13 July (Part 1) - Housing Associations selling off stock again
They are at it again. Housing Associations selling off low quality housing stock that is. Who buys them? Presumably not those who rely on the rental market to keep a roof over their heads.
If my records are correct, these are the addresses lost from the social housing stock over the past couple of years…
Bourne Mead, Bexley
Marden Crescent, Bexley
18 Pengarth Road, Bexley
34 Pengarth Road, Bexley
53 Pengarth Road, Bexley
? Pengarth Road, Bexley
Parkside Avenue, Bexleyheath
Burnham Road, Crayford
Crayford Road, Crayford
Heath Road, Crayford
235 Iron Mill Lane, Crayford
234 Maiden Lane, Crayford
? Maiden Lane, Crayford (Not 234)
Stour Road, Crayford
Jennington Road, Erith
Springhead Road, Erith
Ellenburgh Road, Sidcup
50 Mallard Walk, Sidcup
56 Maylands Drive, Sidcup (a flat)
Maylands Drive, Sidcup (semi-detached)
Partridge Road, Sidcup
30 St. Andrews Road, Sidcup
19 Berwick Road, Welling
18 Burnell Avenue, Welling
39 Burnell Avenue, Welling
As you will have heard, the new Government has promised to build 1·5 million new houses in five years which sounds remarkably similar to the Conservatives’ 300,000 a year target.
Can it be done? Google suggests - and it is very country and building style
dependent - that it takes around 3,000 man-hours to build a house. Probably
Labour aspires to little more than rabbit hutches so maybe 2,000 hours would be nearer the mark.
1,500,000 houses in five years, 300,000 a year is about 1,150 per working day.
How long does a builder spend not brewing tea each day? Seven hours maybe? Taking the low
Google estimate of 2,000 hours to build a house translates into 286 man days
each. (2,000/7.) But Labour says they can build 1,150 houses every day so they
must be looking for 1,150x286 man days of labour every day. Have I got that
right? 328,000 (1,150x286) building workers, electricians, plumbers and roofers summoned up
from nowhere starting this week.
No holidays, no sick days, no need for training. Have you tried to get a
builder recently? Politicians are full of BS. Why do we need so many new houses
anyway?