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Here in Melbourne vast numbers of skyscraper apartment towers have been built by greedy, short term developers aimed at making a quick buck. Now we have apartm
by andrewstuart 7y ago
Here in Melbourne vast numbers of skyscraper apartment towers have been built by greedy, short term developers aimed at making a quick buck.
Now we have apartment towers every full of too-tiny-to-be liveable apartments built to shoddy standards - many of them constructed using fire risk cladding which has made them effectively worthless.
That's what a house price boom buys you.
https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/hundreds-of-buildings-potentially-covered-in-flammable-cladding-that-caused-catastrophic-fire/news-story/9b55bb837db68e721d9fb888aa07ddf3 https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/hundreds-of-b...
- jseliger 7y agoHere in Melbourne vast numbers of skyscraper apartment towers have been built by greedy, short term developers aimed at making a quick buck. Right, and back in the day housing was built by non-greedy, long-term developers aimed at making a long buck. Something must have happened to housing developers to turn them from being very kind to very rapacious. Yeah, that must be it.
- stickfigure 7y agoNo, that's what an incompetent and/or corrupt inspection regime buys you. Either the building complies with fire codes or it does not.
- opportune 7y ago>too-tiny-to-be liveable As long as it meets fire code and has enough space for a kitchen + bed, what is wrong with that? Is someone forcing you to live there?