Housing! USA vs UK!

[MikeRox]

pezus said:

crissindahouse said:

difference is, when there is a little storm, the uk house doesn't fly away with the storm

i mean, there is a reason why it costs so much more to build a house in some european countries and one reason is the material they use for it (and also the quality of the insulation and stuff)

it's like you compare a ferrari engine with a engine build in a renault and wonder why the ferrari engine costs more.

I also see people in movies kicking or punching through doors and walls all the time and wonder if the material is really that bad?

If my fiancee's st Louis suburban place (and all the neighbouring houses) are anything to go by then yes the build quality is weak enough to punch through. My uncle punched our lounge wall once while drunk and broke his hand!

 

Definitely 120k for a 3 bed place in huddersfield (a mile from town centre and a nice area). House prices in West Yorkshire rose nowhere near as much as the South (coz everyone wants London innit. Bruv!) Wages up here also mean house prices can't get ad out of control.

US had a price bubble which burst causing the sub prime fiasco. UK also has a housing capacity issue keeping prices propped up.