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[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Almost every home I've been to in the UK from the Southeast, Southwest, London and the Midlands needs serious repairs/rebuild and has problems with the plumbing, with mold, damp, ventilation, noise and heat insulation and many more.

For a sec I thought the pic was of a landleech shithole I rented in Surrey for a few years, a 1-bed at £975pcm in 2022, cheapest money could get at only slightly over half my monthly income, still jacked to £1100 by 2023, black mold everywhere, collapsing bathroom, failed boiler etc. Place was cold as fuck and you could talk to the neighbours through the wall/floor, drove me nuts, that Victorian mcmansion. It needs to be demolished and a nice high rise flat tower block should be built.

Now I live in such a block, a much nicer place built in 2019 in the Midlands. Rent is the same, but way more space, keeps in heat better, minimal noise pollution and the surrounding area is much nicer. Had to pony up for the furniture, but I had enough saved up that I could afford expensive shit like IKEA that lasts more than the usual Amazon special desk/chair/bed.

this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2025
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