The geniuses who are in charge of building 1.5 million houses (because of course nobody’s been building any houses in this country for the last 20 years have they??!!!! 🤔) that have decided they are going to build the majority of them on flood plains.
None of them can see a flaw in this cunning plan of course. There’s a reason why no houses have been built on them before. The clue is in the name.
Over a decade ago, the Government (running out of other people’s money again), decided they couldn’t afford to pay the huge subsidies to insurance companies for offering cover to owners of property in the ” flood risk areas”. At that time the insurance companies threatened to withdraw cover because of this.
Well anyone who has ever tried to get a mortgage knows that no insurance = no mortgage.
By the way this government and previous governments do give subsidies to insurance companies to cover these houses which is one of the reasons that your premiums go up every year.
Why is it my responsibility to fix and pay for their fucking problems?
They don’t fix or pay for mine.
So how long then before about 75% of these properties become either:
1) unsaleable?
or
2) condemned?
They’ll only be like Barratt Homes/Persimmon
Contractors will cut corners to get them built in time and never come back to do any “snagging”. There’s bound to be all sorts of “surprises” for anyone who buys and moves into them.
As usual it’s yet another short term solution. That’s right. Kick the can down the road for the tax payer to pick up the bill in 20 years time.
Naaaah it’ll be fine 🤨🤨
As a wise man once said “This country is finished”
Telegraph.
The people of Fishlake are more likely experts on this than anyone in government past or present
Independent.
Nominated by : Harold
