On 02/03/2020 13:38, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 02/03/2020 10:41, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Mon, 02 Mar 2020 08:08:23 +0000, Brian Gaff \(Sofa 2\) wrote:

There is a scandal about homes for disabled people, whereby builders
have to provide xÂ* percentage, and then advertise them for six months.
What tends to happen is one isÂ* fitted out but the advertising is very
low key,
very few are taken so the builder say we have xÂ* left over can we fit
them out as normal flats.

They're not even that subtle. When SWMBO and I looked at new builds
(TL;DR
is they really are ****, aren't they) at least 3 of the 10 sites we
visited had pea-shingle car parks it was impossible to cross in a
wheelchair.

All that summer did was confirm that a 1440sq. ft. bungalow in 5,000sq.
ft. land is like a unicorn. Especially with it's level access (I built)
front and rear.

Precisely. All the 'social legislation' is complete ****e.

Every single disabled person I know who needs a wheelchair has spent
tens of thousands modifying their house so they can actually use them
despite them being built to the latest regs, simply because there is no
one size fits all disability.

Instead of requiring all builds to be to a given standard it would
actually be far more useful if there was a hypothecated tax on new
builds that went to a fund to be handed out to the disabled to adapt
their residence of choice.



Over ten years ago the Scottish regs required a cupboard on the ground
floor of a new build house to allow installation of a future bathroom if
needed....what did almost everybody do after I was out the door and
given the certificate of completion ?...yes ...take it away to make a
bigger living room....**** them if they need to adapt when they become
disabled.....In fact when they were trying to sell a few years later and
some surveyor picked up that there had been an alteration I charged them
£250 to go out and confirm it had been removed and required them, if
they wanted to sell to reinstate the cupboard.....revenge is best served
cold I found...tee hee