It's a function of the number of flint knappers in the neighbourhood. One moves in and the whole place goes to hell. In about 5 minutes. They start stocking pre-flaked parmesan at the Waitrose..… (View Post)

Student accommodation is a way round the planning laws requiring x amount of affordable housing. IIRC, converting it for full domestic doesn’t trigger those rules. (View Post)

Chatted with the site surveyor of some student accommodation in West London, a while back. He was pretty open that, when you looked at soil stacks etc, the plan was obviously to build in conversion t… (View Post)

With Oxford Street, think cyberpunk. Raise the street. Leave the buses where they are. Put a walkable roof over the whole thing. The first 30 feet of height in the building is all shops, anyway Sudde… (View Post)

Tesla and other manufacturers have already put a dent in crash-for-cash and other such behaviour. Playing games round a vehicle with 360 degree camera coverage is for the stupid. (View Post)