You suspect wrong. The cost of construction has gone through the roof (ha!). Materials, labour, the lot. On top of that, regulatory costs have exceeded inflation for a long time. They found the end o… (View Post)

You obviously haven't met the Sturmabteilung in charge of parking enforcement in Hampstead. (View Post)

I suppose you could try buying an empty house on Bishops Avenue, and try building a 100 story tower block. But those things are actually rather expensive. And the cost of trying to do one on a fairly… (View Post)

Russian windows are dangerous in deep coal mines. To some people. (View Post)

There’s a hilarious story about the animal welfare concerns of the Nazis & prosecuting the Commandant of Auschwitz for sadism. By the Nazis. You just need the right sense of humour. (View Post)