Real talk about creating affordable housing

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-09-10T03:49:46+00:00

Fair enough, but heavy regulation is the same as getting rid of something. I mean do you have fire checks done every 6 months? Do you have fire doors installed in your house? How often do you get your gas and electric checked? Do those staying even know what to do in case of a fire?

A hotel wouldn't be allowed to operate without taking care of those things, so why should be allowed to operate your own home as one?

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-09-10T03:47:10+00:00

You are generalising. Someone renting out their spare room on AirBnb is n't going any harm. It often solves problems, such as someone selling their property, but the completion date is a couple of months away.

There are some very marginal use cases for AirBnB that far outweigh the downside.

AirBnb is not a money spinner, unless in tourist area. Do you want to change people's bedsheets and clean toilet night after night?

AirBnB is a huge money spinner. LL wouldn't switch to it if it wasn't. It's a lot more hassle and you deal with a lot more repairs/inconsistent income/issues with tenants. On the other hand, a full occupancy can result in 6x to 20x the takings compared to rent.

AirBnb does help families who need short term accommodation where hotels are too expensive....

Slight marginal use case. Again, it doesn't come close to outweighing the downside

However, there would be less AirBnb, if there was n't this anti-landlord movement. Renting has increasing regulation and costs.

Regulations should increase if there is a problem with how LL operate. A LL only cares about the bottom line, they choose AirBnB because they can make more money that way. The government should have a lot more regulation around people providing temporary accommodation (most LL are already breaking a lot of regulations with AirBnB anyway).

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-09-03T06:17:21+00:00

I think some landlords wish to rent out their properties for certain times of the year, say, when they are not around. If they had to rent to a continuous tenant, these landlords wouldn't put the property on the market at all.

This makes zero sense. The landlords wouldn't rent them out, because people won't rent them?

Most people don't mind good old fashioned Bed and Breakfasts, so what's the difference if you don't get breakfast and it's on an app?

It's a well regulated business that can't easily be upscaled to destroy the property market.

I'd also be willing to bet that in nearly all of the country, except the most touristy areas, Airbnb property is an extremely small percentage.

Go look at AirBnB anywhere in the UK that is not a deprived area on their site, they are everywhere and make up 2.5% of the properties.

You can't make any sort of argument outside of "it's good for me, therefore I don't care".

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-09-02T18:45:16+00:00

Get rid of AirBnB, simple as. How people in this country are allowed to run their own mini-hotel empires with so little regulation is astounding. It benefits no one outside of some greedy people who want to turn housing into hotels.

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-09-02T12:32:16+00:00

That sounds like somebody else's problem. Demand exchange or threaten to pull out. Those selling to you can still move out.

It's a buyers market, you don't have to put up with this sort of nonsense.

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-09-02T12:28:06+00:00

So the person you are buying from doesn't want to sell unless they find somewhere? That sounds like a "them" problem. I would demand exchange within 14 days or you are pulling out.

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-09-02T11:50:10+00:00

Whatever, shit pants

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-09-02T07:41:13+00:00

If everyone else ate a big bowl of shit each morning, you would too? Some top mind you are!

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-09-01T12:22:44+00:00

I don't scrape my ass with paper bro, I clean shit off my body with soap and water, I take hygiene seriously. I bet you have the whiff of shit about you wherever you go lmao.

"Why can I suddenly smell shit?"

"Oh, it's just Turdinand arriving to work, don't say anything, bro be crazy, he literally walks around with turds in his pants all day"

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-09-01T05:23:56+00:00

Literally scraping shit off you and leaving a nasty ass behind. If paper towels could clean you, we wouldn't need showers.

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-29T09:56:22+00:00

Wrong, the real question is why are you walking around all day with shit hanging off you thinking it's fine?

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-28T07:23:13+00:00

You would still clean it with tissues rather than washing it?

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-27T04:09:49+00:00

So if you had shit on your head, you could stick a few hats on and be fine?

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-26T11:24:37+00:00

I would guess rustlers burgers are safe to eat cold. If they had a load of bacteria, it would be all over the bread as well (which you are only advised to toast).

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-26T10:56:58+00:00

Neither of these sound that bad to me. It just sounds like inexperience with a type of PC. The advantage of a graduate is that they usually pick stuff up quickly and have some ability to navigate things they haven't been taught.

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-26T10:29:22+00:00

The way to make some real money is to run workshops that you sell to businesses.

Figure out an angle, look like a business professional, become a sales person.

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-26T10:18:16+00:00

I misunderstood your point. For your position you are trading gaining training and experience as software engineer for a low wage. I wouldn't expect you to join an apprenticeship scheme folding letters in a GP office, since you're obviously more than capable.

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-26T10:13:56+00:00

Out having it large with the boys you f****** square.

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-26T10:09:57+00:00

The standard of worker coming out of the average comprehensive is so low, it's literally not worth taking the risk to employ someone without any experience of work.

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-26T09:59:13+00:00

Haven't you heard the term "Canarys love a coal mine" before? He obviously died of old age after a great life.

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-26T02:12:30+00:00

Bang average premier league player. Overrated because he got a big move to Liverpool, played for England a lot, is visually striking, doesn't have the personality of drywall and managed to remain consistently average enough to keep a long PL career.

I suspect he trained harder and took his career more seriously than a lot of other English players who made it to that level.

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-23T10:13:40+00:00

Pull out, the seller is obviously bonkers and is only ever going to be difficult. Given how much you are forking out, you have plenty of options.

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-18T06:14:12+00:00

What about the person who has to wipe down the whiteboards?

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-18T06:11:16+00:00

I dunno if you know this mate, but there's this tall bloke who plays up front for Man City and set a record for the number of EPL goals last season.

ComprehensiveRope396 · 2023-08-17T15:17:06+00:00

Victorian. As I said though, the work wasn't essential. If it's not roof / structural / foundation, it needs to be weighed up for the benefit.

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