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Sweet Zombie Jesus · November 21st, 2011, 04:44 PM

Yeah perhaps it is. Although I never implied bungalows

of course replacement housing should be suitably dense. Although funnily enough Scotland generally had a good tradition in high density housing in the form of the humble tenement, long before the tower block came along... and traditional tenement buildings are generally far more popular than refurbished blocks.

alonzo-ny · November 21st, 2011, 04:48 PM

I believe in the Gorbals a lot of the blocks are getting replaced by tenement scale developments.

***Tubeman*** · November 21st, 2011, 04:49 PM

I assume the point is that the flats will be replaced by traditional houses with gardens... it's not about it being cheaper to refurbish the flats than to pull them down... fact remains that most people (read: families) would rather live in a house with a garden than on the 17th floor of a tower block.

There's ample market for refurbished 1960's point block flats in Inner London and I guess in the right areas of a couple of other major cities, but I can't see there being much of a market in Motherwell.

alonzo-ny · November 21st, 2011, 04:52 PM

Motherwell is an extremely run down area with no redeeming features apart from my granddad's house.

Sweet Zombie Jesus · November 21st, 2011, 04:53 PM

I've never met alonzos grandad so for me it has absolutely no redeeming features.

alonzo-ny · November 21st, 2011, 04:59 PM

It does, though less and less, have cool arsed big industrial buildings, and Strathclyde park but that isn't really in Motherwell.

***gothicform*** · November 21st, 2011, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Tubeman

I assume the point is that the flats will be replaced by traditional houses with gardens... it's not about it being cheaper to refurbish the flats than to pull them down... fact remains that most people (read: families) would rather live in a house with a garden than on the 17th floor of a tower block.

There's ample market for refurbished 1960's point block flats in Inner London and I guess in the right areas of a couple of other major cities, but I can't see there being much of a market in Motherwell.

the thing is they could refurbish the existing one AND then spend 11 million on building new housing too. two birds one stone. the reason i posted that barratt style house was just to show that the council's own building policy is ruinously expensive for what it is. there is no way affordable homes in motherwell should cost £150,000 a unit or whatever.

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Yeah perhaps it is. Although I never implied bungalows of course replacement housing should be suitably dense. Although funnily enough Scotland generally had a good tradition in high density housing in the form of the humble tenement, long before the tower block came along... and traditional tenement buildings are generally far more popular than refurbished blocks.

this would work. sadly they have no plans for that sort of high density housing on the site. a chance by the council to actually diversify their housing stock and expand it by 70 homes has been lost.

aek-94 · November 21st, 2011, 08:11 PM

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SimonTheSoundMan · November 21st, 2011, 10:27 PM

Lejaad · November 21st, 2011, 11:15 PM

Ehem...

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SO143 · November 22nd, 2011, 09:00 AM

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Core Rising · November 22nd, 2011, 09:33 AM

Age is in the mind

Crash_N · November 22nd, 2011, 02:00 PM

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Magnificent, yet also sad

Gzdvtz · November 22nd, 2011, 03:14 PM

cardiff · November 22nd, 2011, 04:58 PM

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I wonder how many people? Similar to a large stadium?

alexandru.mircea · November 22nd, 2011, 06:06 PM

^ I'd say 40000.

alonzo-ny · November 22nd, 2011, 06:11 PM

There is a glorious chance to better the gene pool if ever I saw it. Too far?

SimonTheSoundMan · November 22nd, 2011, 06:13 PM

Wikipedia says it has a capacity of 900,000 inside the Mosque.

Kampflamm · November 22nd, 2011, 06:17 PM

The atmosphere is crap though.

alonzo-ny · November 22nd, 2011, 06:28 PM

November 21st, 2011, 04:44 PM	#5821
Sweet Zombie Jesus Free Cake Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Glasgow Posts: 1,770 Likes (Received): 38	Yeah perhaps it is. Although I never implied bungalows of course replacement housing should be suitably dense. Although funnily enough Scotland generally had a good tradition in high density housing in the form of the humble tenement, long before the tower block came along... and traditional tenement buildings are generally far more popular than refurbished blocks. __________________ Glasgow / Edinburgh / Paris

November 21st, 2011, 04:53 PM	#5825
Sweet Zombie Jesus Free Cake Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Glasgow Posts: 1,770 Likes (Received): 38	I've never met alonzos grandad so for me it has absolutely no redeeming features. __________________ Glasgow / Edinburgh / Paris

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November 22nd, 2011, 06:17 PM	#5839
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November 21st, 2011, 04:48 PM	#5822
alonzo-ny Thermobaric Thagomizer Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,808 Likes (Received): 1019	I believe in the Gorbals a lot of the blocks are getting replaced by tenement scale developments.

November 21st, 2011, 04:49 PM	#5823
*Tubeman* Jubilation Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London SE15 Posts: 18,149 Likes (Received): 356	I assume the point is that the flats will be replaced by traditional houses with gardens... it's not about it being cheaper to refurbish the flats than to pull them down... fact remains that most people (read: families) would rather live in a house with a garden than on the 17th floor of a tower block. There's ample market for refurbished 1960's point block flats in Inner London and I guess in the right areas of a couple of other major cities, but I can't see there being much of a market in Motherwell.

November 21st, 2011, 04:52 PM	#5824
alonzo-ny Thermobaric Thagomizer Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,808 Likes (Received): 1019	Motherwell is an extremely run down area with no redeeming features apart from my granddad's house.

November 21st, 2011, 04:59 PM	#5826
alonzo-ny Thermobaric Thagomizer Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,808 Likes (Received): 1019	It does, though less and less, have cool arsed big industrial buildings, and Strathclyde park but that isn't really in Motherwell.

November 21st, 2011, 08:11 PM	#5828
aek-94 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,250 Likes (Received): 0	Space shuttle launch as seen by skydivers;

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November 22nd, 2011, 09:33 AM	#5832
Core Rising Ampersands & What Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: London/ Nottingham Posts: 4,841	Age is in the mind

November 22nd, 2011, 06:06 PM	#5836
alexandru.mircea Ars longa, vita brevis Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,479 Likes (Received): 229	^ I'd say 40000.

November 22nd, 2011, 06:11 PM	#5837
alonzo-ny Thermobaric Thagomizer Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,808 Likes (Received): 1019	There is a glorious chance to better the gene pool if ever I saw it. Too far?

November 22nd, 2011, 06:13 PM	#5838
SimonTheSoundMan Unregistered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,454 Likes (Received): 129	Wikipedia says it has a capacity of 900,000 inside the Mosque.

November 22nd, 2011, 06:28 PM	#5840
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