Reply to: The 10 worst property investments ever

[Bob Dalek]

Can't wait to see your avatar, Bob...

Yours is ... er ... quite lovely!

[Bob Dalek]

Fell foul of the Jólnir Beach Property scam in the 60s- it looked so credible, too.

[TheBigYinJames]

They like the illusion that they're living in Blade Runner...
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop...bot-Steelworks

Well Androids dream of Electric Sheep, after all. That probably gets most Port Talbotians hot under the collar.

[LittlestHobbo]

There's some half built houses in Port Talbot.

Why anyone would buy any sort of house in Port Talbot is beyond my comprehension.

I love driving through Port Talbot..although why anyone would live there is beyond me...

[BoredBloke]

Especially since the recent architectural trend has been to use natural wood as a facing material - looks all nice and jolly in year 1, but by year 10 that'll look like an old hobo's shack.

There are some flats that have been done up like that in Collyhurst in Manchester. They look bloody awfull - only slightly better than the council flats they used to be. My grandma used to live in one of them and they were sh1t

[TimberWolf]

Especially since the recent architectural trend has been to use natural wood as a facing material - looks all nice and jolly in year 1, but by year 10 that'll look like an old hobo's shack.

Hoboshackist!

[Moscow Mule]

Especially since the recent architectural trend has been to use natural wood as a facing material - looks all nice and jolly in year 1, but by year 10 that'll look like an old hobo's shack.

Yes, there's a nice riverside townhouse near us - all modern and wood faced. Downstairs still looks ok where they've been able to use preservative without getting the scaffolding out. The top two floors have gone grey and nasty...

[TheBigYinJames]

What are all these new build flats going to look like in 30 years, when they have all been taken over for social housing?

Especially since the recent architectural trend has been to use natural wood as a facing material - looks all nice and jolly in year 1, but by year 10 that'll look like an old hobo's shack.

[Moscow Mule]

What are all these new build flats going to look like in 30 years, when they have all been taken over for social housing?

Exactly like Tower Hamlets today, a tuliphole, that's what.

[ace00]

I was talking to a Traveller (diddycoy) I know. He said they can't even shift the building materials that have been left on sites all round the country. Nobody's buying

No copper left lying around then I guess.

[dang65]

I've heard this all over. Looks like the UK is covered in half-built houses.

Wonderful opportunities for squatters I imagine. Don't hear much about them these days. Do people still live in squats? Used to be all the rage.

[TheBigYinJames]

I've heard this all over. Looks like the UK is covered in half-built houses.

Get convicts and dole scroungers to build them

[BlasterBates]

I've heard this all over. Looks like the UK is covered in half-built houses.

[Diver]

There's some half built houses in Port Talbot.

Why anyone would buy any sort of house in Port Talbot is beyond my comprehension.

I was talking to a Traveller (diddycoy) I know. He said they can't even shift the building materials that have been left on sites all round the country. Nobody's buying

[BlasterBates]

I reckon the worst ones are the half-built appartments on the costa del Sol. At least you can let a flat in a city centre.