New housing estates 'identical and soulless'

A report has found that every UK home should have access to a fruit tree, and that changes should be made to the planning process to help fast track beautiful design.

[Secretlyalittleworm]

Giant ugly housing estates with no public transport, and then people wonder why traffic is horrendous

[KINGOSWALD]

Not enough tree's and shrubs planted in these estates either.

[crp]

Build them fast and as cheap as possible for most profit. That's all that matters.

[Marcuscaravan]

Well maybe if housing wasnt so expensive nowadays we wouldn't have to live in those cardboard shitboxes.

[donjohnson]

And they wonder why depression is skyrocketing it’s just becoming a rat like civilisation

[googlereviewer]

These volume housebuilders are a disgrace. Destroying an entire generation with their bland, crap designs. More flair in an Ikea flatpack.

[waminette]

I think the designers forget that people actually have to live in these houses

[unelectedbureaucrat]

It's these greedy unscrupulous land developers that should be held to account trying to squeeze in as many flat pack homes as they can devoid of any character space or greenery.

[joebloggs]

Building in this cramped way is having a massive neurological impact on people. Lack of green spaces, too much artificial light...

[jamesobrien]

Also they never put shops, doctors and schools alongside it, so it just puts pressure on the local services

[antoniorsoftware]

It is like somebody just threw some monopoly houses on the floor and called it a day. Such a mess.

[deep]

We're getting tiny, rubbish houses but expected to still pay alot.

[lilym]

I seriously pity anyone who says they look like nice houses. Soulless is a perfect description and uninspiring

[zorbathegreek]

They are modern example of slum housing. Poorly built, cramped and over priced.

[gloryayara]

Let’s be honest, other than the Victorian architecture in the UK, the other houses are ugly, space less, bland and mostly monotonous. Quite disappointing for a country with so much architectural talent.

[UrbanPhoenix]

The housing in this country is a reflection to our livelihoods, our behaviours and how we see the world in our lives. Lacks character, uniqueness, or charisma that makes us want to feel proud about what we have. These houses are so identical that we can easily replace them with no feelings attached to it. Just like love, relationship and marriage (which explains why we, as a society, like to cheat on one another, sleep around and become lustful with no remorse, which is another topic for another day).

It also explains how and why people are depressed, because our environment that we live in doesn't make us feel good about ourselves.

[cherriepie]

UK house for £200K: 800 sq feet terraced box, thin walls, noisy neighbours.
American house for $200K: Gigantic 6 bedroom house, 3 garages with beautiful wood cladding exterior and plenty of living space.


This is the 5th richest country in the world, why are our houses so crap?

[Andyx]

Been saying this for years and this is the age of driverless cars and artificial reality, yet we're building houses that look like this? Just a concrete jungle, no greenery, crammed together and shoddily built. People are much more open to developments if they look better than what they're replacing so there's no wonder why these cut and paste developments cause such rifts.

[DAM]

Gardens are pathetic on new builds and boxed in with fencing usually. The houses themselves are of poor quality generally and small.

[MichaelJ]

I love the old traditional buildings. But I can’t be the only one who thinks that these new ones would go somewhere nicer. I think they should be in cities where peaceful neighbourhoods are. Not in London