And boomers wonder why millennials are bitter towards them..

413x · 13 Oct 2020 at 11:53

Haggisman said:
Then buy a house that isn't plastered and go without or DIY... no one is forcing you to buy a house that's finished!

Of course in reality, you're barely going to save anything, the few hundred £ extra it costs to plaster the walls pales into insignificance compared to everything else when it comes to the cost of the house. As already mentioned by Greebo above, the cost of the plot is going to be one of the biggest factors.

Anyway, I give up. Good luck finding anyone that's bothered to actually go to college/university in your communist utopia where everyone gets paid the same regardless of skills or experience. How much a plasterer costs is going to be the least of your worries when you get sick or injured and there are no doctors.

Communism doesn't work. People are greedy and selfish by design.

No way I'd be doing a skilled job for same moneys as low skill job

Irish_Tom · 13 Oct 2020 at 11:55

As the old Russian phrase goes, ‘they pretend to pay us, we pretend to work’.

Terminal_Boy · 13 Oct 2020 at 11:58

413x said:
Communism doesn't work. People are greedy and selfish by design.

No way I'd be doing a skilled job for same moneys as low skill job

Communism works for those at the top when the masses are kept in their place by fear.

Basher · 13 Oct 2020 at 12:01

Rofflay said:
Give me a house cheaper with the roof plastered and what else needs to be done? You do not need to plaster a brick wall i seen it on hipster videos of thier flats and even bare brick seems to be trendy. Thats just one trade that was the context of my post house prices being gouged for luxury and to keep people employed. Housing is a right not a luxury or job creator so they can take home way way above average wages.

Just so I'm clear, you're suggesting that plastering a wall is a luxury that was invented to keep people employed?

touch · 13 Oct 2020 at 12:10

Rofflay said:
Give me a house cheaper with the roof plastered and what else needs to be done? You do not need to plaster a brick wall i seen it on hipster videos of thier flats and even bare brick seems to be trendy.

What if you want a house that has electric sockets, light switches, central heating, etc? Do you just trail all the cables and pipes along the floor?

EdGey · 13 Oct 2020 at 12:11

I'm nearing the final stages of buying my first house now. It is pretty sickening to think what it would have cost just 15 years ago compared to what I've paid, but there you have it.

I expect we'll now see the most dramatic decrease in house prices since records began.

MikeTheNative · 13 Oct 2020 at 12:16

Bare brick may work in certain houses but 60/70s house will be more like breeze blocks. If you want your house to look like a construction site then go ahead.

413x · 13 Oct 2020 at 12:49

EdGey said:
I'm nearing the final stages of buying my first house now. It is pretty sickening to think what it would have cost just 15 years ago compared to what I've paid, but there you have it.

I expect we'll now see the most dramatic decrease in house prices since records began.

What made you buy now?

builder22 · 13 Oct 2020 at 13:26

Wtf is this gripe with plasterers?

Rofflay · 13 Oct 2020 at 13:28

Basher said:
Just so I'm clear, you're suggesting that plastering a wall is a luxury that was invented to keep people employed?

Please stop this low iq nonsense i had to log in because you are tarnishing my name by linking me this made up crap you spouted out of your own imagination and inability to read. Plastering was invented because in better days people wanted plastered walls and luxurys and while nice i was talking about an affordable home one i would like to buy at a cheap price and cut corners!

touch said:
What if you want a house that has electric sockets, light switches, central heating, etc? Do you just trail all the cables and pipes along the floor?

I despise my central heating it needs replaced again and oil is a crappy smelly product so no i do not eant central heating apart from the water so run the pipe for that up the bathroom wall and in under the floor from the boiler outside.

And put the electric plugs on the floor, Run the cable under the floor. And i go no particular gripe with any trademan either again stop the nonsense i just want a cheap home not forced to buy one that everyone else gets to decide how much it costs because they put in excess luxury.

builder22 · 13 Oct 2020 at 13:31

You know cheap houses don’t usually gave brick inner walls....plasterboard...finished by a plasterer...

Greebo · 13 Oct 2020 at 13:31

Rofflay said:
Please stop this low iq nonsense i had to log in because you are tarnishing my name by linking me this made up crap you spouted out of your own imagination and inability to read. Plastering was invented because in better days people wanted plastered walls and luxurys and while nice i was talking about an affordable home one i would like to buy at a cheap price and cut corners!

Well since plastering walls has been around since 7500BC I seriously doubt your assertion.

Rofflay · 13 Oct 2020 at 13:35

Greebo said:
Well since plastering walls has been around since 7500BC I seriously doubt your assertion.

Did i assert Romans did not plaster walls? Did Romans have our housing problem? Again a sub forum full of bitter people who waste time putting words in peoples mouths.

Greebo · 13 Oct 2020 at 13:38

Rofflay said:
Did i assert Romans did not plaster walls? Did Romans have our housing problem? Again a sub forum full of bitter people who waste time putting words in peoples mouths.

No you asserted that plastering "was invented because in better days people wanted plastered walls and luxurys" and that is false. 7500BC isn't "better times" and plastering walls was well before the Romans. Even the name "gypsum" which is Greek for "daub on" should give you a clue that it pre dates Romans. In fact Egyptians used plaster.

And you know why? It came about to seal the walls from the elements and keep insects out. Hardly a "luxury"

MikeTheNative · 13 Oct 2020 at 13:42

I think he has some serious unresolved issues with plasterers from his earlier life.

Rofflay · 13 Oct 2020 at 13:42

Greebo said:
No you asserted that plastering "was invented because in better days people wanted plastered walls and luxurys" and that is false. 7500BC isn't "better times" and plastering walls was well before the Romans. Even the name "gypsum" which is Greek for "daub on" should give you a clue that it pre dates Romans. In fact Egyptians used plaster.

And you know why? It came about to seal the walls from the elements and keep insects out. Hardly a "luxury"

Is it false? It is not false because how can my opinion be false smartass. Did they back in 7500bc gouge and have a BTL culture? They were better days actually fyi in Egypt there was no real slave culture and everyone had a home and a farming plot.

Just because standards inproved you think today is better days not with housing entitlement it isnt. Today is a complete parasite system compared to ancient times.

Also @MikeTheNative Do shut up man and learn to read.

EdGey · 13 Oct 2020 at 13:43

413x said:
What made you buy now?

Natrual progression really - not ideal timing I know.

Rofflay · 13 Oct 2020 at 13:49

Actually @MikeTheNative i put you on ignore as a filter just for one line stupidity and baits that waste time. Right up there in useless posts with Stockhausen.

Had a chuckle though why you think on a new build they use 70's bricks, Do not reply i will not see it lol...

413x · 13 Oct 2020 at 13:49

EdGey said:
Natrual progression really - not ideal timing I know.

Bought mine just before pandemic. Looks like we are on the same ride

Deleted User 234324 · 13 Oct 2020 at 14:05

A crash is coming its inevitable, with the current pandemic and governments around the world literally printing money to pay for it, jobs are going by the thousands on a daily basis with even more to follow in the next few months. There will be an influx of reposessions, pushing the prices down further as the supply increases exponentially.