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Housing reforms mean a free market and 'extremely ugly buildings', developer says (www.rnz.co.nz)
submitted 4 months ago by Ilovethebomb to c/newzealand
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Some quite out of touch comments in here, I think. Saying "unlikely they would imitate the stylish apartment blocks that can be seen in the likes of Paris or Rome." when a large chunk of our population currently don't have a hope of ever owning a home is pretty elitist, in my view.

They also mention 50m2 as being considered the minimum for banks to lend to you, I live in a three bedroom house that's 100, a living space for one person can definitely be less than half that.

I really hope we can get more dwellings built that are affordable for a single person, that's something currently missing from our market, I feel.

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[–] Xcf456 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He says ugly buildings, implying what they look like aesthetically from the outside, but he actually seems to be talking about designing apartments to actually be functional to live in, which I agree with. It gets even more important the smaller the size I reckon

There's a huge difference between ones done by private developers and kainga ora/kiwibuild imo. The former are more often investment units to extract tenant wages first and foremost. Storage, building amenities, light etc all non considerations. People I know in kiwibuild apartments love them.

The rest of what he says is the same old garbage and speaks to the risks of the govts approach. If nimby councils reject density around transport hubs as theyll be able to do under this, theyll push lower density sprawl further out and it'll be worse and more expensive for everyone.

[–] Ilovethebomb 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I have a friend who has a Kiwibuild apartment, they have a ridiculous amount of cupboards, a washer/dryer, storage in the basement for his mountain bike.

That's kinda on the buyer though, even if you're buying off plans, all this is on the plans you sign off on.

[–] Xcf456 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To an extent, choice isn't a huge feature of our housing market. That will certainly change eventually if theres a big increase in supply, but therell be a lot of poorly thought out stuff in the housing stock to get to that point

[–] Ilovethebomb -2 points 4 months ago

I'm going to be honest here, the constant doom and gloom from you and others in this thread is kinda sad. Every time the "other team" does something even remotely good, you immediately assume it won't work, and set out to explain why.

Any step towards more intensification will mean getting closer to ending the housing crisis, let's celebrate that shall we?