Housing reforms mean a free market and 'extremely ugly buildings', developer says
Housing reforms mean a free market and 'extremely ugly buildings', developer says
There's no chance Kiwis will be offered the lovely tiny apartments seen in the likes of Paris and Rome, a developer says.
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.
You know whose opinion I don’t need on housing? People who make money in the housing market.
He says ugly buildings, implying what they look like aesthetically from the outside, but he actually seems to be talking about designing apartments to actually be functional to live in, which I agree with. It gets even more important the smaller the size I reckon
There's a huge difference between ones done by private developers and kainga ora/kiwibuild imo. The former are more often investment units to extract tenant wages first and foremost. Storage, building amenities, light etc all non considerations. People I know in kiwibuild apartments love them.
The rest of what he says is the same old garbage and speaks to the risks of the govts approach. If nimby councils reject density around transport hubs as theyll be able to do under this, theyll push lower density sprawl further out and it'll be worse and more expensive for everyone.
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.
I don't mind since ugly buildings . It's not like Auckland looks nice anyway.
50m2 as being considered the minimum for banks to lend to you,
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.
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.
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.
don’t see why floor size would have any effect on the weather tightness
No neither do I; that was a non sequitur from me, just general musing/thinking aloud about the regulatory climate. Sorry!
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.