[Busman747]

Originally Posted by Neil

[rant] If those that have commented about the destruction of our old houses love them so much then fine you live in them but dont moan about those that dont like them its there choice and that is what the builders are offering, a choice of housing. [/rant]

I think that's a little unfair to criticize Wynoni's personal views Neil. You yourself have given your views in your reply which is fair enough. You prefer new-build houses, no problem.

As a "Southerner" I absolutely loved the terraced housing when I moved to Accrington. My house in Bedfordshire looked smart, had a front and back garden, loads of room - - BUT- - we could hear the neighbours walking about at night, TV's and music centres couldn't go against an adjoining wall, before my wife and I had any "night-time" fun, we had to be as sure as we could that our teenage girls were actually sleeping! Our TV often woke the girls and they would often come down to ask if the volume (which was low) could be any lower!

I once decided to take out an interior wall and was surprised to find that between the hardboard was just compressed straw!!

In contrast, the terraced house I now live in (Which is 110 years old) has no garden worth mentioning, the walls are not straight (thinking about it, they are straighter than my old house) but I can go to bed in the knowledge that I can converse with Willow without being overheard in the bedroom next door, I don't hear my neighbours and they don't hear us!

There are pros and cons whatever housing you choose but the point that was being made by Wynoni is that because some people prefer older terrace housing, it was wrong to pull down these houses just to build "modern" houses.

AND DON'T FORGET!!! And I could be wrong on this, Builders, certain tradesmen and I suspect, a few from the council/quango's have profited quite nicely from the arrangements made. In contrast, home owners were at first offered (under compulsory purchase) silly prices for their homes to be knocked down and I believe this was later reduced to "loans" that were available to assist buying new property which had to repaid should the home owner subsequently sell at a profit!