So we going back to the old days of overcrowded tenement then.
Think I speak for most when I say it’s a small solution to a large ongoing problem
I think it’s ideal for some and not for others. Given that it’s only making up a fraction of available housing then I don’t see an issue.
Sounds like hell. Its hard to imagine that this will ‘foster a stronger sense of community than traditional rental tenures’. People cause tension when they don’t clean up communal areas – and there is always one in my experience who ruins it for everybody. You also always get someone who has their mates around every evening and dominates the communal lounge or kitchen. Many people will be stuck eating takeaways in their room. You would have little control over who you are living with. This might be okay in your early 20s for a year or two, but it would become rapidly unacceptable. People need their own space beyond a bedroom.
This sounds like having room mates with extra steps and even more crowded? Nothing here is “new”, this has all bee around for decades/centuries.
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Deffo rings vibes of ye olde days of the pre ww1 situation. Would bet that they expand it to “young families cant get on the housing market, introducing the new SHARE HOUSING for multiple families!” next.
The solution is cheaper housing not glorified student accommodation
My main problem with shared living is you have very little of your own space beyond your bedroom
You have 1 shelf in the fridge, 1 cupboard for everything. It never feels like yours
Even as a student I hate shared living
They mention shared facilities like gyms, cinema rooms, fucking roof terraces?
This sounds brilliant compared to a fucking HMO.
>When compared to renting a 1-bedroom apartment in the same area, a co-living unit is typically 20 per cent more affordable
When given the choice between renting a bedroom for £900 and having to put up with 20 fucking floors of randoms sharing all the other facilities, or paying £1,100 for a place all of my own with a bedroom, kitchen, living room and bathroom, I can’t imagine many people are going to want this.
I fully expect it to morph into nothing but student accommodation once it passes the council, since they won’t get exclusively student accommodation approved.
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What’s the difference between ‘co-living’ and flat/house sharing?
Given politicians from both parties are afraid of bringing house and rent prices down by building actual good social housing like they have in Europe this is probably the future for many places.
It’s basically dorms. Work full time kids and you too could one day afford a single room in a worker’s dorm, shared bathroom and kitchen.
It’s gross and one more reason to join a trade union or other protest movement. There’s been a slow creep of wealthy people trying to force the middle and below to accept less, so the wealthy can have more, and it’s going to work unless we fight back.
I moved into one in London. Honestly, it suits me. Pool, gym, working space, library, lounges, top floor bar, fortnightly room clean, bills, council tax all included. Events and things for people who want to be social. Didn’t need references or credit checks or anything which helped me because I’d been away from the UK for many years. No one year minimum contract length either. I have my own kitchenette and bathroom. Don’t see what the issue is.
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So we going back to the old days of overcrowded tenement then.
Think I speak for most when I say it’s a small solution to a large ongoing problem
I think it’s ideal for some and not for others. Given that it’s only making up a fraction of available housing then I don’t see an issue.
Sounds like hell. Its hard to imagine that this will ‘foster a stronger sense of community than traditional rental tenures’. People cause tension when they don’t clean up communal areas – and there is always one in my experience who ruins it for everybody. You also always get someone who has their mates around every evening and dominates the communal lounge or kitchen. Many people will be stuck eating takeaways in their room. You would have little control over who you are living with. This might be okay in your early 20s for a year or two, but it would become rapidly unacceptable. People need their own space beyond a bedroom.
This sounds like having room mates with extra steps and even more crowded? Nothing here is “new”, this has all bee around for decades/centuries.
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Deffo rings vibes of ye olde days of the pre ww1 situation. Would bet that they expand it to “young families cant get on the housing market, introducing the new SHARE HOUSING for multiple families!” next.
The solution is cheaper housing not glorified student accommodation
My main problem with shared living is you have very little of your own space beyond your bedroom
You have 1 shelf in the fridge, 1 cupboard for everything. It never feels like yours
Even as a student I hate shared living
They mention shared facilities like gyms, cinema rooms, fucking roof terraces?
This sounds brilliant compared to a fucking HMO.
>When compared to renting a 1-bedroom apartment in the same area, a co-living unit is typically 20 per cent more affordable
When given the choice between renting a bedroom for £900 and having to put up with 20 fucking floors of randoms sharing all the other facilities, or paying £1,100 for a place all of my own with a bedroom, kitchen, living room and bathroom, I can’t imagine many people are going to want this.
I fully expect it to morph into nothing but student accommodation once it passes the council, since they won’t get exclusively student accommodation approved.
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What’s the difference between ‘co-living’ and flat/house sharing?
Given politicians from both parties are afraid of bringing house and rent prices down by building actual good social housing like they have in Europe this is probably the future for many places.
It’s basically dorms. Work full time kids and you too could one day afford a single room in a worker’s dorm, shared bathroom and kitchen.
It’s gross and one more reason to join a trade union or other protest movement. There’s been a slow creep of wealthy people trying to force the middle and below to accept less, so the wealthy can have more, and it’s going to work unless we fight back.
I moved into one in London. Honestly, it suits me. Pool, gym, working space, library, lounges, top floor bar, fortnightly room clean, bills, council tax all included. Events and things for people who want to be social. Didn’t need references or credit checks or anything which helped me because I’d been away from the UK for many years. No one year minimum contract length either. I have my own kitchenette and bathroom. Don’t see what the issue is.