On Wednesday, 22 October 2014 20:17:19 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
whisky-dave wrote
Chris J Dixon wrote
Theo Markettos wrote

"We have large stores full of rubbish that nobody
wants to buy, so we can make no money."

There was a suggestion that younger householders are less keen on DIY.

Young houueholders a few in number because they can;t afford to become
householders. If you end up renting yuo arent; realyl allowd to do any
major DIY.

But you should also see more who buy a run down
dump and who can't afford to do anything but DIY
to turn it into something much more decent to live in.

Run down dumps are too expensive to DIY, the trade by them up.
ofm course perhaps yuo can find a run down dump that's affordable then good luck.
http://www.propertyrenovate.com/
here's a run down property
Price: £649,950
Bedrooms: 3
Area: Chiswick
Type: Terrace

Well you could chnage a plug on a lead if they weren't all moulted.
Most things can be brought cheaper than it'd cost to build something
similar.

That isnt true of the house itself.

Few people can afford the time or money or have the skill set to build there own house.


Is this because they can afford not to, or a
reflection of increasing bureaucratic control?

Both I'd have thought.

I don't, particularly after 2008.

And I don't see much bureaucratic control having
much effect on the most basic DIY like painting etc.

friends in rented accomendation have been told they aren't allowed to paint or decorate themselevs they have to get someone in to do it.



Its certainly true that more are more likely to have
their windows replaced professionally than doing
that themselves tho.

Well these all those regulations you have to check for, and even doing DIY windows might be cheaper but it's not cheap.