Britain's Worst Houses — And Why We Keep Building Them

Make Your House Look Like It Cost Twice As Much — And Feel Twice As Big https://liibro.com/l/luxuryhouse Britain's worst new homes didn't happen by accident. This video counts down twenty features that were deliberately removed from British houses over the past century — from the scrapping of Parker Morris space standards in 1980, which left Britain building the smallest new homes in Europe, to the leasehold scandal that saw Taylor Wimpey set aside £130 million to undo damage caused by its own ground rent clauses. Along the way it examines the Grenfell Tower cladding disaster, the rise of private estate charges known as fleecehold, the disappearance of the larder, the airing cupboard, the sash window, the ceiling airer, and the clerk of works — and explains exactly why each one vanished. The argument running through every entry is the same: every feature that left the house was free to run, and everything that replaced it comes with a plug, a filter or an annual bill. #housing #uknews #homeimprovement #construction #history #realestate #architecture #moneysaving #britishhistory #documentary