kitchen. Shit always in the sink stuff never cleaned. My last year of uni was fucking torture for that
So no one remembers living in uni halls then with a moutain of unwashed dishes and fucking Debbie stealing your milk.
This sounds like utter hell and I deeply mistrust this “innovation”.
This sounds terrible for so many reasons.
And Reddit has taught me that sink pissing is a thing.
how long before the first evictions for keeping food in the ‘studio’ apartment following the rodent infestation?
A friend of mine lived in a place like that, and it can work pretty well.
The kitchenette is enough for the day-to-day needs of a single person. But you have access to a full sized oven if you want to bake a cake or something.
They never used the shared dining area. Unless you can reserve it in advance if you want to host a dinner i could see that might be awkward at times.
It’s not for everyone, but if your options are that or just a plain studio/kitchenette, having the option of using a full kitchen on occasion is handy.
There are plenty of rental places like this already in London, I have a mate who lived in a place called [The Collective](https://www.thecollective.com/locations/old-oak) for a while which was a live/work space that had shared kitchens, laundry, workspaces, studio, communal spaces, gym, private cinema, outdoor terraces etc.
It was actually pretty cool to be honest. I spent a few nights down there over the summer with him.
This sounds like student accommodation with another name.
So basically a premium HMO.
Might suit some people just fine.
I am finding all the shit ideas to keep the housing bubble going very amusing.
So like a halls of residence? As long as the rent is capped at the same price as a standard university hall of….sorry who am I kidding!
Sharing a driveway is bad enough – a kitchen is pure hell as it will result in stolen food, mountains of unwashed stuff and one party going hungry because ‘the others are in there’.
Christ, at least the Soviets only made you share Bathrooms after the 1960s…
This is what they’re replacing printworks with right? Or nearby?
I also read that affordable housing units were “considered impractical” so they developer would pay a one off fee to the council instead 🙄
Ah the “cluster flat” is back. I vaguely remember them being touted in the 80s housing boom, just before everything collapsed into negative equity. You would be a fool to buy one of these turkeys. It would be like the worst kind of student living.
I would rather live under a bridge than share my kitchen with neighbours.
So uni halls but for grown adults? This sounds like living hell
They’re already building them in Exeter iirc. With more planned.
Co-living is the new thing for charging people far, far too much rent.
What a nightmare that would be!
What happens on Sunday when everyone wants to cook a Sunday dinner at the same time?
Moved into shared flat. Don’t see anyone. Buy non stick frying pan. Next day see the pan has been used as the coating has been hacked off. Move out.
If people don’t like it they won’t buy it, and rents will come down compared ti own-kitchen units.
Build it, the housing shortage cannot afford to wait
Umm, that’s a bedsit with en-suite.
I swear, they just have to rename any old shit and rich people will pay through the nose for it!
Lots of these “Luxury Student Apartments” that are popping up in every city have shared kitchens.
They’re just cop-outs, at least they can sell it to students as “community”, it’s just cost saving as they can squeeze a few more units into the space saved in each kitchen
There are loads of flats like this. They are bed sits. How is this news
I’ve lived in apartment buildings in Canada that have shared laundry facilities, and while not as convenient as having your own machine, it’s definitely manageable. The idea of sharing a kitchen with strangers though sounds like an absolute nightmare. I’m getting flashbacks to the state of the shared kitchen in my university halls.
Might be good for young people with no families, as it gives you a place to socialise with others and helps build a sense of community.
As long as there is a proper system in a place to make sure it’s clean, it seems like it might actually be a positive as there there is a loneliness and mental health epidemic ongoing.
In the 1700s you could rent a “standing room”. A room where you could sleep standing up leaning against a wall or another person. We should bring that back!
The progressive worsening of living standards in this country is walking us slow, step by step, in a kind of Black Mirror workhouse.
We must resist.
Canada Water is already a dystopian hell scape. Ugly in every single aspect of it’s existence.