I had a walk round the block tonight for a bit if exercise.
The builders have started work in the beautiful green farming fields across the road at the bottom of our garden.
350 new houses so Great Eccleston will be double its size by the time they have finished all the building.
The infrastructure, a new school, health centre & convenience store will only be built right at the end if we’re lucky!
I know we need more houses but these are all the same type, mostly detached 3, 4 & 5 bedroomed homes. There will be a very small number of token houses to comply with regulations,
To make matters worse these fields were sold by the local Agricultural show who should know better! There has been much talk.
They did buy other fields right next door to the show field but there is bad feeling.
The fields are on a lower lever than we are so it won’t really affect us to much but land once built on is lost for food.
Ooh Pat , I feel your pain , and that of the village - if you remember we also had that problem - the lovely agricultural land that I loved to look at from my bedroom window is now Housing estate of a similar size to yours - I think 350-380 houses come to mind - with the occasional old oak tree trying to survive amongst the brick jungle ( I suppose they have tried to give it that country estate look ! )
@beryl I almost tagged you in this photo Beryl as you came to mind when I posted it. It’s one of those things & it’s happening all over but we have to get used to it. When I see all the run down & boarded up terraced houses in towns I think they would be far more affordable modernised & renovated, a stepping stone to the next level. Affordable housing is what’s needed not these which will be upwards from £300.000 to £400.000 at least.
All productive farm land is getting taken up with housing.. where is the food coming from.. seems to be the same everywhere.. All the market gardens are getting covered near us..
Seems to be building everywhere & a lot of it on flood plains! Lots of things are called progress not just the building of houses. Sometimes I feel that I don’t recognise the world I’m living in!
You little village will double in size. How silly to build the infrastructure after the houses have been built.
We need affordable houses in our area for people to rent as we are a tourist area but restaurants and building services etc can't get staff because there aren't enough rental houses here for seasonal people. Yet they are knocking down old shacks and building huge houses on the land worth over a million dollars. Madness.
Everyone seems to have the same experience! Where do all these people who buy these houses come from? Young ones - surely they can't afford them - middle aged - should already be in a home. Retirees perhaps and ex farmers.
The same happening all over the world then!!
Disheartening when we see areas right for regeneration in the towns & cities. More affordable & ideal starter homes. Buyers need massive deposits for these ones!
We had a look round a show home when we were looking to move.
I was very surprised to see lots more space upstairs than down. Advertised as a four bedroom home but not so much living area. We were told that the kids stayed in their bedrooms more these days! Could be true but how sad is that?
The houses are so close together too,
@happypat Same happening in our village. Glad to have our houae 1920s and extension - boys only go to rooms to sleep, I like that they live downstairs:) Their rooms are small though and more space downstairs.
Pity to see good agricultural land making way for houses. At least they are building one or two storey houses and not blocks of flats. The area will never be the same when they are ready.
Oh so familiar. We had lovely green spaces all around us when we moved to Fordlea, but now our garden and next door are the green spaces. Neil enjoyed watching the diggers last year (when he stayed with us for a couple of nights each week) but it has been very noisy at times. Ah well...
May 26th, 2024
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We need affordable houses in our area for people to rent as we are a tourist area but restaurants and building services etc can't get staff because there aren't enough rental houses here for seasonal people. Yet they are knocking down old shacks and building huge houses on the land worth over a million dollars. Madness.
The same happening all over the world then!!
Disheartening when we see areas right for regeneration in the towns & cities. More affordable & ideal starter homes. Buyers need massive deposits for these ones!
We had a look round a show home when we were looking to move.
I was very surprised to see lots more space upstairs than down. Advertised as a four bedroom home but not so much living area. We were told that the kids stayed in their bedrooms more these days! Could be true but how sad is that?
The houses are so close together too,
Not suitable for retirees Maggie& farmers would run a mile like we did….. too cramped together!