Some quite out of touch comments in here, I think. Saying "unlikely they would imitate the stylish apartment blocks that can be seen in the likes of Paris or Rome." when a large chunk of our population currently don't have a hope of ever owning a home is pretty elitist, in my view.
They also mention 50m2 as being considered the minimum for banks to lend to you, I live in a three bedroom house that's 100, a living space for one person can definitely be less than half that.
I really hope we can get more dwellings built that are affordable for a single person, that's something currently missing from our market, I feel.
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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 9 pts · 2y
You know whose opinion I don’t need on housing? People who make money in the housing market.
Xcf456@lemmy.nz · 7 pts · 2y
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah, I have a friend who has a Kiwibuild apartment, they have a ridiculous amount of cupboards, a washer/dryer, storage in the basement for his mountain bike.
That's kinda on the buyer though, even if you're buying off plans, all this is on the plans you sign off on.
Xcf456@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 2y
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · -2 pts · 2y
I'm going to be honest here, the constant doom and gloom from you and others in this thread is kinda sad. Every time the "other team" does something even remotely good, you immediately assume it won't work, and set out to explain why.
Any step towards more intensification will mean getting closer to ending the housing crisis, let's celebrate that shall we?
Fizz@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 2y
I don't mind since ugly buildings . It's not like Auckland looks nice anyway.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Developers just keep churning out the same bland cookie cutter designs for the last twenty years so excuse me if I don't value their opinions
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 2y
And that's kinda what we need right now, just mass produced, low cost housing that people can actually afford.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Except it is neither low cost nor affordable.
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 2y
How do you know that?
njm1314@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Because I've been alive and a renter in the last twenty years?
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 2y
And that means these hypothetical new builds will be unaffordable?
You're going to have to explain your reasoning here, we've had a shortage of housing for a very long time, how will ending that shortage not help?
njm1314@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
Who's talking about new builds?
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 2y
The news article you're commenting on?
liv@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 2y
Isn't there a 60m2 unpermitted dwellings law coming down the pipeline?
I think there could be another leaky buildings style crisis on the horizon.
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 2y
I think that's the granny flat rule, but that's in addition to a main building, as opposed to an apartment, which is a self sufficient unit.
I don't see why floor size would have any effect on the weather tightness of the building though.
liv@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 2y
Thanks for clarification, that makes more sense. Standalones remain 30m2. Hmm I can think of some housing stock in my town that magically will become compliant with that change.
No neither do I; that was a non sequitur from me, just general musing/thinking aloud about the regulatory climate. Sorry!
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 2y
I would think we've learned our lesson from that, but who knows.
liv@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 2y
Hope you're right.
Rangelus@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 2y
The only thing I'm concerned about is the continued creep of housing developments into productive farmland.
If developers want to increase density of housing in current areas, that's a good thing! I don't particularly care about how stylish a development is at this point in time. Besides, current cookie cutter housing is all ugly anyway.
samara@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y